WVSR 1360.1AM PHILLY INTERNET RADIO

West Philadelphia Van Stone Radio Station
Philadelphia Internet Education Radio Station

WVSR 1360.1 AM, was founded in 2003 as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's first located Internet education television station and radio station, a Black American programming that allows viewers to watch television and listen to the radio over the Internet. It was the first Philadelphia-licensed Internet station since June 2004. Bearing the call sign WVSR1360.1 AM, it broadcast more significantly on the web than standard radio and television stations did.

WVSR1360.1 AM Philadelphia Internet Education Radio is a popular and pioneering Internet radio station that defines itself as the nonprofit run station - 24 hours/seven days a week proving talk radio and television that address issues pertaining to education, politics, and community interest. Television is provided by the compliment news component, the Philadelphia Front Page News (FPN) a daily newspaper found also on the web

The radio programming differs from most online radio broadcasting in that the talk is not limited to any specific genre but instead speak for prime diversities. West Philadelphia Van Stone Radio mostly plays original styles of smooth Jazz, R&B, Hip-Hop, grove,reggae and classic soul and kids music. All of the styles are DJ-mixed. WVSR is a non-commercial organization. It accepts sponsorships for donating their service and running commercials. And they financially support the station through donations for needy children and animals on-line.

Van Stone Downing started the station. Gerald McNeil developed the webmaster components and broadband technologies. Much later, in 2006, did Diane White from Harrisburg, PA, a Webmaster, Writer, Minister, Political and Community Activist, joined the team of Stone and McNeil to help make both the WVSR1360.1 AM and the Philadelphia FrontPageNews (FPN) become a household name.

As for Van Stone, he has been a radio station host and DJ at various education non-commercial stations such as WPEB Philadelphia since 1994, as well as working as a radio & TV engineer and producer. Stone is best known for his former show, Radio Magazine, with your Host Van Stone.