WVSP-FM (94.1
MHz
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, "ESPN Radio 94.1") is a
sports
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formatted
broadcast radio station
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licensed to
Yorktown, Virginia
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, United States, serving
The Peninsula,
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of
Hampton Roads. WVSP-FM is owned and operated by
Max Broadcast Group Holdings, LLC. WVSP's studios are located on Greenwich Road in Virginia Beach, while its transmitter is located in Newport News Park in
York County near
Colonial National Historical Park
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.
History
The station had originally signed on in 1975 as WYVA-FM, serving
Yorktown, Virginia
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with a country format. In 1986, it changed call letters to WKEZ while retaining the country format. On October 14, 1991, it began a time-brokered simulcast with then
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Arts, entertainment, and me ...
-formatted
WKOC "The Coast" in Norfolk. The next year, the simulcast was ended and the station switched to
Adult Contemporary
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as WXEZ, "EZ94". The transmitter tower was moved to give the station a better signal over the Tidewater area. The station was sold in the mid 1990s to Barnstable Broadcasting and switched to an
Urban Gospel
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music format as "Star 94.1" in August 2000.
HighBeam
/ref> Barnstable later sold its Tidewater market stations to locally-based Max Media.
On October 5, 2009, WXEZ swapped formats with WGH (1310 AM) and became a sports radio
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station, and at that time changed their call letters to WVSP-FM. With this change, there are now two sports stations on the FM dial in Hampton Roads. ESPN Radio also gained an improved coverage area much greater than when they were located on 1310 AM. The Black Gospel format moved to 1310 AM.
References
External links
ESPN Radio 94.1 Online
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Radio stations established in 1975
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1975 establishments in Virginia
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