WVJZ

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WVJZ
City of license Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands
Branding Jamz 105.3
Frequency 105.3 FM (MHz)
First air date December 23, 1985
Format Mainstream Urban/Reggae
ERP 30,200 Watts
HAAT 483 meters (1586 feet)
Class B
Facility ID 62113
Transmitter Coordinates 18°21′33″N, 64°58′18″W
Callsign meaning W V JamZ
Former callsigns WVGN (1985-1998)
Owner Ackley Media Group
(GARK LLC)
Sister stations WVWI, WWKS
Website http://www.amg.vi/jamz

WVJZ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to GARK LLC which is wholly owned by Gordon P. Ackley as part of the Ackley Media Group. It airs an Mainstream Urban and Reggae music format.[1]

Lonely Planet's guide to the Virgin Islands describes this station as "the station for continuous R&B" in the USVI.[2]

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the WVGN call letters to this station on December 23, 1985. It held this call sign until switching to the current WVJZ call letters on June 15, 1998.[3]

[edit] Ownership

GARK LLC, originally a partnership between Gordon Ackley and Randolph Knight, was acquired solely by Gordon Ackley in April 2006 when Ackley bought out Knight's 50% interest for an undisclosed sum.[4] GARK LLC is the licensee of WVJZ as well as sister stations WVWI and WWKS. Local press coverage pegged the sale price "in the neighborhood of $4.3 million" for the three-station combo.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fall 2007 Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  2. ^ Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet, 41. ISBN 0864427352. 
  3. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. ^ BIA Financial Networks (2006-05-01). Deals. Broadcasting & Cable.
  5. ^ Pennington, Shaun A. (2006-04-28). Knight to Sell Radio One, KISS and JAMZ. St. Thomas Source. Retrieved on December 25, 2007.

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