WVOE

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WVOE-AM
City Chadbourn, North Carolina
Broadcast area Wilmington, North Carolina
BrandingWVOE 1590
Slogan "Music With a Message"
Frequency 1590 kHz
First air date1962
Format Gospel music/Urban Adult Contemporary
Power 1000 watts daytime
Class D
Transmitter coordinates 34°21′05″N78°50′38″W / 34.35139°N 78.84389°W / 34.35139; -78.84389
Owner Ebony Enterprises

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.