WVOE

WVOE-AM

Chadbourn, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Wilmington, North Carolina
Frequency	1590 kHz
Branding	WVOE 1590
Programming
Format	Gospel music/Urban Adult Contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Ebony Enterprises
History
First air date	1962
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Class	D
Power	1000 watts daytime
Transmitter coordinates	34°21′05″N 78°50′38″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WVOE (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music and Urban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Chadbourn, North Carolina in the United States. The station is owned by Ebony Enterprises. WVOE first signed on in 1962 and is the oldest African American owned radio station in the South.

In 2019, the building and equipment were in bad shape and few people were listening to AM radio. The station was in danger of going off the air but turned to GoFundMe to keep it going.[1]

References

1. Reed, Bryant (August 16, 2019). "Historic radio station in danger of being pulled from the airwaves". WECT. Retrieved August 18, 2019.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 18419 (WVOE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WVOE in Nielsen Audio's AM station database