WVIP

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WVIP
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 (1948-09-13) (75 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.com
HD2: wvox.com

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.

Broadcast translators of WVIP
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

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