WHIV-LP

In March 2014, the New Orleans Society for Infectious Disease Awareness, formed five years prior to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in the New Orleans area, received a construction permit for a new low-power (LP) FM radio station, which it announced would feature a community format with "programming dedicated to human rights and social justice".

[3] The selection of the call letters was intended by its founders to help reduce the stigma surrounding HIV;[3] in 2016, New Orleans had the third-highest HIV infection rate in the United States, attributed to cultural stigmas in the Black community, local laws and high poverty rates.

[5] Originally with a talk-heavy lineup that drew heavily from the Pacifica Radio Network,[6] the station expanded its music programming in 2016[7] and had 70 different hosts and DJs by 2017.

[9] Less than a year later, the station suffered major damage in the 2016 Louisiana floods, with several pieces of equipment and furnishings being ruined.

[3] In that book, WHIV is a pirate radio station on a boat from which an HIV-positive character, Lucas Ransom, broadcasts.