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| frequency = Online only<br>102.9 FM (former)
| format = [[Variety (US radio)|Variety]]
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'''WVCW's''' origins began in 1968 in the basement of the Millheiser House as a carrier current AM radio station known as WJRB, which stood for James River Broadcasting. After a successful run as WJRB, the station changed its call letters in
In 1976, WVCW was named one of the top college radio stations in the country by Billboard magazine (12/25/76 issue). WVCW continued on carrier current AM at both 820 AM and later 640 AM until the early 2000s. In 1991, the station relocated to the new T. Edward Temple building and began broadcasting on Continental Cable FM. The relationship with cable FM lasted for over a decade despite the difficulties of connecting to a cable FM station.
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In 2001, WVCW began its next chapter as an Internet only radio station first broadcasting on WVCW.cc before moving to the WVCW.org site it uses today.
WVCW began to simulcast its programming on [[WHAN (AM)|WHAN]].<ref name="WHAN1">{{cite news|newspaper=[[Style Weekly]]|location=[[Richmond, Virginia]]|publisher=[[Landmark Media Enterprises]]|title=U.Va.-owned station to take over WHAN|url=http://www.styleweekly.com/Studi/archives/2015/01/13/uva-radio-station-wtju-coming-to-richmond|date=January 13, 2015|access-date=January 28, 2015|last=Baldwin|first=Brent}}</ref> [[WTJU]], owned by the [[University of Virginia]], will begin operating the [[Ashland, Virginia|Ashland]]-based WHAN beginning February 1.<ref name="WHAN2">{{cite web|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/91757/wtju-adds-richmond-rimshot/|title=WTJU Adds Richmond Rimshot|date=January 28, 2015|access-date=January 28, 2015|work=RadioBB Networks|last=Venta|first=Lance}}</ref> WVCW
==Notable alumni==
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