WMYP

Last updated
WMYP
Frequency 98.3 MHz
BrandingRumba 98.3
Programming
Format Spanish/Tropical/Variety
Ownership
Owner
  • JKC Communications
  • (Amanda Friedman)
WVVI-FM
WJKC
WSKX
WMNG
WVIQ
History
First air date
April 27, 1998
Former call signs
WPPD (1998-1999)
WREY (March–December 1999)
Technical information
Facility ID 82199
Class A
ERP 1,900 Watts
HAAT 279 meters (916 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
17°44′51″N64°50′11″W / 17.74750°N 64.83639°W / 17.74750; -64.83639
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website WMYP Online

WMYP (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Amanda Friedman. It airs a Spanish/Tropical/Variety format. [1]

Contents

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the WPPD call letters to this station on April 27, 1998. This call sign was short-lived as the station switched to WREY on March 1, 1999, then switched again to the current WMYP call letters on December 3, 1999. [2]

Ownership

In July 2006, Amanda Friedman agreed to buy WMYP from Juan Padin and Jose Martinez (dba J&J Broadcasters) for a reported $350,000. [3] Friedman is the wife of Jonathan K. Cohen who owns several other radio stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. [4]

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References

  1. "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
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