WVIP (FM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WVIP
| logo = SOLIDGOLD LOGO.png
| logo_upright = .9
| city = Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
| country = US
| area = Binghamton metropolitan area
| frequency = {{Frequency|100.5|MHz}} {{HD Radio}}
| branding = SolidGold 100.5 & 104.5
| language = English
| format = Oldies
| affiliations = Buffalo Bills Radio Network
| owner = Equinox Broadcasting Corporation
| sister_stations = WCDW
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|7|2}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WXEJ (1992–1995)|WMTT (1995–1996)|WCDW (1996–2013)|WDRE (2013–2025)|WVYP (2025)}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 19668
| class = A
| erp = 1,600 watts
| haat = {{convert|196|meters}}
| coordinates = {{coord|42|3|10.00|N| 75|42|7.00|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| translator = {{Radio Relay|104.5 MHz|W283AG|Binghamton, New York}}
| webcast = {{listen live|https://www.binghamtonoldies.com/player/}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.binghamtonoldies.com/}}
}}
WVIP (100.5 MHz, "Solid Gold 100.5 & 104.5") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, and serving the Binghamton metropolitan area. It airs an oldies radio format. WVIP is owned by the Equinox Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WDRE |title=WDRE Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}{{cite web |url=http://www.equinoxbroadcasting.com/radio-stations.html |title=Radio Stations |website=equinoxbroadcasting.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111223818/http://www.equinoxbroadcasting.com/radio-stations.html |archive-date=November 11, 2017}} In the fall, WVIP carries Buffalo Bills football. Its studios are on Main Street in Johnson City.
WVIP is a Class A station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,600 watts. The station's transmitter is on Anne Road at Sugarbush Road in Windsor, New York.
History
From 1947 to 1952, 100.5 MHz was the frequency used by WNBF-FM.[https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele43unse/page/n687/mode/1up "FCC Actions: August 11 Decisions"], Broadcasting, August 18, 1952, page 98.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t4nk9ts9n&view=1up&seq=492 "FM Broadcast Stations: Frequency Assignments"] (June 12, 1947), Federal Register, Volume 12, Number 108, June 3, 1947, page 4040. It was sister station to WNBF, the first radio station in the Binghamton area. In that era few people owned FM radio receivers, and management saw little opportunity to make it profitable, so the station was taken silent. In 1956, WNBF-FM returned to the air, moving to 98.1 MHz (currently WHWK).[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1957/Radio--All-1957-BC-YB.pdf Information] from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1957 page 181 The 100.5 allocation in the eastern Twin Tiers remained silent for the next 40 years.
The current station on 100.5 signed on the air as WXEJ on July 2, 1992. On April 14, 1995, the station changed its call sign to WMTT, and on April 8, 1996, to WCDW.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19668&Callsign=WDRE |title=WDRE Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}
On August 16, 2013, WCDW changed its call letters to WDRE, and also changed formats from oldies, back to alternative rock.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121618/alternative-wdre-returns-on-100-5-the-drive-in-bin |title=Alternative WDRE Returns On 100.5 The Drive In Binghamton |work= AllAccess.com}}
On January 1, 2024, WDRE changed its format from alternative rock (which moved to the WCDW-HD2 subchannel) to oldies, branded as "Solid Gold 100.5/104.5"[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/262836/solid-gold-doubles-up-in-binghamton/ Solid Gold Doubles Up in Binghamton] Radioinsight - January 1, 2024
WDRE changed its call sign to WVYP on January 19, 2025,{{cite web |title=Exchange Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff39448107801946080838d5975&id=25076ff39448107801946080838d5975&goBack=N |website=fcc.gov |access-date=January 19, 2025}} and to WVIP on January 28.{{cite web |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Kevin M |title=Form 380 - Exchange Request |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/views/public/fmDraftCopy?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9194899aab019489f4eb95051e&id=25076f9194899aab019489f4eb95051e&goBack=N |website=Licensing and Management System |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=February 1, 2025 |date=January 22, 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{officialwebsite|https://www.binghamtonoldies.com/}}
{{FM station data|19668|WVIP}}
;Translator
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|141561|W283AG}}
- {{FXL|W283AG}}
{{Binghamton Radio}}
{{Oldies Radio Stations in New York}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1992
Category:1992 establishments in Pennsylvania