WVJZ

Infobox Radio station
name = WVJZ


city = Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands
area =
branding = "Jamz 105.3"
slogan =
frequency = 105.3 FM (MHz)
airdate = December 23, 1985
format = Mainstream Urban/Reggae
erp = 30,200 Watts
haat = 483 meters (1586 feet)
class = B
facility_id = 62113
coordinates = coord|18|21|33|N|64|58|18|W
callsign_meaning = W V JamZ
former_callsigns = WVGN (1985-1998)
affiliations =
owner = Ackley Media Group
licensee = GARK LLC
sister_stations = WVWI, WWKS
webcast =
website = http://www.amg.vi/jamz

WVJZ (105.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to GARK LLC which is wholly owned by Gordon P. Ackley as part of the Ackley Media Group. It airs an Mainstream Urban and Reggae music format. [ cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=FA07&surveyID=FA07&band=fm&callLetter=WVJZ |title=Fall 2007 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron]

Lonely Planet's guide to the Virgin Islands describes this station as "the station for continuous R&B" in the USVI. [cite book |title=Virgin Islands |last=Peffer |first=Randall |year=2001 |publisher=Lonely Planet |location=Oakland, California |isbn=0864427352 |pages=41 ]

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the WVGN call letters to this station on December 23, 1985. It held this call sign until switching to the current WVJZ call letters on June 15, 1998. [cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=62113&Callsign=WVJZ |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database ]

Ownership

GARK LLC, originally a partnership between Gordon Ackley and Randolph Knight, was acquired solely by Gordon Ackley in April 2006 when Ackley bought out Knight's 50% interest for an undisclosed sum. [ cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6329687.html |title=Deals |author=BIA Financial Networks |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2006-05-01] GARK LLC is the licensee of WVJZ as well as sister stations WVWI and WWKS. Local press coverage pegged the sale price "in the neighborhood of $4.3 million" for the three-station combo. [cite web |url=http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1147234763 |title=Knight to Sell Radio One, KISS and JAMZ |work=St. Thomas Source |date=2006-04-28 |last=Pennington |first=Shaun A. |accessmonthday= December 25 |accessyear= 2007]

References

External links

* [http://www.amg.vi/jamz WVJZ official website]
* [http://www.amg.vi/ Ackley Media Group]
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