WVUV (648 AM) was a

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licensed to serve the

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of Leone, American Samoa. The station, established in 1942, was owned and operated by South Seas Broadcasting, Inc., when its

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was cancelled in 2011. WVUV was a sister station to NBC TV station

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, which went by the WVUV-LP callsign until 2008.

Programming

Before signing off forever, WVUV broadcast a

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music format to

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area and other neighboring islands.

History

After being deleted from the FCC database in January 2005 after a period of inactivity, the station was re-licensed and reassigned the WVUV call letters by the

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on May 5, 2006. The FCC application history shows a series of "Stay Silent" requests from February 2006 through 2008, as the station's antenna was damaged and the station was unable to repair it. The station filed an application with the FCC to change broadcast frequencies from 648 kHz to 720 kHz. This would have included a reduction in power from 10,000

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s day and night to 5,000 watts during the day and 2,000 watts at night. The antenna would also have moved to 14°20'23"S, 170°46'21"W. The WVUV

was due for periodic renewal on April 16, 2010. Per FCC regulations, the station should have applied for renewal no later than December 16, 2009. As the FCC had received no request to renew the license for nearly a year after its scheduled expiration, the Commission declared the license expired, ordered WVUV to cease broadcasting, and deleted the WVUV

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from its database.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 54768 (WVUV)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WVUV
(covering 1973-1980) {{American Samoa Radio μWVUV (AM) Radio stations established in 1942 Radio stations disestablished in 2011 Defunct radio stations in the United States 1942 establishments in American Samoa 2011 disestablishments in American Samoa Defunct mass media in American Samoa Tutuila