Shows heard once a week, either middays or on weekends, include The TED Radio Hour, Radiolab, Reveal, The Splendid Table, On The Media, Science Friday, A Way with Words, Selected Shorts, With Good Reason, Snap Judgment, Left, Right and Center and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me.

Nights and weekends, there are programs featuring multiple genres of music not found on commercial radio stations.

Locally produced shows include Out of the Box with Paul Shagrue, a mix of Americana, Blues, Reggae, Singer-Songwriter, Cajun and World Beat.

Acoustic Highway with Barry Graham ranges from classic bluegrass and traditional Appalachian music to songs of the new folk movement.

WHRV also carries NPR's The Thistle and Shamrock with Fiona Ritchie, featuring Celtic music from Scotland, Ireland, Canada and the U.S.

[9] On September 21, 1990, 90.3 FM signed on as a full-time classical music station, taking the WHRO-FM call letters.

[10] WHRV operates a number of full-powered repeater stations to serve portions of the Eastern Shore and Southside Virginia.