WOVV

Last updated
WOVV
Frequency 90.1 MHz
BrandingOcracoke Community Radio
Programming
Format Variety
Ownership
OwnerOcracoke Foundation
Technical information
Facility ID 173549
Class A
ERP 650 watts
HAAT 19.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
35°6′43.00″N75°58′38.20″W / 35.1119444°N 75.9772778°W / 35.1119444; -75.9772778
Links
Webcast WOVV Webstream
Website WOVV Online

WOVV (90.1 FM) is a community radio station licensed to Ocracoke, North Carolina, United States. The station, owned by the Ocracoke Community Radio, Inc., airs a variety format of music, news, and local public affairs programming. [1] In addition to its FM signal, the station streams on the internet at wovv.rocks. [2] [3]

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Background

Started in 2008 by volunteers intent on bringing community radio to Ocracoke Island, the station was licensed by the FCC on November 10, 2010. [4] [1] Serving part of North Carolina's Outer Banks region, WOVV provides vital information to residents and visitors during weather emergencies such as Hurricane Florence in 2018, often operating under generator power. [5]

In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew toppled WOVV's transmitting tower, knocking the station off the air for a month. While WOVV continued to stream on the internet using a backup generator, the station's volunteers scrambled to return WOVV to the airwaves. Within a month, WOVV was back on the air at reduced power using a borrowed antenna. The next year, in November 2017, a new 70-foot tower was installed with a custom-built directional antenna, enabling WOVV to extend its reach as far as the Hatteras Inlet, about 25 miles. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WWOVV-FM 90.1MHz". radio-locator.com. Radio Locator. 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. "WOVV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WOVV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. "WOVV Community Radio". ocracokeguide.com. Ocracoke Guide. 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. Taylor, Richard (September 15, 2018). "Ocracoke Island after Hurricane Florence". ocracokeobserver.com. Ocracoke Observer. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  6. Taylor, Richard (December 24, 2017). "Loud and clear: New tower, antenna return WOVV to full strength". ocracokeobserver.com. Ocracoke Observer. Retrieved September 20, 2018.