WVIP (FM)

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WVIP
Broadcast area Binghamton metropolitan area
Frequency 100.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingSolidGold 100.5 & 104.5
Programming
Language English
Format Oldies
Affiliations Buffalo Bills Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerEquinox Broadcasting Corporation
WCDW
History
First air date
July 2, 1992;32 years ago (1992-07-02)
Former call signs
  • WXEJ (1992–1995)
  • WMTT (1995–1996)
  • WCDW (1996–2013)
  • WDRE (2013–2025)
  • WVYP (2025)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 19668
Class A
ERP 1,600 watts
HAAT 196 meters (643 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°3′10.00″N75°42′7.00″W / 42.0527778°N 75.7019444°W / 42.0527778; -75.7019444
Translator(s) 104.5 MHz W283AG (Binghamton, New York)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.binghamtonoldies.com

WVIP (100.5 MHz, "Solid Gold 100.5 & 104.5") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and serving the Binghamton metropolitan area. It airs an oldies radio format. WVIP is owned by the Equinox Broadcasting Corporation. [2] [3] In the fall, WVIP carries Buffalo Bills football. Its studios are on Main Street in Johnson City.

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WVIP is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The station's transmitter is on Anne Road at Sugarbush Road in Windsor, New York.

History

From 1947 to 1952, 100.5 MHz was the frequency used by WNBF-FM. [4] [5] It was sister station to WNBF, the first radio station in the Binghamton area. In that era few people owned FM radio receivers, and management saw little opportunity to make it profitable, so the station was taken silent. In 1956, WNBF-FM returned to the air, moving to 98.1 MHz (currently WHWK). [6] The 100.5 allocation in the eastern Twin Tiers remained silent for the next 40 years.

The current station on 100.5 signed on the air as WXEJ on July 2, 1992. On April 14, 1995, the station changed its call sign to WMTT, and on April 8, 1996, to WCDW. [7]

On August 16, 2013, WCDW changed its call letters to WDRE, and also changed formats from oldies, back to alternative rock. [8]

On January 1, 2024, WDRE changed its format from alternative rock (which moved to the WCDW-HD2 subchannel) to oldies, branded as "Solid Gold 100.5/104.5" [9]

WDRE changed its call sign to WVYP on January 19, 2025, [10] and to WVIP on January 28. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVIP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WDRE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Radio Stations". equinoxbroadcasting.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "FCC Actions: August 11 Decisions", Broadcasting, August 18, 1952, page 98.
  5. ↑ "FM Broadcast Stations: Frequency Assignments" (June 12, 1947), Federal Register, Volume 12, Number 108, June 3, 1947, page 4040.
  6. ↑ Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1957 page 181
  7. ↑ "WDRE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  8. ↑ "Alternative WDRE Returns On 100.5 The Drive In Binghamton". AllAccess.com.
  9. ↑ Solid Gold Doubles Up in Binghamton Radioinsight - January 1, 2024
  10. ↑ "Exchange Request". fcc.gov. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  11. ↑ Fitzgerald, Kevin M (January 22, 2025). "Form 380 - Exchange Request". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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