WPVM (FM)

WPVM

Simulcasts WRVM, Suring
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Door County
Frequency	88.5 MHz
Programming
Format	Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	WRVM, Inc.[1]
Sister stations	WRVM, WMVM, WHJL, WYVM, WXVM
History
First air date	July 1998 (1998-07)[2]
Former call signs	WAZM (1998) WRGX (1998–2008) WNLI (2008–2014)
Call sign meaning	disambiguation of WRVM's calls
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	85042
Class	C2
ERP	15,000 watts
HAAT	158 m (518 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	44°54′14.00″N 87°22′13.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wrvm.org

WPVM FM 88.5 is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the Green Bay area. The station is owned by WRVM, Inc. and operates as a simulcast of WRVM 102.7 FM.^[4]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WAZM on April 20, 1998, but was never on the air with those calls. On October 9, 1998, the station changed its broadcast callsign to WRGX.^[5]

WRGX signed on the air with a format of Christian alternative rock as a complement to sister station WPFF, which features Christian adult contemporary music. As of September 2001, the station was one of 46 radio stations whose plays were recorded by Radio & Records to compile the Christian Rock chart.^[6] In April 2006, WRGX dropped its Christian rock format after fundraising goals to keep the format on the air were not met. The station changed to a Southern gospel/Christian country format which remained until after the sale in December 2007 from Family Educational Broadcasting Corporation of Door County, WI, to Bethesda Christian Broadcasting. Following the sale, WRGX changed its calls to WNLI and adopted a format of Christian talk, teaching and inspirational music.

On October 23, 2013, it was announced that WPFF, WNLI and their associated translators would be sold to the Educational Media Foundation, owners of the K-LOVE and Air 1 CCM networks.^[7] The sale, at a price of $825,000, was consummated on February 14, 2014.

Prior to the station's purchase by Educational Media Foundation, WNLI was relayed by W245AK, 96.9 is Sheboygan. W245AK currently serves as a translator for WNLI's sister station, K-LOVE affiliate WPFF.^[8]

Former logo

In 2014, Educational Media Foundation sold WNLI to WRVM, Inc. at a price of $240,000. This sale was consummated on October 30, 2014.^[9] The station changed its call sign to WPVM on November 10, 2014.^[10]

References

1. FCC Applications 10/23: COL Change In Washington - Radio Insight
2. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 (PDF). 2009. p. D-601. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
3. "Facility Technical Data for WPVM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. "WPVM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
5. "WPVM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
6. "Christian Rock contributors" (PDF). Radio & Records: 88. September 21, 2001. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
7. "EMF Buys WPFF, WNLI". All Access Media. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
8. K-LOVE Master Station List Archived May 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine K-LOVE. Accessed July 18, 2014
9. Application Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 2, 2015
10. Call Sign History fcc.gov. Accessed February 2, 2015

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 85042 (WPVM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WPVM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database