WVLT (FM)

WVLT
City of license Vineland, New Jersey
Branding Cruisin' 92.1
Slogan South Jersey's #1 Oldies Powerhouse
Frequency 92.1 MHz
First air date October 1968
Format Oldies
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (328 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 11974
Transmitter coordinates 39°29′53″N 75°04′31″W / 39.49806°N 75.07528°W / 39.49806; -75.07528
Callsign meaning We're Vineland's Legend Treasury
Former callsigns WDVL (1968-1979)
WKQV (1979-1981)
WKQV-FM (1981-1986)[1]
Owner Clear Communications, Inc.
Sister stations WMIZ
Webcast Listen Live options
Website wvlt.com

WVLT (92.1 FM, "Cruisin' 92.1") is a radio station licensed to Vineland, New Jersey.[2] The station is owned by Clear Communications, Inc. (not to be confused with Clear Channel Communications, Inc.) It airs an Oldies music format.[3]

This station had the call letters WKQV and WKQV-FM in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Call letters were changed to WVLT on August 15, 1986.[1]

While WVLT's home market of Cumberland County is not a rated market, the station's 6,000 watt signal reaches parts of four rated markets: Philadelphia, Atlantic City-Cape May, Monmouth - Ocean and Wilmington, DE.

Personalities

Evening host Jerry Blavat is "the Geator with the Heator," a fixture in Philadelphia area radio since 1960. Blavat was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's Hall of Fame on November 22, 2002. He was a co-owner of doo-wop specialist label Crimson Records.

Steve Kurtz has been a fixture in the Delaware Valley entertainment scene since 1976. In 2001 Kurtz was invited to air his show from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to honor his 25th Anniversary. He returned to the Hall of Fame the next year by invitation. Kurtz also received a Lifetime Achievement Award for preserving the music of the Doo Wop era in 2010 from the Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service & Education Center. Kurtz can be heard every Saturday on WVLT.

"Doo-Wop Diner" host Lou Costello has been on the air in the Delaware Valley for more than 30 years. In April 2003, he was inducted into the membership of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, an organization of 300 area broadcasters, all with at least 15 years experience in the business.

In October 2006, Bill "Wee Willie" Webber joined the WVLT airstaff. In November 2006 Webber was honored as "person of the year" by the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia.[4] Webber worked at WVLT until his death in May 2010, just a few weeks shy of his 81st birthday.

"Crazy Bob" Madara was a former morning drive personality on WVLT.

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Robert (2004-07-23). "The Drive-In Theater Tries a Comeback". New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ Klein, Michael (2006-10-01). "A Buddha on the Boardwalk". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. B02.

External links

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