WVTF has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM radio stations in the U.S.

It not only wanted to preserve public radio in the region, but saw WVWR as a way to increase Virginia Tech's ties to Roanoke.

[7] The foundation formally took control in 1982 and initially applied for the call sign WRVT before settling on WVTF.

In 2003, WVTF launched Radio IQ in order to provide a secondary schedule consisting only of news/talk programming, including retransmission of the BBC World Service overnight.

Three of the five existing Radio IQ stations (WVTW, WQIQ, and WRIQ) merged with WVTF and its network (WVTR, WVTU, and WISE-FM) to place the news and talk schedule on as many full-powered signals as possible.

A new companion service, WVTF Music, launched on the remaining stations (WWVT and WFFC, later renamed WWVT-FM) and HD2 subchannels of the new combined Radio IQ network.

[10][11][12] Radio IQ's programming had been heard in portions of the Greater Richmond Region on low-powered translator W223AZ (92.5 FM) since 2009.

That station began simulcasting Radio IQ programming in January 2020 under the new call letters WRIQ.