WHIV-LP
Frequency102.3 MHz
Programming
FormatCommunity radio
AffiliationsPacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerNew Orleans Society for Infectious Disease Awareness
History
First air date
December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID193392
ERP36 watts
HAAT49.4026 m (162.082 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
29°57′42.43″N 90°5′20.95″W / 29.9617861°N 90.0891528°W / 29.9617861; -90.0891528
Links
Public license information
LMS
Websitewhivfm.org

WHIV-LP is a community radio station on 102.3 FM in New Orleans, Louisiana, covering the Mid-City area. It is owned by the New Orleans Society for Infectious Disease Awareness (NOSIDA) and broadcasts from studios on Orleans Avenue and a transmitter atop the Tulane Tower office complex.[2]

History

I am an HIV physician and face HIV stigma daily. So, the best way to deal with stigma that surrounds HIV is to repeat the word 'HIV' over and over and over again on [a] daily basis, weekly basis, monthly basis and yearly basis.

Dr. MarkAlain Dery, executive director of NOSIDA, on the choice of call sign[3]

In March 2014, the New Orleans Society for Infectious Disease Awareness, formed five years prior to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in the New Orleans area, received a construction permit for a new low-power (LP) FM radio station, which it announced would feature a community format with "programming dedicated to human rights and social justice".[3] The selection of the call letters was intended by its founders to help reduce the stigma surrounding HIV;[3] in 2016, New Orleans had the third-highest HIV infection rate in the United States, attributed to cultural stigmas in the Black community, local laws and high poverty rates.[4]

WHIV-LP began broadcasting on December 1, 2014—World AIDS Day.[5] Originally with a talk-heavy lineup that drew heavily from the Pacifica Radio Network,[6] the station expanded its music programming in 2016[7] and had 70 different hosts and DJs by 2017.[8]

Originally housed at the Odyssey House drug treatment center, WHIV-LP moved to its own quarters on Orleans Avenue in 2015.[9] Less than a year later, the station suffered major damage in the 2016 Louisiana floods, with several pieces of equipment and furnishings being ruined.[8]

Other uses of the call letters

WHIV-LP founder Mark-Alain Dery (left) interviews Green Party presidential candidate Howie Hawkins in 2019.

A fictional radio station named WHIV is mentioned in New Orleans writer Poppy Z. Brite's 1996 novel Exquisite Corpse, though there is no relation to the present station.[3] In that book, WHIV is a pirate radio station on a boat from which an HIV-positive character, Lucas Ransom, broadcasts.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHIV-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Raymond, Jason (July 14, 2014). "Tuner Twofer: Delgado, WHIV Plan New FM Radio Stations in New Orleans". NOLA Defender. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Fensterstock, Alison (June 14, 2017). "New community radio station WHIV-FM plans to raise awareness over the airwaves". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ Park, Alice (November 17, 2016). "Inside the Halting Fight Against AIDS". Time. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ "WHIV: A New Kind of Radio Station". OffBeat Magazine. December 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ Riess, Jeanie (November 24, 2014). "WHIV-FM wants to be your community radio station – Jeanie Riess on a health-oriented radio station that launches Dec. 1 with Pacifica Radio content". Gambit.
  7. ↑ Ramsey, Jan (December 29, 2016). "New Kid on The Radio: WHIV-FM 102.3". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Strachan, Sue (August 31, 2017). "WHIV Radio dials it up at benefit". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  9. ↑ "WHIV radio scores $2,500 neighborhood grant". Mid-City Messenger. November 14, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  10. ↑ Hanson, Susan (August 18, 1996). "The Brite Stuff – It's all blood and gore in Poppy Z. Brite's latest". The Times-Picayune. p. E6.
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