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WVUV-FM
Fagaitua, American Samoa;
Broadcast area	Pago Pago, American Samoa
Frequency	103.1 MHz
Branding	V103
Programming
Format	Samoan and Polynesian favorites
Ownership
Owner	South Seas Broadcasting, Inc.; (South Seas Broadcasting, Inc.);
Sister stations	KKHJ-FM, KKHJ-LP
History
First air date	March 2008
Former call signs	KHZF (2006-2008)
Technical information
Facility ID	164297
Class	C2
ERP	1,300 watts
HAAT	485 meters (1591 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	14°19′21″S 170°45′47″W / 14.32250°S 170.76306°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wvuv.com

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WVUV-FM (103.1 FM, "V103") is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Fagaitua, American Samoa. The station is located on the second floor of the Pago Plaza office complex in Pago Pago and broadcasts from a tower located atop Mt. Oletele. The station is owned and operated by South Seas Broadcasting, Inc., which is owned by Larry Fuss, Smitty Lutu, Joey Cummings and Kirk Harnack. Joey Cummings in the General Manager. WVUV airs a Samoan and Polynesian favorites music format and operates 24 hours per day..

The station was assigned the WVUV-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 7, 2008.^[1] It is the westernmost "W" call-sign in the U.S., the only "W" call-sign in the Pacific, the only "W" call-sign west of Texas, and the only "W" call-sign south of the equator. The "W" call-sign dates from World War II station WVUV, which was privatized after the war.

Air staff

V103 employs all local announcers and is live for most of the day and voice-tracked in the evening and overnight hours.

News

WVUV has a 3-person local news team, which is shared with sister-station KKHJ-FM. Headed by veteran News Director Monica Miller, daily newscasts are aired in both English and Samoan.

References

^ ^a ^b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

External links

WVUV-FM official website
Facility details for Facility ID WVUV ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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[fcc1-1] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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 '''WVUV-FM''' (103.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "V103") is a [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to serve the [[community of license|community]] of [[Faga'itua|Fagaitua, American Samoa]].  The station is located on the second floor of the Pago Plaza office complex in Pago Pago and broadcasts from a tower located atop Mt. Oletele.  The station is owned and operated by South Seas Broadcasting, Inc., which is owned by Larry Fuss, Smitty Lutu, Joey Cummings and Kirk Harnack.  Joey Cummings in the General Manager.  WVUV airs a Samoan and Polynesian favorites music format and operates 24 hours per day..
-The station was assigned the WVUV-FM call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on April 7, 2008.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=164297&Callsign=WVUV-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref>  It is the westernmost "W" call-sign in the U.S., the only "W" call-sign in the Pacific, and the only "W" call-sign south of the equator.  The "W" call-sign dates from World War II station WVUV, which was privatized after the war.
+The station was assigned the WVUV-FM call letters by the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on April 7, 2008.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=164297&Callsign=WVUV-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref>  It is the westernmost "W" call-sign in the U.S., the only "W" call-sign in the Pacific, the only "W" call-sign west of [[Texas]], and the only "W" call-sign south of the equator.  The "W" call-sign dates from World War II station WVUV, which was privatized after the war.
 == Air staff ==