WGRV-LP

WGRV-LP
City of license Melbourne, Florida
Broadcast area Melbourne/Indian River
Frequency 93.1 MHz
First air date April 5, 2005
Format Defunct (formerly Smooth Jazz)
ERP 39 watts
HAAT 47.2 meters (155 feet)
Class L1
Facility ID 135636
Transmitter coordinates 28°05′05.00″N 80°34′03.00″W / 28.0847222°N 80.5675000°W
Callsign meaning "Groove"
Former callsigns WCEE-LP (2002-2005)
WGRZ-LP (2005-2007)
Owner Brevard Youth Education Broadcasting Corporation
Webcast NONE
Website thegroove.org

WGRV-LP (93.1 FM) was a radio station consisting of a series of low power transmitters throughout the Brevard/Indian River area of Florida. This non-commercial station broadcast a smooth jazz format supported by its listeners. The station was licensed to Melbourne, Florida, USA, and served the Melbourne area. The station was owned by Brevard Youth Education Broadcasting Corporation.[1] The station was a network of low power transmitters in the Brevard area broadcasting on 93.1 (WGRV-LP), 103.3 Palm Bay, 103.3 in the Cocoa Beach area, 102.3 in the Cape Canaveral area and 100.7 FM in the Rockledge area.

History

The station was originally assigned the call letters WCEE-LP on June 18, 2002. On March 31, 2005, the station changed its call sign to WGRZ-LP. On March 12, 2007 it changed again to the current WGRV. However, as of March 25, 2013 the station went off the air and has filed a STA to remain dark for six months.[2]

As of November 9, 2013, WGRV-LP remains silent, with no immediate plans to resume broadcasting. The station is currently listed in the FCC database as "licensed and silent." [3] According to a message on the station's web site, the station is off the air indefinitely due to life changes and health issues among the station's key staff.

WGRV-LP's call sign was deleted and its license cancelled by the FCC on June 24, 2014. The record can be viewed using the FCC's CDBS station search tool using the call letters DWGRV-LP. The "D" at the front stands for "deleted". The FM translators that were part of the network are still licensed, but since they have also been silent for more than a year, the law requires that the FCC delete them as well unless they have switched inputs and are rebroadcasting another station.

Awards

The station was nominated for the Smooth Jazz Radio Station Of The Year by Radio and Records magazine in 2006 and 2007.[4][5]

Translators

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license ERP
W
Class FCC info
W300BQ 107.9 FM Vero Beach, Florida 250 D FCC

References

  1. "WGRV-LP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WGRV Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Facility_id=135636
  4. "2006 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. 2006-09-21. Retrieved 2008-01-20c. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. "2007 Industry Achievement Awards". Radio and Records. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2008-01-20.

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