WVIN-FM

WVIN-FM

City	Bath, New York
Broadcast area	Elmira-Corning area
Slogan	V 98.3
Frequency	98.3 MHz
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	4,500 watts
HAAT	112.0 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	52121
Transmitter coordinates	42°19′6.00″N 77°21′27.00″W / 42.3183333°N 77.3575000°W / 42.3183333; -77.3575000
Former callsigns	WEKT (1971-1975)
Affiliations	ABC Radio , Westwood One
Owner	Gordon Ichikawa (Tower Broadcasting, LLC)
Website	wvinbath.com

WVIN-FM (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Bath, New York, USA, the station serves the Elmira-Corning area. The station is currently owned by Gordon Ichikawa, through licensee Tower Broadcasting, LLC, and features programing from ABC Radio and Westwood One.^[1]

The station first signed on the air on October 10, 1971 as WEKT-FM with a power of 1.7 kW and was licensed to Hammondsport, New York.^[2] The station was owned by Taylor Aviation with offices on Bully Hill in Hammondsport.

In October 1974, the station was sold to Genkar, Inc., which also purchased WGHT-AM in Bath, New York from Taylor Aviation.^[3]^[4] The studios of the two stations were consolidated in Bath, New York and the station began simulcasting with the call letters WVIN-FM & AM in 1975.^[5]^[6] By 1987, the license city for WVIN-FM had been changed to Bath, New York.^[7]

References

↑ "WVIN-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Broadcasting '72 Yearbook" (PDF).
↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1975" (PDF).
↑ "Broadcasting Magazine, June 24, 1974" (PDF).
↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1976" (PDF).
↑ "Broadcasting Magazine, March 24, 1975" (PDF).
↑ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1987" (PDF).

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVIN

Radio-Locator information on WVIN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVIN

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market

Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.

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Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)

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