WOVV
Frequency90.1 MHz
BrandingOcracoke Community Radio
Programming
FormatVariety
Ownership
OwnerOcracoke Foundation
Technical information
Facility ID173549
ClassA
ERP650 watts
HAAT19.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
35°6′43.00″N 75°58′38.20″W / 35.1119444°N 75.9772778°W / 35.1119444; -75.9772778
Links
WebcastWOVV Webstream
WebsiteWOVV Online

WOVV (90.1 FM) is a community radio station licensed to Ocracoke, North Carolina, United States. The station, owned by the Ocracoke Community Radio, Inc., airs a variety format of music, news, and local public affairs programming.[1] In addition to its FM signal, the station streams on the internet at wovv.rocks.[2][3]

Background

Started in 2008 by volunteers intent on bringing community radio to Ocracoke Island, the station was licensed by the FCC on November 10, 2010.[4][1] Serving part of North Carolina's Outer Banks region, WOVV provides vital information to residents and visitors during weather emergencies such as Hurricane Florence in 2018, often operating under generator power.[5]

In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew toppled WOVV's transmitting tower, knocking the station off the air for a month. While WOVV continued to stream on the internet using a backup generator, the station's volunteers scrambled to return WOVV to the airwaves. Within a month, WOVV was back on the air at reduced power using a borrowed antenna. The next year, in November 2017, a new 70-foot tower was installed with a custom-built directional antenna, enabling WOVV to extend its reach as far as the Hatteras Inlet, about 25 miles.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "WWOVV-FM 90.1MHz". radio-locator.com. Radio Locator. 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "WOVV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WOVV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "WOVV Community Radio". ocracokeguide.com. Ocracoke Guide. 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Richard (September 15, 2018). "Ocracoke Island after Hurricane Florence". ocracokeobserver.com. Ocracoke Observer. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Taylor, Richard (December 24, 2017). "Loud and clear: New tower, antenna return WOVV to full strength". ocracokeobserver.com. Ocracoke Observer. Retrieved September 20, 2018.


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