WVBI-LP

WVBI-LP is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beaver Island, Michigan, serving St. James, Michigan.[1] WVBI-LP is owned and operated by the Preservation Association of Beaver Island, which also operates the Beaver Island Community Center.[3]

WVBI-LP
CityBeaver Island, Michigan
Broadcast areaSt. James, Michigan
Branding"WVBI"
Slogan"The Voice of Beaver Island"
Frequency100.1 FM MHz
First air dateJune, 2015
FormatVariety[1]
Power39 watts
HAAT47.3 meters (155 ft)
ClassL1
Facility ID194978
Transmitter coordinates45°41′11″N 85°31′38″W
Call sign meaningW Voice (of) Beaver Island
Former call signsWVBI-LP (2014-Present)[2]
AffiliationsFeature Story News
Public Radio Exchange
WFMT Radio Network
OwnerPreservation Association of Beaver Island
WebcastWVBI-LP Webstream
WebsiteWVBI-LP Online

Programming

With some breaks for special music programs, the station airs "The Cottage Mix" from 6am to 10pm, 7 days a week with hourly news during weekday drive times and at noon and 3pm. The Cottage Mix consists of "Pop, Oldies, Country, Celtic, Beaver Island Favorites and a little bit of jazz".[4] From 10pm to 6am, 6 nights a week (starting at 1:00 a.m. Saturday morning), WVBI-LP airs "Jazz Night Watch", featuring various styles of Jazz music. The Cottage Mix runs until 11pm on Friday evenings. Thenpresents "The Midnight Special", hosted by Beaver Island seasonal resident Rich Warren, from the WFMT Radio Network.[4][5]

On Saturdays the station broadcasts "WorldLink" at 6am,[6] and "Inside Europe" at 7am,[7] from Deutsche Welle and RadioLab (from WNYC) at 8am.[4] It repeats "WorldLink" at 6am on Sunday morning followed by "World in Progress" at 7am, "Living Planet" at 7:30am [8] and "Interfaith Voices" at 8am. On most Saturday mornings WVBI presents a locally produced countdown show it calls "The Top Ten + Five" and repeats the program Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The station has special music programming on the weekends. On Saturday evenings at 5:00 p.m. it presents a live locally produced country music show called Country Classics hosted by Sheri Timsak. This is followed at 7:00 p.m. by the Retro Album Chart Show hosted by Titus Jennings and at 9:00 p.m. by Rockin' the Boat with Mark Beltaire, which runs until 11:00 p.m. That's followed by two hours of classic rock in a special Saturday Night Classic Rock Cottage Mix.

On Sunday mornings starting at 9:00 a.m. the station provides a chill soundtrack with its Sunday Morning Cottage mix, which includes smooth jazz, some soul and pop with killer jazz licks and more. That runs until 1:00 p.m. when the Milwaukee Symphony takes to the air on the WFMT radio network from PRX. That's followed at 3:00 p.m. by the station's signature Cottage Mix. Sunday evening at 5pm WVBI presents another live locally produced show called Sunday Night Oldies hosted by Phil Becker. That's followed at 7:00 p.m. by "The International Americana Music Show",[9] "Celtic Connections" at 8:00 p.m.,[10] and "Full Moon Hacksaw"[11] at 9:00 p.m. all are from Public Radio Exchange (PRX).[4] The station also presents occasional locally produced radio theater programs, special news programs and coverage of community events.

Technical Facilities

The station recently relocated its transmitter to a site on The Kings Highway fairly near the geographic center of the island near the Beaver Island Retreat near the Beaver Island Airport and increased it's HAAT from, 21.4 meters (70 ft) to 47.3 meters (155 ft) and decreasing it's wattage from 100 watts to 39 watts. The station uses a two-bay circularly polarized antenna driven by a Nautel VS-300LP transmitter. Program audio is delivered to the transmitter site on a two hop Ubiquiti NanoBridge link using a Barrix audio over IP encoder/decoder pair. WVBI uses RadioDJ for its playout software and AltaCast to encode its streaming service.

References
  1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  2. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  3. "WVBI-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  4. "WVBI Broadcast Schedule". WVBI. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
  5. "The Midnight Special". WFMT Radio Network. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  6. "WorldLink - DW.com". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  7. "Inside Europe - DW.com". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  8. "Living Planet - DW.com". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  9. "PRX >> Series >> The International Americana Music Show". PRX. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  10. "PRX >> Series >> Celtic Connections". PRX. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  11. "PRX >> Series >> Full Moon Hacksaw". PRX. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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