WIVG

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WIVG
Broadcast area Memphis, Tennessee
Frequency 96.1 MHz
Branding Air1
Programming
Format Worship music
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
WMLE
History
First air date
1998 (as WMPS)
Former call signs
WAUF (1997–1998)
WJOI (1/1998-5/1998)
WMPS (1998–2001)
WYYL (2001–2006)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 67247
Class C3
ERP 4,100 watts
HAAT 246 meters (807 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 34°43′36.4″N90°09′43.3″W / 34.726778°N 90.162028°W / 34.726778; -90.162028
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website air1.com

WIVG (96.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Tunica, Mississippi, serving the Memphis, Tennessee area with EMF's Air1 worship music format. Owned by Educational Media Foundation, the station's studios are located in Southeast Memphis, and the transmitter site is in Coldwater, Mississippi near Arkabutla Lake.

Contents

History

Adult alternative (2004–2010)

From 2004 to 2010, the station aired an adult album alternative format called "The Pig." It previously aired on the stronger 107.5 FM. In 2020, "The Pig" moved again, this time to 87.7 FM.

Top 40/CHR (2010–2013)

From 2010 to 2013, the station simulcasted WHBQ-FM and its Top 40/CHR format.

Alternative (2012–2019)

On April 11, 2013, WIVG split from its simulcast with WHBQ-FM and began stunting with a loop of "Blister in the Sun" by Violet Femmes, and changed format to alternative rock at 4 p.m., branded as "96X".

Sports (2019–2021)

In June 2019, WIVG changed its format from alternative rock to a simulcast of sports-formatted WHBQ 560 AM Memphis, TN. [2]

Rock (2021–2023)

On July 8, 2021, WIVG changed its format from a simulcast of sports-formatted WHBQ 560 AM to mainstream rock, branded as "Drake Hall Memphis Radio" (format moved from WPGF-LP 87.7 FM, which was to go off the air on July 13, 2021). [3]

Air 1 (2023–present)

On January 16, 2023, WIVG changed its format from mainstream rock (which moved to online-only) to EMF's Air1 worship music format. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WIVG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ 96.3 Memphis Goes Back to the 80s Radioinsight - August 30, 2019
  3. ↑ Drake Hall Memphis Moves To WIVG Radioinsight - July 7, 2021
  4. ↑ Air 1 Expands in Memphis as Drake FM Moves Online Radioinsight - January 16, 2023


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