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“Radio is a powerful tool in Ferrum's educational endeavor to offer alternate viewpoints, expansive commentary, and a world-view understanding to the relevant issues of our time. The collaboration of Ferrum College, Virginia Tech and WVTF will transform the broadcasting voice in our region. It's a perfect marriage of mission and opportunity,” says Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. Ferrum’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement.

Bringing more news and talk programs to the area was due in part to requests by WVTF listeners. Last year, when BBC and NPR programs were added to the AM 1260 radio station in the New River Valley on a test basis, the response was enthusiastic, according to WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner.

“Thousands of area residents have been asking for more public radio news and information programming,” says Gleixner. “More area listeners will finally have access to the variety of in-depth and substantive news, information, and talk programs that many residents have been requesting for quite a while.”

RADIO IQ helps fulfill WVTF’s mission of bringing high quality public service programs to the region in an effort to keep residents informed and educated about state, national, and world events, all of which enhances the quality of life for the area, says Gleixner.

As a non-commercial public radio station, RADIO IQ will depend upon regular financial support from its listeners and corporate underwriters. Similar to WVTF, RADIO IQ will have fund drives on a regular basis to solicit that support. WVTF will oversee RADIO IQ’s operations from its studios in Roanoke. Listeners who would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to RADIO IQ may call WVTF at (540) 989-8900, 1-800-856-8900 or go online to the RADIO IQ website, www.radioiq.org.
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**EDITORS: For more information on RADIO IQ, please contact WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner at 989-8900, Associate Vice President of University Relations at Virginia Tech Larry Hincker at (540) 231-5396, or Beverly T. Fitzpatrick Jr., Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Ferrum College at (540) 365-4211.**

NEW PUBLIC RADIO SERVICE ON AIR IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
For immediate release: January 22, 2003	Contact: Glenn Gleixner, WVTF General Manager (geg@vt.edu)
Beginning today (Jan. 20), RADIO IQ, a new public radio service airs in the Roanoke, Charlottesville, Ferrum, and New River Valley regions. RADIO IQ, featuring news from the BBC, talk programs from National Public Radio (NPR), and public affairs programs from Public Radio International (PRI), airs 24 hours a day on 89.7 in Roanoke and Charlottesville, 89.9 in Ferrum, and during daylight hours on 1260AM in the New River Valley. Programs offered on RADIO IQ include the BBC’s World Briefing and The World Today, NPR’s Talk of the Nation and The Diane Rehm Show, and PRI’s The World and This American Life.

The new public radio service is a joint effort of Virginia Tech, Ferrum College, and WVTF Public Radio, which is licensed to the Virginia Tech Foundation. “Virginia Tech is excited about working with Ferrum College to bring more public service radio programming to the region,” says Larry Hincker, Associate Vice President of University Relations at Virginia Tech. “RADIO IQ is an opportunity for both institutions to expand upon the broad educational missions of both Virginia Tech and Ferrum College.”
Read the Roanoke Times story: "WVTF move expands its programming" by clicking here	The partnership began when WVTF and Ferrum College officials met to discuss bringing more news talk programming to the region utilizing WFFC, Ferrum College’s FM public radio station, along with WVTF’s translators in Roanoke and Charlottesville, and WVTF’s AM station in the New River Valley.
“Radio is a powerful tool in Ferrum's educational endeavor to offer alternate viewpoints, expansive commentary, and a world-view understanding to the relevant issues of our time. The collaboration of Ferrum College, Virginia Tech and WVTF will transform the broadcasting voice in our region. It's a perfect marriage of mission and opportunity,” says Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Jr. Ferrum’s Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Bringing more news and talk programs to the area was due in part to requests by WVTF listeners. Last year, when BBC and NPR programs were added to the AM 1260 radio station in the New River Valley on a test basis, the response was enthusiastic, according to WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner. “Thousands of area residents have been asking for more public radio news and information programming,” says Gleixner. “More area listeners will finally have access to the variety of in-depth and substantive news, information, and talk programs that many residents have been requesting for quite a while.” RADIO IQ helps fulfill WVTF’s mission of bringing high quality public service programs to the region in an effort to keep residents informed and educated about state, national, and world events, all of which enhances the quality of life for the area, says Gleixner. As a non-commercial public radio station, RADIO IQ will depend upon regular financial support from its listeners and corporate underwriters. Similar to WVTF, RADIO IQ will have fund drives on a regular basis to solicit that support. WVTF will oversee RADIO IQ’s operations from its studios in Roanoke. Listeners who would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to RADIO IQ may call WVTF at (540) 989-8900, 1-800-856-8900 or go online to the RADIO IQ website, www.radioiq.org. # # # EDITORS: For more information on RADIO IQ, please contact WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner at 989-8900, Associate Vice President of University Relations at Virginia Tech Larry Hincker at (540) 231-5396, or Beverly T. Fitzpatrick Jr., Vice President for Institutional Advancement at Ferrum College at (540) 365-4211.