WBVM
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WBVM-FM | |
City of license | Tampa, Florida |
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Broadcast area | Tampa Bay and Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan areas |
Branding | "Spirit FM 90.5" |
Frequency | 90.5 (MHz) |
First air date | 1986 |
Format | Christian radio |
ERP | 100 kW |
HAAT | 294 m (965 ft) |
Facility ID | 5373 |
Callsign meaning | Blessed Virgin Mary |
Owner | Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida |
Sister stations | WLMS-FM |
Webcast | Stereo 44 kbps (live) |
Website | http://www.spiritfm905.com |
WBVM, branded as Spirit FM 90.5, is a Christian-based radio station in Tampa, Florida, broadcasting on 90.5 FM. It signed on in May 1986 and began broadcasting in HD in 2007. The station's signal covers the Tampa Bay Area cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, as well as the Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan area and Lakeland, Florida.
WBVM's programming is simulcasted in the Nature Coast area on WLMS 88.3 FM, which originates in Lecanto, Florida and reaches Ocala and Gainesville.
Both stations are owned by the Diocese of St. Petersburg. The station manager is John Morris.
Programming is primarily Christian Contemporary music, along with local diocesan speakers, traffic reports, and Spanish language programs in certain dayparts. Some syndicated programs are carried, such as Family Minute with James Dobson and Sacred Classics, a long-running Sunday morning program of traditional choral and organ music.
[edit] External links
- Spirit FM website
- Sacred Classics on WBVM
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBVM
- Radio Locator information on WBVM
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WLMS
- Radio Locator information on WLMS
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