WVJZ

WVJZ
Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands;
Frequency	105.3 FM (MHz)
Branding	105 Jamz
Programming
Format	Mainstream Urban/reggae, Calypso music
Ownership
Owner	Ackley Media Group; (GARK LLC);
Sister stations	WIVI, WWKS
History
First air date	December 23, 1985
Former call signs	WVGN (1985-1998)
Call sign meaning	W V JamZ
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	62113
Class	B
ERP	30,200 watts
HAAT	483 meters (1,586 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	18°21′33″N 64°58′18″W / 18.35917°N 64.97167°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	http://www.amg.vi/

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 a Mainstream Urban and reggae music format.^[2]

Lonely Planet's guide to the Virgin Islands describes this station as "the station for continuous R&B" in the USVI.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] GARK LLC is the licensee of WVJZ as well as sister stations WVWI and WIVI. Local press coverage pegged the sale price "in the neighborhood of $4.3 million" for the three-station combo.^[6]

Translator stations

Broadcast translator for WVJZ
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	FCC info
W276CH	103.1 FM	Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands	139997	10	LMS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WVJZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
^ Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet. pp. 41. ISBN 0-86442-735-2.
^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ BIA Financial Networks (2006-05-01). "Deals". Broadcasting & Cable.
^ Pennington, Shaun A. (2006-04-28). "Knight to Sell Radio One, KISS and JAMZ". St. Thomas Source. Retrieved December 25, 2007.