Whois & Analysis for wmra.org

WEMC is a Classical music and Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia.

WEMC is owned and operated by Eastern Mennonite University.

The Shenandoah Valley is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.

The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians (excluding Massanutten Mountain), to the north by the Potomac River and to the south by the James River.

The cultural region covers a larger area that includes all of the valley plus the Virginia highlands to the west, and the Roanoke Valley to the south.

It is physiographically located within the Ridge and Valley province and is a portion of the Great Appalachian Valley.

WMRA is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving the Shenandoah Valley from Winchester to Lexington, as well as the Charlottesville area.

WMRA is owned and operated by James Madison University.

Charlottesville, colloquially C'ville and formally the City of Charlottesville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,210.

It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities.

Charlottesville has eighteen distinctive neighborhoods.

It is named after the British Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Charlottesville with the County of Albemarle for statistical purposes, bringing its steadily growing population to approximately 150,000.

Charlottesville is the heart of the Charlottesville metropolitan area, which includes Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene and Nelson counties.

Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.

In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers.

In the United States, public broadcasters may receive some funding from both federal and state sources, but generally most financial support comes from underwriting by foundations and businesses ranging from small shops to corporations, along with audience contributions via pledge drives.

The great majority are operated as private not-for-profit corporations.