WVIE
| City of license | Pikesville, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Branding | "V-1370" |
| Frequency | "1370" kHz |
| First air date | April 5, 1955 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 watts day 7,700 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 27691 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°24′29.00″N 76°46′32.00″W / 39.40806°N 76.77556°W |
| Callsign meaning | "W-VoIcE" (former positioner) |
| Former callsigns | 1993-2006: WWLG 1992-1993: WHLP 1955-1992: WEBB |
| Former frequencies | 1955-2002: 1360 (kHz) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Radio Networks Fox Sports Radio Talk Radio Network |
| Owner | M-10 Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WCBM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | fox1370.com |
WVIE (1370 AM, known on air as V-1370) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Pikesville, Maryland, USA, it serves the Baltimore area.
The station is currently owned by M-10 Broadcasting, Inc. and features programming from Premiere Radio Networks and Fox Sports Radio. WVIE is the flagship radio station for Towson Tigers football and UMBC Retrievers men's basketball. WVIE airs Washington Wizards basketball as an affiliate station.
The station signed on in 1955 as WEBB 1360 kHz; from 1979 to 1990, the station was owned by Dorothy Brunson,[1] who would program the station with an Urban Contemporary format. Brunson would sell her radio stations, including WEBB, in 1990, in order to provide funds for her new television station, WGTW-TV in Philadelphia.[2] Prior to June 2006, this station carried an adult standards format as WWLG, "Legends 1370," and between 1992 and 1993 held the WHLP calls.
The station relocated to 1370 kHz on July 22, 2002, becoming WVIE, "V-1370, The Voice", an all women-oriented talk with programming from Joy Browne, Laura Ingraham, Tammy Bruce, Laura Schlessinger, and Sally Jessy Raphael.
However, by late 2007, Bruce and Raphael were dropped in favor of non-woman oriented talk radio programming such as Mancow Muller, Glenn Beck, and Phil Hendrie. That programming was ended in favor of a sports format on September 8, 2008 with the nickname "Fox 1370 Sports Radio".
Sports hosts Jerry Coleman and Rob Long became the main talents on the station. Rob Long now hosts the late-morning show from 9 am-Noon and maintains a website covering local sports, www.roblongshow.com. Jerry Coleman hosts "Sports with Coleman" afternoons from 3-6 pm and maintains a website www.sportswithcoleman.com.
In May 2011, WVIE began moving away from the sports format, adding the long-form news program America's Morning News (syndicated by Talk Radio Network) in morning drive from 5–9 a.m. and returning to the "V-1370" branding.[3] That July, the station canceled its local sports talk shows in favor of carrying the America's Radio News all-news network, complementing sister conservative talk station WCBM; nighttime and weekend programming will still be provided by Fox Sports Radio.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Baltimore Sun: "Dorothy E. Brunson, radio station owner, dies", August 4, 2011.
- ^ Baltimore Sun: "Radio station WEBB is sold owner says format to stay", October 19, 1990.
- ^ http://www.pressboxonline.com/story.cfm?id=7629
- ^ Zurawik, David (June 30, 2011). "Radio station WVIE (1370 AM) drops local sports talk". The Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/z-on-tv-blog/bal-radio-station-wvie-1370am-drops-stan-the-fan-charles-local-sports-talk-20110630,0,1564805.story. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WVIE
- Radio-Locator Information on WVIE
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WVIE
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