WMYP (98.3 FM) is a

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by Amanda Friedman. It airs a Spanish/

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/ Variety format. The

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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.

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. Friedman is the wife of Jonathan K. Cohen who owns several other radio stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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