------------------------------------------ WVUV American Samoa arises from the ashes? ------------------------------------------
Recent Reports of Demise Recent reports that WVUV American Samoa may have finally disappeared ffrom the Pacific airwaves for ever, aren't yet the end of the story. The DX press has carried news that the application to move to 720 had been dismissed and the call letters deleted. If true, this would be a sad end to what was once one of the most popular radio stations in the South Pacific. WVUV has been on air However, according to Larry Fuss, WVUV's owner, it's all because the FCC wrongly thought the station had been off-air for more than a year. Not so, says Larry. In fact, WVUV has been broadcasting on 648 with a very low power, and the FCC had lost their application for an STA [Special Temporary Authority] to broadcast! WVUV has since petitioned the FCC for reconsideration of the decision to delete the call letters and dismiss the application for the move to 720. Started life as 50 watt USN outlet WVUV started out as a small 50w station operated by US Navy personnel in Pago Pago in 1944, was later handed over to the American Samoan government and with a 10kW transmitter, became a household name around the South Pacific. It was later sold to private business interests, and is now owned by Larry's South Seas Broadcasting Co. Fire destroyed studios and records According to Larry, the building and old records of WVUV were destroyed by fire in about 1998. The future of WVUV-AM is now linked to Larry's highly successful KHJ-FM which broadcasts from modern studios in Pago Pago. 'This is WVUV' on-line You can read 'This is WVUV' a personal recollection of broadcasting by one of its former DJ's at www.radioheritage.net where it's indexed as story #8 on the 'More Stories' index page. Call for memorabilia to reconstruct heritage If you have airchecks, old WVUV memorabilia or copies of QSL letters and cards from WVUV, the Radio Heritage Foundation would like to hear from you. WVUV and ourselves are keen to see what we can reconstruct from those ashes as regards the stations heritage. Contact details Either email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or write to us at PO Box 14339, Wellington, New Zealand. Warm regards, David Ricquish ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- World Radio TV Handbook 2005 is out. Order yours from http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823077942/hardcoredxcom ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
