WVIE (FM)

WVIE
City of license Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands
Frequency 107.3 (MHz)
First air date 1991
Format Public
ERP 1650 Watts
HAAT 439 meters (2315 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 14999
Transmitter coordinates 18°21′24″N 64°57′59″W / 18.35667°N 64.96639°W
Callsign meaning Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment
Former callsigns WVNX (1991–1998)
WVGN (1998–2015)
Affiliations National Public Radio
Owner R.J. Watkins
(Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment Detroit, LLC)
Website http://www.wvgn.org/

WVIE (107.3 FM) is a National Public Radio member radio station in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Ownership

The station, then known as WVGN, was acquired by LKK Group Corp. (Keith Bass, president) from Calypso Communications in 2002.[1][2]

While LKK is a company whose television stations are affiliates of commercial networks, WVGN was operated under a separate arm, Caribbean Community Broadcasting, and solicited and accepted donations from listeners, as would most other NPR members.

LKK Group reached a deal to sell WVGN to R.J. Watkins, owner of WHPR-FM and operator of W33BY-D in Detroit, on August 7, 2014;[3] the sale was completed on February 17, 2015,[4] accompanied by a call sign change to WVIE.[5] However, WVGN's NPR programming will continue through March 15, 2015; Watkins intends to replace this programming with contemporary music and talk shows.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Application Search Details". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ BIA Financial Networks (2002-03-11). "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
  3. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 7, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 17, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Contemporary format to replace NPR programs as 107.3 is sold". Virgin Islands Daily News. March 14, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

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