WVIE (FM)

WVIE
Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands;
Frequency	107.3 (MHz)
Programming
Format	Adult contemporary, talk radio
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	R.J. Watkins; (Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment Detroit, LLC);
Sister stations	WHPR-FM; W33BY-D
History
First air date	1991
Former call signs	WVNX (1991–1998); WVGN (1998–2015)
Call sign meaning	Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment
Technical information
Facility ID	14999
Class	A
ERP	1650 Watts
HAAT	439 meters (2315 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′24″N 64°57′59″W / 18.35667°N 64.96639°W
Links
Website	http://www.wviefm1073.com/

WVIE (107.3 FM) is a radio station in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to Virgin Islands Radio Entertainment Detroit, LLC which is wholly owned by R.J. Watkins Group.

Ownership

The station, then known as WVGN, was acquired by Caribbean Broadcasting Network (then known as LKK Group; Keith Bass, President) from Calypso Communications in 2002.^[1]^[2]

While Caribbean Broadcasting Network is a company whose television stations are affiliates of commercial networks, WVGN was operated under a separate arm, Caribbean Community Broadcasting, and solicited and accepted donations from listeners, as would most other NPR members.

Caribbean Broadcasting Network reached a deal to sell WVGN to R.J. Watkins, owner of WHPR-FM and operator of W33BY-D in Detroit, on August 7, 2014;^[3] the sale was completed on February 17, 2015,^[4] accompanied by a call sign change to WVIE.^[5] WVGN's NPR programming continued through March 15, 2015; Watkins replaced this programming with contemporary music and talk shows.^[6]

Since November 7, 2015, WVIE's signal was simulcast on W33BY's 3rd subchannel. Until then, it had been a SD simulcast of 33.1, 33.2 and 33.4, however, are still simulcasting W33BY-DT1 in SD.