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| Frequency | 107.3MHz |
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| Branding | K-LOVE |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| WJKL | |
| History | |
First air date | 1991 |
Former call signs | WVNX (1991–1998) WVGN (1998–2015) |
Former frequencies | 97.1MHz (1991-2001) |
Call sign meaning | VirginIslands RadioEntertainment |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 14999 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,650watts |
| HAAT | 439meters (2315 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 18°21′24″N64°57′59″W / 18.35667°N 64.96639°W /18.35667; -64.96639 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WVIE (107.3MHz), branded on-air asK-LOVE, is anon-commercialFMradio station inCharlotte Amalie,U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is currently owned byEducational Media Foundation and carries network programming fromK-LOVE, EMF's mainContemporary Christian music network.
The station, then known as WVGN, was acquired byCaribbean Broadcasting Network (then known as LKK Group; Keith Bass, President) from Calypso Communications in 2002.[2][3]
While Caribbean Broadcasting Network 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.
Caribbean Broadcasting Network reached a deal to sell WVGN to R.J. Watkins, owner ofWHPR-FM and operator ofW33BY-D inDetroit, on August 7, 2014;[4] the sale was completed on February 17, 2015,[5] accompanied by a call sign change to WVIE.[6] WVGN's NPR programming continued through March 15, 2015; Watkins replaced this programming with contemporary music andtalk shows.[7]
Since November 7, 2015, WVIE's signal was simulcast onW33BY's 3rd subchannel. Until then, it had been a SD simulcast of 33.1, 33.2 and 33.4, however, are still simulcasting W33BY-DT1 in SD.
On March 14, 2023, it was announced that theEducational Media Foundation was buying WVIE for $150,000. The station would be EMF's second located in a U.S. territory and would switch to the company'sK-Love network. The sale was completed on May 26, 2023.
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