WIVI

WIVI
Frequency102.1 FM (MHz)
BrandingPirate Radio
Programming
FormatClassic rock
Ownership
Owner
  • Ackley Media Group
  • (Ackley Caribbean Enterprises, Inc.)
WVJZ, WWKS
History
First air date
August 24, 1988
Former call signs
WDCM (1988-1996)
WWKS (1996-2017)
Former frequencies
96.1MHz (1988-2017)
Call sign meaning
W I Virgin Islands
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID31084
ClassB
ERP50,000 Watts
HAAT374 meters (1,228 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
18°20′30″N 64°43′59″W / 18.34167°N 64.73306°W / 18.34167; -64.73306
Links
Public license information

WIVI (102.1 FM, "Pirate Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Cruz Bay, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is licensed to Ackley Caribbean Enterprises, Inc. which is wholly owned by Gordon P. Ackley as part of the Ackley Media Group. It airs a classic rock format.[2]

Lonely Planet's 2001 guide to the Virgin Islands described this station as, "probably the most popular rock & roll station" in the USVI.[3]


The station had branded itself as "Pirate Radio" before a flip to the "Hitz 96" moniker on October 1, 2009 and again reverting to the "Pirate Radio" moniker in 2015.

The station swapped call signs and formats with sister station WIVI on July 1, 2017.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WIVI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Fall 2007 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ^ Peffer, Randall (2001). Virgin Islands. Oakland, California: Lonely Planet. pp. 41. ISBN 0-86442-735-2.