WRVP

Last updated
WRVP
Simulcast of WWRV, New York City
Frequency 1310 kHz
Programming
Language(s) Spanish
Format Christian music and teaching
Ownership
OwnerRadio Vision Cristiana Management
History
First air date
October 27, 1957;65 years ago (1957-10-27)
Former call signs
WVIP (1957 [1] -2006)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 70273
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 33 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
41°11′37″N73°44′22″W / 41.19361°N 73.73944°W / 41.19361; -73.73944
Links
Public license information
Website radiovision.net

WRVP (1310 AM) is a Spanish language Christian music and teaching station, licensed to Mount Kisco, New York. Radio Vision Cristiana Management Corporation is the licensee. [2]

The station signed on the air as WVIP in 1957. A tragic overnight fire on September 10, 1997, destroyed the station's studios. Despite community outpouring to keep the station on the air, station owner Martin Stone announced several days later that WVIP would go silent. [3]

Stone died on June 7, 1998, [4] and by December, 1998, Suburban Broadcasting Corporation acquired the station from Stone's estate and returned it to the air. [1] [5]

Radio Vision Cristiana Management Corporation acquired the station in August 2002. [2]

The station's call sign was changed to WRVP on November 1, 2006. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Application Search Details". FCC.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  3. cf. "The Airwaves of New York", McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers
  4. Chen, David W. (June 18, 1998). "Martin Stone, 83, Radio Pioneer And Producer of 'Howdy Doody'". The New York Times . Section B. p. 11. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  5. "Application Search Details". FCC.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  6. "Call Sign History". FCC.gov. Retrieved June 3, 2022.