WVJZ

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WVJZ
Frequency 105.3 FM (MHz)
Branding105 Jamz
Programming
Format Mainstream Urban/reggae, Calypso music
Ownership
Owner
  • Ackley Media Group
  • (GARK LLC)
WIVI, WWKS
History
First air date
December 23, 1985
Former call signs
WVGN (1985-1998)
Call sign meaning
W V JamZ
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 62113
Class B
ERP 30,200 watts
HAAT 483 meters (1,586 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 18°21′33″N64°58′18″W / 18.35917°N 64.97167°W / 18.35917; -64.97167
Links
Public license information
Website http://www.amg.vi/

WVJZ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to GARK LLC which is wholly owned by Gordon P. Ackley as part of the Ackley Media Group. It airs a Mainstream Urban and reggae music format. [2]

Contents

Lonely Planet's guide to the Virgin Islands describes this station as "the station for continuous R&B" in the USVI. [3]

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the WVGN call letters to this station on December 23, 1985. It held this call sign until switching to the current WVJZ call letters on June 15, 1998. [4]

Ownership

GARK LLC, originally a partnership between Gordon Ackley and Randolph Knight, was acquired solely by Gordon Ackley in April 2006 when Ackley bought out Knight's 50% interest for an undisclosed sum. [5] GARK LLC is the licensee of WVJZ as well as sister stations WVWI and WIVI. Local press coverage pegged the sale price "in the neighborhood of $4.3 million" for the three-station combo. [6]

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WVJZ
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)FCC info
W276CH103.1 FM Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands 13999710 LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVJZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands . Oakland, California: Lonely Planet. pp.  41. ISBN   0-86442-735-2.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ BIA Financial Networks (May 1, 2006). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable.
  6. ↑ Pennington, Shaun A. (April 28, 2006). "Knight to Sell Radio One, KISS and JAMZ". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved December 25, 2007.


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