Whois & Analysis for wvtf.org

Radio IQ is a radio network broadcasting news and talk programming from NPR and the BBC World Service.

Owned and operated by Virginia Tech, it is a sister network to the region's flagship NPR network, WVTF, and is operated out of WVTF's studios in Roanoke.

WVTF is a National Public Radio affiliate serving most of southwestern Virginia.

Owned and operated by Virginia Tech through its fundraising arm, the Virginia Tech Foundation, the station is licensed to Roanoke and operates a large satellite and translator network.

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London.

The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees.

It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting.

The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included.

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.