WVOE
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Broadcast area | Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Frequency | 1590 kHz |
Branding | WVOE 1590 |
Programming | |
Format | Gospel music/Urban Adult Contemporary |
Ownership | |
Owner | Ebony Enterprises |
History | |
First air date | 1962 |
Technical information | |
Class | D |
Power | 1000 watts daytime |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°21′05″N 78°50′38″W / 34.35139°N 78.84389°W |
WVOE (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music and Urban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Chadbourn, North Carolina in the United States. The station is owned by Ebony Enterprises. WVOE first signed on in 1962 and is the oldest African American owned radio station in the South.
In 2019, the building and equipment were in bad shape and few people were listening to AM radio. The station was in danger of going off the air but turned to GoFundMe to keep it going.[1]
References
- ^ Reed, Bryant (August 16, 2019). "Historic radio station in danger of being pulled from the airwaves". WECT. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
External links
- ‹The template AMQ is being considered for deletion.› WVOE in the FCC AM station database
- WVOE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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