WUVI (AM)

WUVI
City Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands
Branding WUVI AM 1090 & FM 97.3
Slogan The Voice of the University
Frequency 1090 AM (kHz)
Translator(s) WUVI-LP 97.3 MHz
(John Brewers Bay)
Format College
Power 250 watts (day only)
Class D
Facility ID 66988
Transmitter coordinates 18°18′57″N 64°53′02″W / 18.31583°N 64.88389°W / 18.31583; -64.88389
Callsign meaning W
University of the
Virgin
Islands
Former callsigns WIBS (1985-1989)
WGOD (1989-2012)
Affiliations Pacifica Radio
Owner Three Angels Corporation
(leased to the University of the Virgin Islands)
Sister stations WGOD-FM
WIGT
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://wuvi.am/
WUVI-LP
(repeater of WUVI)
City John Brewers Bay, U. S. Virgin Islands
Branding WUVI AM 1090 & FM 97.3
Slogan The Voice of the University
Frequency 97.3 (MHz)
Format College
Power 87,000 watts
Class L1
Facility ID 196438
Transmitter coordinates 18°20′33.2″N 64°58′19.5″W / 18.342556°N 64.972083°W / 18.342556; -64.972083
Callsign meaning W
University of the
Virgin
Islands
Affiliations Pacifica Radio
Owner University of the Virgin Islands

WUVI (1090 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Three Angels Corporation and leased to the University of the Virgin Islands.

WUVI-LP (97.3 FM) is licensed to serve John Brewers Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by the UVI.

WUVI airs a College radio format using student on-air talent from the university's radio program. News programming from Pacifica Radio is also broadcast.

History

WIBS to WUVI AM

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 28, 1985.[1] The new station was assigned the call letters WIBS by the FCC on October 2, 1985.[2] WIBS received its license to cover from the FCC on November 7, 1988.[3]

In February 1989, Raphael A. Figueroa and Lucy E. Figueroa (doing business as Saint Thomas Broadcasters) reached an agreement to sell this station to Three Angels Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 5, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on July 31, 1989.[4] The new owners had the FCC assign the WGOD call letters on October 5, 1989.[2]

"Out of Thin Air to On the Air"

On September 14, 2012, the station changed its call sign to the current WUVI in conjunction with Three Angels' lease of the station to the University of the Virgin Islands, which launched a college radio format on January 9, 2013.[5]

Managers

On-air staff

Managers

Staff

Former on-air staff

The following individuals have been on WUVI as on-air staff:

Managers

Staff

References

  1. ↑ "Application Search Details (BP-19831109CC)". FCC Media Bureau. August 28, 1985.
  2. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19880420AE)". FCC Media Bureau. November 7, 1988.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19890125EA)". FCC Media Bureau. July 31, 1989.
  5. ↑ Waits, Jennifer (February 25, 2012). "College Radio Comes to U.S. Virgin Islands with Launch of WUVI-AM". Radio Survivor. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
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