WRHV


WRHV is a noncommercial radio station licensed to Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, and serving the Mid-Hudson Valley. The station is owned by WMHT Educational Telecommunications and is a satellite of Schenectady station WMHT-FM, relaying their classical music format. WRHV transmits from the main Illinois Mountain tower in the town of Lloyd, New York.
WRHV, which signed on in November 1989 as WMHX-FM, is involved in one of the few remaining timeshare arrangements on radio in the United States. The 88.7 frequency is shared between WRHV and SUNY New Paltz-owned WFNP. Currently, WRHV is on the air at the following times from September 1 to December 1, and February 1 to May 1:
  • Weekdays from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Saturdays from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  • Sundays from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
When SUNY New Paltz is either not in session, in exams, or in start-of-semester preparation, WRHV is heard around the clock. Nevertheless, the timeshare arrangement has had its critics on both sides and as a result WFNP-FM has proposed a move to 98.9 MHz where its programming would be heard full-time with WRHV becoming the sole occupant of the 88.7 MHz frequency.