WVPT Today
Our Beginning
Open Meetings
Meet the WVPT Staff
EEO Outreach Report
WVPT Awards
WVPT Today
Since 1968, WVPT has been the Shenandoah Valley and Central Virginia's public television station. But that's just scratching the surface. WVPT is also a classroom, a concert hall, a conference center, a college, and a library of the airwaves. WVPT is one of the most accessible educational institutions in the region, utilizing the power of broadcasting to help carry out its mission of education, culture, and citizenship for everyone within its reach.
Beyond an exciting mix of public broadcasting and locally produced programming, WVPT conducts groundbreaking literacy programs, science-related family events, morale-building awards projects, community assistance projects and educational seminars. The reason? To educate all ages, affirm high ideals for social good, assist neighbors in need, promote our diverse culture, and to celebrate life in Virginia.
Local series and specials lift up unique cultures that make up the WVPT viewing area, remember times when the human spirit triumphed in adversity, open up pages of little-known area history, and promote that which is "Virginia" and of which we can all be proud.
WVPT's over-the-air broadcast coverage area consists of 29 counties.
The signal is also carried on numerous cable channels, including Charlottesville, Lexington, Lynchburg, Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Winchester.
WVPT is carried on DirecTV in the Harrisonburg Market. WVPT’s sister station WVPY, licensed to Front Royal, is carried on both Dish Network and DirecTV in the Hagerstown/Washington, DC Market.
WVPT broadcasts on two main analog transmitters, two digital transmitters, five analog translators and five digital repeaters.
Transmitters:
Analog 51 and Digital 11 (Elliot Knob, Staunton), Analog 42 and Digital 21 (Signal Knob, Front Royal).
Translators/Repeaters:
Analog 58 (Fork Mountain, Madison County), Analog 38 (Big Mountain, Page County), Analog 50 (Carter Mountain, Albemarle County), Analog 45 (Little North Mountain, Rockingham County), and Analog 8 (Sounding Knob, Highland County).
For a map showing WVPT's transmitters and translators, click here.

Our Beginning
A small group of visionaries filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission January 7, 1966 for the establishment of the Shenandoah Valley Education Television Corporation. Dr. G. Tyler Miller, president of Madison College; Arthur Hamilton, who would become WVPT's first general manager; Dr. O.L. Boyd of Augusta County Schools; and Wilbur Pence of Rockingham County
Schools wanted an adequate facility to broadcast educational programming to local schools. Land for the offices was leased from Madison College on September 1, 1967 and the building program began in January 1968.
WVPT first signed on the air September 9, 1968, initially broadcasting from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. weekdays with instructional programs geared to children from kindergarten to senior high. Taking many giant leaps from there, WVPT has grown to become the vibrant institution it is today. Thank you for the privilege of serving you.
Open Meetings
In keeping with WVPT's open meeting policy, Board of Directors,
Community Advisory Board and other advisory committee meetings
are open to the public. Below are the dates, times and locations
of upcoming meetings. For more information, call (540) 434-5391.
Board of Directors:
Board of Directors will meet at WVPT (298 Port Republic Road, Harrisonburg) unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, October 16 – 3:00 p.m.
Community Advisory Board:
Wednesday, September 24 – 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 – 10:00 a.m.
Regional Schools Contract Planning Committee (RSCPC):
September 25, 2008
Organizational meeting and sub-committee assignments
Review Education Services events for coming year
Final report on Contract services from previous year
November 20, 2008
Review of 2008-2009 programming needs and program evaluation process
Interim Financial Report
Reports on services provided under the current Contract

EEO Outreach Report
Since the effective date of the new EEO rules, the WVPT/WVPY employment unit has undertaken a number of measures to achieve broad and inclusive outreach in disseminating information throughout the community it serves about specific station employment opportunities, as well as about broadcasting in general. The employment unit has engaged in more than the suggested supplemental outreach effort required for the employment unit for this time period.
As reflected in the Annual EEO Public File Reports charts below, the employment unit routinely utilizes a wide assortment of recruitment sources to disseminate widely the notice of full-time job vacancies to qualified applicants. The employment unit often has promoted specific job openings through local newspapers, including the Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg (circulation 33,000); The News Leader, Staunton (circulation 18,600); The News Virginian, Waynesboro (circulation 8,800), and The Daily Progress, Charlottesville (circulation 32,000). These newspapers enjoy broad circulation-as noted above-in the television market served by the employment unit, insuring broad reach for the notifications throughout the area.
To achieve greater exposure and inclusion, the station routinely disseminates information about specific vacancies to many different outreach or job bank services. Outreach notifications go, for example, to a number of local educational institutions, including James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University, Radford University, Mary Baldwin College, Bridgewater College, and Blue Ridge Community College and Lord Fairfax Community College. A variety of local groups and organizations also receive announcements, including the Virginia Employment Commission, Working Women's Forum, Rotary Club and various local churches and civic organizations. Furthermore, for production or engineering positions, WVPT uses popular Internet websites of special interest to those considering careers in broadcasting, including PBS Connect, The Society of Broadcast Engineers, and CPB job line. To encourage participation in the station's job notification program, WVPT periodically broadcasts 15-second announcements notifying the public that organizations recruiting job seekers may request the station include them on its outreach referral list.
WVPT/WVPT DT Staunton & WVPY/WVPY DT Front Royal Annual EEO public file report
Annual EEO Report June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008
Full time positions filled and recruitment sources used as part of the process:
| Position |
Sources Used |
| General Manager |
1,5,11,13,14,17,20,21,22,24,25,
26,27,28,29,30,31,42,43 |
| Corp Support Rec |
1,13,14,17,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,36,37,42,43 |
| K-12 Specialist |
1,3,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,36,37,40,
41,42,43 |
Recruitment Sources Used:
| # |
Recruitment Source |
Contact |
Address |
Phone |
1 |
Daily News Record
(circulation app 33,000) |
www.dnronline.com |
P.O. Box 193
231 Liberty Street
Harrisonburg VA 2280 |
540/574-6210 |
2 |
The News Virginian
(circulation app 9,000) |
Marsha Grim |
544 W. Main Street
Waynesboro VA 22980 |
540/886-3400
540/932-3553 |
3 |
The News Leader
(circulation app 19,000)
|
www.newsleader.com |
POB 59
Staunton VA 24402 |
540/885-7387
540/213-9143
f-540/885-8779 |
4 |
The Daily Progress
(circulation app 32,000) |
Lisa Green |
POB 9030
Charlottesville VA 22902 |
434/978-7202 |
5 |
The Washington Post |
Contact assigned on placement |
1150 15th St NW
Washington DC 20001 |
202/334-4100 |
6 |
USA Today |
Contact assigned on placement |
7950 Jones Branch Drive McLean VA 22108 |
703/854-3400 |
7 |
Winchester Evening Star |
Stacy Hartley |
2 N. Kent Street
Winchester VA 22601 |
540/667-3200
ext-248 |
8 |
Northern Virginia Daily |
Susan O’Connor |
North Holiday Street
Strasburg VA 22657 |
800/296-5137
ext-173 |
9 |
Richmond Newspapers |
Classified Dept |
20 Franklin St
Petersburg, VA 23803 |
804/524-9723 |
10 |
The Roanoke Times |
Gloria McAllister |
201-209 Campbell Ave
Roanoke VA 24016 |
540/981-3211
540/981-3411
f-540/981-3365 |
11 |
Current |
Danielle Mungin |
1612 K. St NW suite 704
Washington DC 20006 |
202/463-7055
ext- 36 |
12 |
Broadcasting and Cable Magazine |
Classified Dept |
1627 K St NW
Washington, DC 20006 |
202/293-5361 |
13 |
PBS |
JobPostings |
|
|
14 |
CPB Jobline |
JobPosting |
901 E. Street NW
Washington, DC 20004 |
202/393-1045 |
15 |
VA Association of Broadcasters |
Peter Easter
www.vabonline.com |
630 Country Green Ln. Charlottesville, VA 22902 |
434-977-3716
|
16 |
National Association of Broadcasters - |
Karen Hunter
www.nab.org |
1771 N Street NW
Washington, DC |
202-429-5498
|
17 |
Virginia Employment
Commission |
www.valleywork.com |
1909A East Market St. Harrisonburg, VA 22801 |
540/434-2513 |
18 |
Working Women’s Forum |
President |
Rt 2 Box 44
New Market, VA 22844 |
|
19 |
John Mann U.
Methodist Church |
Lorenzo Hill |
119 E. Cork Street
Winchester, VA 22601 |
540/667-7774 |
20 |
Howard University |
Career Development Dept |
2400 6th Street NW
Washington DC 20059 |
202/806-7513
f- 202/462-4267 |
21 |
James Madison University
|
Denise Meadows
|
Harrisonburg VA 22807 |
540/568-6555 |
22 |
James Madison University |
David Chase
|
Harrisonburg, VA 22807 |
540-568-6229
|
23 |
James Madison University
|
Sylvia Whitney
sylvia@bbbshr.org |
Hispanic Services Council Harrisonburg, VA 22807
|
|
24 |
Blue Ridge Community College |
Elizabeth Hall, Student Services Coordinator
careers@brcc.edu |
POB 80
Weyers Cave 24486 |
540-234-9261 |
25 |
Mary Baldwin College |
sena@mbc.edu |
New & Frederick Street
Staunton VA 24401 |
540-887-7221 |
26 |
Eastern Mennonite University |
Hellen Nafziger
nafzigeh@emu.edu |
1200 Park Rd
Harrisonburg VA 22802 |
540/432-4000
540/432-4131 |
27 |
Bridgewater College |
ocs@bridgewater.edu
|
Office of Career Services
402 East College St. Bridgewater, VA 22812 |
540-8285371 |
28 |
Radford University |
Kathy Jordan |
East Main St.
Radford, Va. 24142 |
540/831-5000
540/831-5373
f-540/831-5374 |
29 |
Lord Fairfax Community College |
Paula Cooper |
173 Skirmisher Lane Middletown, VA 22645 |
1-800-906-5322
Ext-7160 |
30 |
Virginia Commonwealth
University |
Broadcast Media
Placement
Nicole Footen
fax: 804-828-2660 |
910 W Franklin St. Richmond, VA 23284 |
804/828-1645
804/828-7299 |
31 |
Washington & Lee University (NAACP office) |
barnesk@WLU.edu |
W&L University
POB 5122
Lexington VA 24450 |
540/458-8730 |
32 |
National College of Business & Technology |
Barbara Carson-Campbell
bcarson-campbell@ncbt.edu |
51B Burgess Rd.
Harrisonburg, VA 22801 |
540-432-0943
|
33 |
George Washington University |
www.gwired.gwu.edu/career |
Career Center
1922 F St. NW
Washington, DC 20052 |
202-994-6495
|
34 |
Norfolk State University |
careerservices@nsu.edu |
Mass Comm.
700 Park Ave.
Norfolk, VA 23504 |
757-823-8330 |
35 |
Old Dominion University |
Andrea Harrell aharrell@odu.edu |
Career Mgt
2202 Webb Center
Norfolk, VA 23529 |
757-683-4388 |
36 |
Virginia Tech |
Betsy McCoy betsy.mccoy@vt.edu |
Blacksburg, VA |
540-231-8089
|
37 |
Mass VO Tech |
jwest@rockingham.K12.va.us |
325 Pleasant Valley Rd Harrisonburg, VA 22801
|
540-434-5961 |
38 |
West Virginia University
|
Click for link |
School of Journalism,
PO Box 6201
Morgantown WV 26506 |
|
39 |
Broadcasting Institute of Maryland |
nb@bim.org |
7200 Harford Rd.
Baltimore MD 21234 |
434-254-2770 |
40 |
TVjobs |
Mark Holloway
www.tvjobs.com |
|
|
41 |
WHSV TV3
|
Candice Minor
www.whsv.com |
50 North Main St. Harrisonburg, VA 22802
|
540-433-9191 |
42 |
WVPT.net |
Donna Meyerhoeffer |
298 Port Republic Road
Harrisonburg VA 22801 |
540/434-5391 |
43 |
WVPT internal posting |
Donna Meyerhoeffer |
298 Port Republic Road
Harrisonburg VA 22801 |
540/434-5391 |
Total interviewees for all full time positions: 15 |