Radio IQ

Radio IQ is well-known for both its dedication to community service and its strong local presence. Owned by the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the station carries programming from NPR, the Public Radio Exchange, American Public Media and the BBC World Service. Through regularly scheduled and personalized local and regional newscasts and forecasts, this radio station maintains a long and strong connection to the community and its needs. Popular programs like Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, The Diane Rehm Show, This American Life, Science Friday, and TED Radio Hour. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries "WVTF Music" from co-owned 89.9 WWVT-FM Ferrum, Virginia, playing classical music and jazz. Plus state and regional news from the award-winning WVTF/RADIO IQ news department, as well as comprehensive weather and traffic information, is also broadcast on this radio station. In addition to WVTF, the station is heard on 16 rebroadcasters and FM translators around Virginia. The station has earned a reputation for providing its everyday listeners from all over the world with a consistently high-quality variety of genres of music, the latest news, and talk show programs.