[IRCA] Fwd: WVUV American Samoa

[Lynn Hollerman <lynn@xxxxxxxxx>]

 From the IRCA web site - for any interested...

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>WVUV American Samoa arises from the ashes?
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>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 info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or write to us at PO Box 14339,
>Wellington, New Zealand.
>Warm regards, David Ricquish

Lynn.
Lafayette, LA
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