WVIP
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| City of license | New Rochelle, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | New York City |
| Branding | WVIP 93.5 FM |
| Frequency | 93.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | September 13, 1948 (76 years ago) as WGNR-FM[1] |
| Format | Caribbean music |
| ERP | 1,750 watts |
| HAAT | 132 meters (433 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 28023 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | WGNR-FM (1948–1953) WNRC-FM (1953–1958) WWES-FM (1958–1959) WVOX-FM (1959–1977) WRTN (1977-8/23/2006) WVIP-FM (8/24/2006-9/6/2006) WRTN (9/7/2006-10/31/2006) |
| Owner | Hudson-Westchester Radio, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WVOX |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | FM/HD1: wvipfm HD2: wvox |
WVIP is a radio station licensed to New Rochelle, New York and serving the New York metropolitan area. WVIP features a Caribbean music format airing programming for the Afro-Caribbean community. Its studios are in New Rochelle, and its transmitter is located in Yonkers, New York.
Historically, WVIP was an AM station in Mt. Kisco NY. Founded in 1957, it operated on 1310 kHz with a power of 5000w. The station was destroyed by fire in 1997. (cf. "The Airwaves of New York", McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers) (For more details, see "WRVP" per above.)
HD programming
On July 12, 2010, WVIP began broadcasting in HD.
The HD2 sub-channel broadcasts its sister AM station, WVOX.
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | Facility ID |
ERP W |
Height m (ft) |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W252CS | 98.3 | Brooklyn, New York | 155892 | 10 | 268 m (879 ft) | D | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | FCC | rebroadcasts HD1 |
| W292DV | 106.3 | New York, New York | 155888 | 4 | 201 m (659 ft) | D | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | FCC | |
| W268BY | 101.5 | Queens, New York | 147810 | 38 | 75 m (246 ft) | D | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | FCC | rebroadcasts HD4 |
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WVIP
- Radio-Locator information on WVIP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVIP
- FCC History Cards for WVIP The record is incomplete due to FCC error, starting in 1974.
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