
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, July 30, 1994                   TAG: 9408020070
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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WHOOSIT? IT'S WOOVIT, WAVING ITS ELECTRONS

Virginia Tech's student-run WUVT (90.7 FM) is on the lookout for a new transmitter site. The station's 3,000-watt transmitter and its antenna are on Lee Hall dormitory, off Washington Street in Blacksburg, a little too close for comfort for many students who signed petitions to shut down the station during the past school year. "It's coming out through anything they have that's electronic," said Patrick Barton, WUVT's operations manager.

Complaints of interference began coming in when the station moved its transmitter and antenna there over ten years ago. "We have to do something this year," Barton said. He said the move might also mean a new transmitter. Recently, "Woovit" was off the air, then had to operate at low power for a few days after a transmitter tube failed.

The station will continue to broadcast all summer: Sundays at 6 p.m., join hosts Maureen Scott, Patrick Barton and Hank Bishop for a half-hour of local, state and national news on "RADIOSCOPE". Every Monday evening from 6 until 9, "BIODEGRADIO" features bluegrass, folk and acoustic music. Musical requests go to 231-9888.

by CNB