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The Essentials

Frequency: 88.1fm
City of License: Elkhart
Metro(s): South Bend
Power: 11,000 watts @ 499 feet (Class B)
Format: News/Talk/Jazz
Address: 2424 California Road, Elkhart, IN 46514-1295
Phone: 574.262.5660
FAX: 574.262.5700
Ownership: Elkhart Community Schools Corp.
Network Affiliation(s): NPR
Web Presence: http://www.wvpe.org

Station Personnel

Current

GM: Anthony Hunt (From GM at WBST)
OM: Claudia Russell
PD: Lee Burdorf (From newsperson at WOWO)
Promotions Manager: Marcie Gamble
Mornings: Morning Edition (5:00AM - 10:00AM)
Late Mornings: Diane Rehm (10:00AM - 12:00PM)
Early Afternoons: Day to Day (12:00PM - 1:00PM)
Early Afternoons: Fresh Air (1:00PM - 2:00PM)
Afternoons: Talk of the Nation (2:00PM - 4:00PM)
Afternoons: All Things Considered (4:00PM - 6:30PM)
Early Evenings: Marketplace (6:30PM - 7:00PM)
Nights: Bob Parlocha ("Jazz with Bob Parlocha") (7:00PM - 1:00AM)
Overnights: BBC World Service (1:00AM - 5:00AM)

Former

GM: Tim Eby (? - May 27, 2004) (Now station manager at KWMU in St. Louis, Missouri)
PD: Joan Swanson
Mornings: Tony Krabill
Mornings: Jason White (January 2, 2002 - July 2003) (From weekends/news anchor at WSBT; News Director: September 2000 - August 2001) (Now out of radio)

Station History

WVPE signed on in May, 1972. See: http://www.wvpe.org/staff/history.html

RadioWatch Mentions

23 September 2000
28 April 2001
2 March 2002
7 January 2009

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