WVOE

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WVOE-AM
Broadcast area Wilmington, North Carolina
Frequency 1590 kHz
BrandingWVOE 1590
Programming
Format Gospel music/Urban Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner Ebony Enterprises
History
First air date
1962
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Class D
Power 1000 watts daytime
Transmitter coordinates
34°21′05″N78°50′38″W / 34.35139°N 78.84389°W / 34.35139; -78.84389
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WVOE (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music and Urban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Chadbourn, North Carolina in the United States. The station is owned by Ebony Enterprises. WVOE first signed on in 1962 and is the oldest African American owned radio station in the South.

In 2019, the building and equipment were in bad shape and few people were listening to AM radio. The station was in danger of going off the air but turned to GoFundMe to keep it going. [1]

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References

  1. Reed, Bryant (August 16, 2019). "Historic radio station in danger of being pulled from the airwaves". WECT . Retrieved August 18, 2019.