WYAC-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = WYAC-FM


city = Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands
area =
branding = "Paradise 93.5"
slogan = "The Voice of the Virgin Islands"
frequency = 93.5 FM (MHz)
airdate = July 19, 1988
format = Adult Contemporary/Talk
erp = 9600 Watts
haat = 246 meters (808 feet)
class = B1
facility_id = 62114
coordinates = coord|17|43|53|N|64|41|17|W
callsign_meaning = W Y Adult Contemporary
former_callsigns = WAVI (1988-1999), WYAC (1999-2003)
affiliations =
owner = Philip E. Kuhlman and Ellen N. Kuhlman, Joint Tenants
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/player.asp?station=wyac-fm& Listen Live]
website = http://www.paradise935fm.com

WYAC-FM (93.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Christiansted, U. S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Philip E. Kuhlman and Ellen N. Kuhlman as joint tenants. The station is operated by Rain Broadcasting under a leasing agreement. WYAC-FM mixes an Adult Contemporary music format with a weekday Talk radio formatted morning show. [ cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=FA07&surveyID=FA07&band=fm&callLetter=WYAC |title=Fall 2007 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron]

The Federal Communications Commission assigned WAVI as the call letters for this station on July 19, 1988. There were switched to WYAC on February 15, 1999 which they remained until WYAC (AM) signed on from San Juan, Puerto Rico, forcing a modification. The station has been assigned the WYAC-FM call letters since October 24, 2003. [cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=62114&Callsign=WYAC-FM |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database ]

Ownership

In June 2004, Philip E. and Ellen N. Kuhlman acquired WAYC-FM from El Morro Broadcasting Inc. (Luis A. Mejia, president) for a reported sale price of $300,000. [cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA425961.html |title=Changing Hands |author=BIA Financial Networks |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2004-06-14]

In January 2007, Rain Broadcasting Inc. (Roger Morgan, president) announced it was buying WAYC-FM from Philip E. and Ellen N. Kuhlman for $375,000. [cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6408854.html |title=Deals |author=BIA Financial Networks |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2007-01-22]

In December 2007, the FCC dismissed a bid by a coalition of Virgin Islands senators and citizens to deny the transfer of the WAYC-FM broadcasting license from its current owners, Philip and Ellen Kuhlman, to the station's lessee, Roger W. Morgan. The station has been leased by Morgan's company, Rain Broadcasting, Inc., for almost four years. However, the FCC ruled that the Kuhlmans had failed to properly monitor the management of the station under Morgan's lease. Under a consent decree, the Kuhlmans agreed to pay $15,000 and Morgan agreed to pay $8,000 to the US government. [cite web |url=http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1201845123 |title=V.I. Senators Fail in Bid to Deny Radio Station License Transfer |work=St. Thomas Source |date=2007-12-15 |last=Hoffman |first=Robert |accessmonthday= December 25 |accessyear= 2007]

=the voices of Wyac-fm=Roger W Morgan host of free speech. He also was a judge in the 2000 miss universe.

David James

Jerome Agean

JR Greer

References

http://www.paradise935fm.com

External links

* [http://www.paradise935fm.com/ WYAC official website]
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