About WDVX

WDVX is a listener-supported community radio station, an activity of the Cumberland Communities Communications Corp, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.  WDVX is not affiliated with any college, university, religious or political organization. 

WDVX plays Bluegrass, Americana, Classic Country, Alternative Country, Western Swing, Blues, Old Time and Traditional Mountain Music, Bluegrass Gospel, Celtic and Folk.  Then, we throw in a little roots music from other parts of the world, as well as some good old rock-and-roll and the latest releases in Americana music. WDVX offers our listeners a variety of specialty shows featuring music you can't hear anywhere else.

WDVX also provides local and regional musicians an outlet for their talents.  Weekdays at noon and on Saturdays WDVX broadcasts live performances from our studios in downtown Knoxville.  

WDVX announces the WDVX Performance Calendar listings for musical and other live performances each day at 7:30AM, 1:30PM, 4:30PM and 7:30PM.  If you would like to have a performance added to our calendar, call WDVX Underwriting and Marketing Director Roger Harb at (865) 544-1029 or e-mail at underwriting@wdvx.com.

Our on-air staff includes many volunteers who give their time and talent to make WDVX a truly diverse broadcast service reflecting our region.  WDVX is headed up by General Manager Linda Billman.  WDVX's Program Director is Tony Lawson.

WDVX has been featured in newspaper articles in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Boston Globe, Metro Pulse and Knoxville News-Sentinel, as well as Totally Adult Magazine, No Depression, and on national television on PBS and ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.  WDVX has also been featured on local television stations WBIR-TV and WVLT's Tennessee Traveler, along with many other publications, websites and television shows.

WDVX is proud to be named the Bluegrass Station of the Year in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 at the Annual Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music Association (SPBGMA) Awards.  Our own Freddy Smith & Alex Leach have both been presented awards for Bluegrass DJ of the Year.

WDVX operates on 89.9 MHz by the authority of the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, with an effective radiated power of 200 watts from high atop Cross Mountain in Campbell County. WDVX programming is relayed through studio-to-transmitter microwave link WPNJ-9-2-1.  We also broadcast in Knoxville at 102.9 FM from translator W275AD and in the Seymour area at 93.9 on translator W230BR.  

The mountainous terrain of this area poses a real challenge to broadcasters in general. Click here to learn of some ways to improve your reception of WDVX. 

All correspondence to WDVX and the Cumberland Communities Communications Corporation should be addressed to P.O. Box 27568, Knoxville, Tennessee 37927. 

WDVX is committed to community involvement, therefore, we have posted an Open Meetings Policy. a schedule for board meetings & created a Community Advisory Board in order to represent the interests of our supporters. Click here to view these items & our EEO Report. WDVX is an equal opportunity employer. 

WDVX is a listener-supported, non-profit radio station that promotes the rich cultural heritage of the Southern Appalachian region and educates local, national, and international audiences by providing a venue for original and underrepresented music and other cultural arts; promoting the tradition of live radio; nurturing emerging talent; and creating listener communities across the globe.

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WDVX creates an ever-evolving stage for showcasing music related by heritage or by adoption to the culture of the Southern Appalachian region. Our efforts will help others connect music from Southern Appalachia to indigenous music rooted in or emerging from other regions of the world.