WYVN
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| City of license | Saugatuck, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | [1] |
| Branding | 92.7 The Van |
| Slogan | Holland's Greatest Hits |
| Frequency | 92.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1987 |
| Format | Oldies/Classic Hits |
| ERP | 3,300 watts |
| HAAT | 114 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 13676 |
| Callsign meaning | The Van |
| Former callsigns | WEVS (4/30/87-3/29/01) |
| Affiliations | Dial Global "Kool Gold" format |
| Owner | Midwest Communications |
| Website | www.thevan.fm |
WYVN (92.7 FM, "The Van") is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format licensed to Saugatuck, Michigan, with studios in Holland, Michigan.
The station began operations in 1987 as WEVS. WEVS' music format consisted of a hybrid of rock and pop oldies dating back to the 1950s and current adult contemporary chart hits. During this time, the station was known as "The Lakeshore's Music Station," playing "Your Favorites of Five Decades."
In January 2001 Midwest Communications, Inc. began operating WEVS under a local marketing agreement. On April 9, 2001, after a weekend of stunting with a reading of last names from the Holland telephone directory beginning with "Van," WEVS relaunched as classic hits WYVN, "The Van." Later that year, the station was purchased by Midwest Communications, bringing it into common ownership with Holland's longtime full-service AM station, WHTC.
In early October 2007, Michiguide.com reported that WYVN had adjusted its playlist from classic hits to oldies/classic hits. The station now goes by the slogan "Holland's Greatest Hits," rather than "Holland's Classic Hits," and is affiliated with Dial Global's Kool Gold (formerly The Oldies Channel) format.
In the summer of 2007, former WEVS staffers resurrected the original WEVS oldies/AC hybrid format as LakeshoreRadio.net, an Internet radio station using the old "Lakeshore's Music Station" slogans.
[edit] Bronco Radio Network
WYVN is an affiliate of the Western Michigan University "Broncos Radio Network" and carries all of the Broncos football and men's basketball games.
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[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WYVN
- Radio Locator information on WYVN
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WYVN
- Lakeshoreradio.net, WEVS reborn as an Internet radio station
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