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For the Hartford, Vermont radio station at 104.3 FM assigned the WMVY call sign from July 2013 through June 2014, see WJKS (FM).
WMVY
City of license Edgartown, Massachusetts
Broadcast area Martha's Vineyard; Cape Cod; Newport, Rhode Island
Branding mvyradio
Frequency 88.7 MHz
(also on HD Radio via WRNI-FM-102.7 HD2)
Repeaters W243AI 96.5 Newport, Rhode Island
First air date 1981 (on 92.7)
May 21, 2014 (on 88.7, as WMEX)
Format Adult Album Alternative
ERP 580 watts
HAAT 83 meters (272 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 175715
Transmitter coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Callsign meaning Airport code for Martha's Vineyard
Former callsigns WMEX (May 21–28, 2014)
WMVI (May 28–June 9, 2014)
Owner Friends of Mvyradio, Inc.
Webcast Listen Live PLS
Website mvyradio.com

WMVY (88.7 FM; "Mvyradio") is a non-commercial community-oriented adult album alternative radio station based in the town of Tisbury, Massachusetts and licensed to serve Edgartown, both on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The station is owned by Friends of Mvyradio, Inc.

Mvyradio is one of the most streamed internet radio stations in the world (consistently one of the Top 20 most-listened-to internet radio stations according to Webcast Metrics).[citation needed] Streams are available in multiple formats, including WMA, MP3, and RealAudio, and it is a featured station on Apple's iTunes radio tuner service.

History

On 92.7 FM

Beginning in 1981 and ending on February 8, 2013, WMVY was a commercial radio station on 92.7 FM in Tisbury. Despite being a class "A" FM signal transmitting from Martha's Vineyard, WMVY was widely listened to in both southeastern Massachusetts (particularly the "upper" portion of Cape Cod) and the area around Newport, Rhode Island (the latter via a translator station on 96.5, W243AI).

During its last few years broadcasting on 92.7 FM, Mvyradio's operations were actually split between two companies. The radio station, WMVY, was owned by Aritaur Communications. The Web presence and online streaming were managed by mvyradio, LLC. A third entity, Friends of mvyradio, is a 501c(3) non-profit created to help offset streaming and programming expenses by enabling listeners to make tax deductible donations.

On November 27, 2012 WBUR, a Boston NPR affiliate, announced that subject to FCC approval, it had reached an agreement to purchase WMVY, which would become a repeater of WBUR. The purchase price was $715,000.[1] Mvyradio's programming was to be transferred to the Friends of Mvyradio as a non-commercial Internet-only station.[2][3] The switch to the WBUR simulcast (under new call letters WBUA) took place on February 9, 2013 at midnight.[4]

On 88.7 FM

On November 7, 2013, Friends of Mvyradio announced that they had bought the broadcast license for 88.7 FM from Vineyard Public Radio Inc., which was 250 watts and had the call letters WMEX.[5] Vineyard Public Radio had originally planned to use WMEX to carry a format of adult standards and big band music, but ran into zoning problems.[6] WMEX began carrying Mvyradio programming at 4 p.m. on May 21, 2014, following a 20-minute stunt of ocean wave sounds.[7] A week later, the call letters were changed to WMVI; on June 9, the WMVY call sign was assigned to the station.[8] Also in June 2014, power was increased to 580 watts. A construction permit is currently in service for a further power increase.

Translators

Broadcast translators of WRNI-FM HD2
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license ERP
W		 FCC info
W243AI 96.5 Newport, Rhode Island 55 FCC

WMVY is heard on 96.5 FM in Newport by way of leasing 102.7-HD2 (WRNI-FM) from Rhode Island Public Radio.[6]

For a few years, beginning in June 2005, WMVY had two additional translator stations on Cape Cod: W264BA (100.7 FM) in Harwich Port and W230AW (93.9 FM) in Centerville. W230AW currently rebroadcasts WFRQ W264BA rebroadcasts WKFY on 100.5 as W263CU.

References

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  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/06/wbur-set-begin-broadcasting-its-new-martha-vineyard-signal-saturday/JCWuAUg7hhJ5TPmvqubEFO/story.html
  5. ↑ http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20131109/BIZ/311090314/-1/NEWS
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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