WVIE (107.3
FM) is a
radio station
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in
Charlotte Amalie,
U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment Detroit, LLC, which is wholly owned by R.J. Watkins Group.
Ownership
The station, then known as WVGN, was acquired by
Caribbean Broadcasting Network
The Caribbean Broadcasting Network (formerly LKK Group) is a broadcasting company, headquartered in the Hollywood Center Studios (HCS) in Hollywood, California. The company owns and operates four television stations, two in Puerto Rico and two i ...
(then known as LKK Group; Keith Bass, President) from Calypso Communications in 2002.
While Caribbean Broadcasting Network is a company whose television stations are affiliates of commercial networks, WVGN was operated under a separate arm, Caribbean Community Broadcasting, and solicited and accepted donations from listeners, as would most other NPR members.
Caribbean Broadcasting Network reached a deal to sell WVGN to R.J. Watkins, owner of
WHPR-FM
WHPR-FM (88.1 FM) is an Urban Oldies and Talk radio station based in Highland Park, Michigan, owned and operated by R. J.'s Late Night Entertainment Corporation.
History
The station was founded May 21, 1954 by the Highland Park School District; ...
and operator of
W33BY-D in
Detroit
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, on August 7, 2014;
the sale was completed on February 17, 2015,
accompanied by a call sign change to WVIE.
WVGN's NPR programming continued through March 15, 2015; Watkins replaced this programming with contemporary music and
talk shows
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.
Since November 7, 2015, WVIE's signal was simulcast on
W33BY's 3rd subchannel. Until then, it had been a SD simulcast of 33.1, 33.2 and 33.4, however, are still simulcasting W33BY-DT1 in SD.
References
External links
WVIE official website*
VIE
Vie (IPA: /'vi.e/), is a district (or ''quarter''), of Oradea, a city in Bihor, Romania. The name means ''vineyard'' in Romanian.
Geography
Vie is situated in the hills overlooking Oradea, in the northern part of the town. It spans quite a ...
Radio stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands
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