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Radio station in Coventry, Rhode Island

WCVY

Coventry, Rhode Island
Frequency 91.5 MHz
Programming
Format AAA/Modern rock
Affiliations none
Ownership
Owner Coventry Public Schools of Rhode Island(Coventry Rhode Island Public Schools)
History
First air date October 19, 1978[1]
Call sign meaning W CoVentrY
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority FCC
Facility ID 14229
Class A
ERP 200 watts
HAAT 11 meters (36 feet)
Transmitter coordinates 41°41′10″N 71°35′37″W / 41.68611°N 71.59361°W / 41.68611; -71.59361
Links
Public license information Public fileLMS
Website Coventry Schools

WCVY is a local student-run high school radio station in Coventry, Rhode Island that broadcasts on 91.5 FM. The station is owned by Coventry Public Schools of Rhode Island, and broadcasts from Coventry High School. The station broadcasts a combination of adult album alternative (AAA) and modern rock music formats.[3][4]

The station, which went on the air October 19, 1978,[1] has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[5]

From 2007 until 2009, WCVY shared time with Spanish-language religious station WRJI; that station left the air in November 2009 and did not return for over a year, and was thus deleted by the FCC in January 2011.[6] In June 2011, the FCC removed the provision in WCVY's license that only allowed it to operate from 2–10 p.m. on weekdays, as the deletion of WRJI rendered the time-share agreement between the two stations moot.[7] Beginning in July 2011 the station entered a leased-time arrangement with The Public's Radio to rebroadcast then-WNPE's 102.7FM (later WNPN 89.3FM) NPR news/talk programming at all times outside of local student programming; the latter typically being 2-8 p.m. weekdays, whenever school was in session.[8] In April 2021 the lease was not renewed, The Public's Radio simulcast ended, and WCVY was responsible for its own programming.[9]

As of 2024, WCVY 91.5 did not renew their license with the FCC, all links to streams on 3rd party platforms and the Coventry Public Schools website have been removed or no longer work. The last social media was on September 15, 2020 on their Instagram. The reason for the station's disappearance has not been publicly stated.

  1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 (PDF). 2003. p. D-417. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCVY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WCVY - 91.5 FM Coventry, RI". tunein.com.
  4. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  6. ^ Fybush, Scott (January 24, 2011). "Mourning Two Broadcasting Pioneers". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  7. ^ Fybush, Scott (June 13, 2011). "Erie's Rocket Seeks Higher Orbit". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  8. ^ Fybush, Scott (July 11, 2011). "Merlin Drops 101.9 Clues". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
  9. ^ "TheEC: End of an Era on WCVY". The Engineer's Corner from The Public's Radio. 8 April 2021.