WVCP

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**WVCP**
City of license	Gallatin, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Nashville, Tennessee
Branding	88.5 WVCP
Slogan	Vol State College FM
Frequency	88.5 (MHz)
Format	College radio
Power	1000 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	Vol State College Pioneers
Owner	Volunteer State Community College
Website	www.volstate.edu/wvcp/

WVCP is the college radio station of Volunteer State Community College ("Vol State") in Gallatin, Tennessee, broadcasting at 88.5 MHz on the FM dial. It falls under the oversight of the Department of Humanities and is managed by longtime faculty member Howard Espravnik. Students and volunteers make up the airstaff. The station plays a mix of music, ranging from soft adult contemporary to hard rock. The station is currently operating at a limited capacity due to damage sustained from a tornado directly striking the studios.

[edit] Storm damage

WVCP's studios were directly hit by a large tornado on April 7, 2006. The studios are located on the second floor of the building at the windows seen just left of center. As shown by this image taken from WTVF-TV, the roof above the studios was completely torn off.

Its studios on the second floor of Noble Caudill Hall were directly in the path of a large tornado that struck the college and killed nine people across the city of Gallatin on April 7, 2006 during the April 6-8, 2006 Tornado Outbreak. Part of the building collapsed, and WVCP's studios were a near-total loss. Equipment that was not destroyed by the storm sustained heavy water damage.

The station was knocked off the air the moment the storm struck, but returned to the air on April 13 in a limited capacity. The station is currently automating from a computer located at the transmitter site. In the Spring 2007 semester, WVCP will again operate at full capacity from a newly-constructed studio in the Ramer Administration Building.

Ironically, a few years earlier, strong straight-line winds caused the station's tower north of Gallatin to topple, forcing WVCP off the air for several weeks before the station relaunched on a new tower in a different location.