ZBVI

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ZBVI
Broadcast areaEastern Caribbean
Frequency 780kHz
BrandingZBVI 780 A.M.
Programming
Format Adult contemporary/Caribbean
History
First air date
1965
Technical information
Facility ID 99877
Power 10,000 watts daytime
20,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
18°25′28″N64°36′17″W / 18.4244°N 64.6046°W / 18.4244; -64.6046
Links
Website zbviradio.net

ZBVI 780 is an A.M. radio station broadcasting from Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Listed in the F.C.C. database with the callsign of ZBV, [1] the station calls itself ZBVI on-air. Although the station is located in the British Virgin Islands the broadcast reach extends to Anguilla, the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's islands Culebra and Vieques. In 1971 the United States banned cigarette radio advertising resulting in ZBVI having a category of niche advertising clients.

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