WMVY (FM)

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"Oldies 104.3" redirects here. For the Detroit radio station formerly known as Oldies 104.3, see WOMC.

"WMXR" redirects here. For the Woodstock, Vermont radio station that held the call sign WMXR at 93.9 FM from 1988 to 2012, see WWOD.

WMVY
City of license	Hartford, Vermont
Broadcast area	Connecticut River Valley (to move to the Champlain Valley)
Frequency	104.3 MHz
First air date	1992 (as WGLV)
ERP	5,600 watts
HAAT	151 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	20606
Former callsigns	WVFA (5/1991–6/1991, CP) WGLV (1991–2000) WWOD (2000–2012) WMXR (2012–2013)
Owner	Gail and William Goddard (Electromagnetic Company, LLC)

WMVY (104.3 FM) is a radio station in the Connecticut River Valley of northern New England in the United States. WMVY is licensed to Hartford, Vermont.

In 2008, the station was granted an FCC construction permit to change the city of license to Keeseville, New York, increase ERP to 25,000 watts and decrease HAAT to 88 meters using a directional antenna. With this facility, WMVY will serve the Champlain Valley.

History

WWOD's logo from 2004 through 2012

104.3 FM started out as a religious broadcaster under the call sign of WGLV in the early 1990s, before adopting the oldies format and WWOD calls in 2000. The call letters were previously found on a radio station in Lynchburg, Virginia until it went off the air in the mid 1980s. Old photos and airchecks from the 1970s are at Twin Cities Radio Airchecks/WWOD. WFYX started out under the call sign of WLPL in early 2001, changing to WCFR (no relation to the current WCFR located in Springfield, Vermont) in 2005 and the WPLY calls later that year and to the current calls in October 2008. WFYX has simulcasted the oldies format of WWOD since signing on in 2001.

WWOD and WFYX, along with 28 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The stations, and 11 of the other stations, would then be acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro. As this would put Shapiro over the Federal Communications Commission's ownership limits in the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction market, WWOD and WEXP would be acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard; WFYX was not included in that transaction.^[1]^[2]^[3] This transaction was consummated on November 30, 2012, with the WWOD/WEXP portion of the purchase valued at $600,000.

On November 30, 2012, WWOD went silent and WFYX began simulcasting WMXR 93.9 FM Woodstock, Vermont.^[4] WWOD also swapped call signs with WMXR. On July 9, 2013, the call letters were again changed, to WMVY.^[5] WMVY returned to the air on October 30, 2013, still operating from the Hartford facility.^[6]

On-air staff

Oldies 104.3 formerly broadcast oldies music with the following "Oldies Jox":

Shep Sutton
Art Steinberg
Leon Strong
Brett Adams
Matt Ryan
Tracy Thomas
Traci Fulton
Ken Webbley

Former staff

Warren Bailey
Ted Bilodeau
Heath Cole
Chris Garrett
Dru Johnson
Pauline Robbins
Parker Springfield
Kenn Hayes
Ronnie Lodge
Rick Watts
RJ Crowley
Gary James

Featured programs

Oldies 104.3 formerly broadcast oldies as well as the following programs:

The Get Up & Go Morning Show
Middays With Art Steinberg
Top 4 at 4 w/Leon Strong
The Ride Home Reunion w/ Leon Strong
Brett Adams with Night Time Oldies

References

↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
↑ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 16, 2012. (updated June 14, 2012)
↑ "Jeff Shapiro spins off two former Nassau FMs to "Electromagnetic"". Radio-Info.com. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79804/northern-new-england-change-rundown/
↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
↑ "Resumption of Operations". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. November 1, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2013.

External links

History and airchecks on WWOD in Lynchburg Virginia in the 1970s

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMVY

Radio-Locator information on WMVY

v t e Radio stations in the Lebanon, NH-Rutland, VT market

By AM frequency	1010 1230 1380 1400 1480 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.3 93.9 94.5 95.3 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.1 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.3 101.5 102.1 102.7 103.1 103.7 104.3 105.3 106.1 106.3 107.1

By callsign	WCNL WEQX WEXP WFRD WFTF WFYX WGLV WGXL WHDQ WIUV WJEN WJJR WKNE WLTN-FM WMTK WMVY WNCH WNTK-FM WOOL-LP WRJT WRVT WSNI WSYB WTSL WTSV WVPR WVTK WVXR WWOD WXLF WXXK WYKR-FM WZLF WZRT

Defunct radio stations	910/WNHV 970/WHWB 1340/WDCR 107.3/WXND-LP

Vermont radio markets Burlington Montpelier-Barre-St. Johnsbury Rutland-White River Junction Other Vermont radio regions Northeast Kingdom New Hampshire radio markets Concord (Lakes Region) Lebanon Manchester Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester Other New Hampshire radio regions Northern New Hampshire See also List of radio stations in Vermont List of radio stations in New Hampshire

v t e Nassau Broadcasting Partners

Pennsylvania	WPLY

Former stations	WADB WAFY WARK WBBO WBKA WBQQ WBQW WBQX WBYA WBYN WCHR WCHR-FM WCRB WDLC WEEX WEMJ WEXP WFNK WFNQ WFRQ WFYX WHCY WHDQ WHWH WHXR WHYA WIKE WJLK WJYY WLAM WLKZ WLNH-FM WLVP WMOO WNHV WNHW WNJE WNJO WNNH WNNJ WOBM-FM WODE-FM WPST WPXC WRDR WRFK WSBG WSNO WSUS WTHK WTHT WTKZ WTSV WTSX WVPO WWEG WWFY WWHK WWHQ WWOD WWYY WXLF WXTP WZLF

Coordinates: 44°31′32″N 73°31′07″W / 44.5255°N 73.5187°W / 44.5255; -73.5187

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