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WXRV
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| City of license | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | 92-5 The River |
| Slogan | "Independent Radio" |
| First air date | 1946 |
| Frequency | 92.5 (MHz) |
| Format | Adult Album Alternative |
| ERP | 25,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | RiVer |
| Owner | Northeast Broadcasting |
| Website | www.wxrv.com |
WXRV (The River 92.5 FM) is an Adult album alternative radio station based in Haverhill, Massachusetts, with a signal covering most of northeast Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire, and audible as far away as Plymouth, Massachusetts. Originating in 1946 as WHAV, Haverhill's local AM station, the station moved to its current position on the FM dial in the 1960s, and gained its current identity as WXRV in 1995, presumably taking the River moniker from the nearby Merrimack River (though with its wider reach it as often as not uses Boston's Charles River for publicity purposes). Despite the station's transmitter location, WXRV attempts to primarily serve the large Greater Boston area.
The current station inherited a facility on the top floor of its studio now called the River Music Hall, which was designed for broadcasting live performances in the pre-rock era, and is used today to broadcast live performances and to record performances for later broadcast.
The station's slogan is "Independent Radio", proclaiming its status as being a single station separate from the large mass-media conglomerates such as Clear Channel Communications and CBS Radio. While the station is not truly independently owned (as WXRV is licensed to Northeast Broadcasting, which also owns several small radio stations in Vermont and New Hampshire), the slogan emphasizes the station's freedom from the idea of corporate playlists and national content. This enables WXRV to play a very wide variety of music, ranging from blues and folk to contemporary alternative and classic rock, as well as songs from numerous local musicians and lesser-known musical acts.
In northern New Hampshire WXRV simulcasts on WLKC 105.7, licensed to Campton, New Hampshire.
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