WVOD

Last updated
WVOD
Currently silent
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Broadcast area Elizabeth City/Nags Head
Frequency 99.1 MHz
Branding99.1 The Sound
Programming
Format Silent (was Adult Album Alternative)
Ownership
OwnerJam Media Solutions, LLC
WZPR, WCMS-FM, WCXL
History
First air date
1986
Call sign meaning
W
Voice
Of
Dare County
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 50525
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 150 meters
Links
Public license information
Website 991thesound.com

WVOD (99.1 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Manteo, North Carolina serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina which includes Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head. WVOD broadcasts at 50,000 watts at 99.1 FM and is silent, formerly formatted as an AAA or Adult Album Alternative music station. The station is owned by Jam Media Solutions, LLC.

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History

WVOD-FM began life on 99.3 FM as 99 3D, "Your Voices of Dare". Two Dare County businesswomen established the station under the company name "Orbit Communications", and with the license and engineering permits in place, the station began broadcasting on Easter weekend 1986. At the time the station went on the air, there were only three full-time salaried announcers on the company payroll. The station broadcast with 3 kW, moving to 99.1 in 1989 in order to upgrade to 50,000 watts. The original studio and offices were located in an old hardware store on the Manteo waterfront across the street from the Dare County courthouse.

Around 1996, WVOD became a full-fledged AAA station and the station moniker became 'The Sound 99.1".

In 2006, Convergent Broadcasting LLC, which had bought the station in 2002, sold WVOD, WFMZ, WYND-FM and WZPR to CapSan Media LLC. [2]

Hengooch, LLC bought WVOD, WYND-FM, and WZPR/WFMZ in 2010 for $200,000. Max Radio of the Carolinas operated WVOD, WZPR/WFMZ, WCMS-FM and WCXL as of 2013; WYND-FM was sold. [3]

In 2018, Hengooch, LLC sold all of its North Carolina stations to Jam Media Solutions, LLC. [4]

Davis Media planned to buy WVOD and other stations but the deal is off. [5]

On July 9, 2024, WVOD ceased operations. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVOD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Deals," Broadcasting and Cable, April 17, 2006.
  3. ↑ Venta, Lance (June 12, 2013). "EMF Acquires Cape Hatteras FM For $1". radioinsight.com. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Marketing firm with Norfolk ties is buying Max Radio stations". 27 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Davis Media Walks Away from Jam Media Solutions Acquisition Radioinsight - May 30, 2024
  6. ↑ Jam Media Solutions Shutters Rest of Kill Devil Hills Signals Radioinsight - August 5, 2024

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