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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WVJZ
| logo             =
| city             = [[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands]]
| area             = 
| branding         = ''105 Jamz''
| frequency        = 105.3 FM ([[Megahertz|MHz]])
| airdate          = December 23, [[1985 in radio|1985]]
| format           = [[Mainstream Urban]]/[[reggae]], [[Calypso music]]
| erp              = 30,200 [[watt]]s
| haat             = 483 meters (1,586 feet)
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 62113
| coordinates      = {{coord|18|21|33|N|64|58|18|W}}
| callsign_meaning = W V '''J'''am'''Z'''
| former_callsigns = WVGN (1985-1998)
| affiliations     = 
| owner            = Ackley Media Group
| licensee         = GARK LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WIVI]], [[WWKS]]
| webcast          = 
| website          = http://www.amg.vi/ 
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WVJZ''' (105.3 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is a [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands]]. The station is licensed to GARK LLC which is wholly owned by Gordon P. Ackley as part of the Ackley Media Group. It airs a [[Mainstream Urban]] and [[reggae]] music format.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=FA07&surveyID=FA07&band=fm&callLetter=WVJZ |title=Fall 2007 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron}}</ref>

[[Lonely Planet]]'s guide to the Virgin Islands describes this station as "the station for continuous R&B" in the USVI.<ref>{{cite book |title=Virgin Islands |last=Peffer |first=Randall |year=2001 |publisher=Lonely Planet |location=Oakland, California |isbn=0-86442-735-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetvirg00rand/page/41 41] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lonelyplanetvirg00rand/page/41 }}</ref>

The [[Federal Communications Commission]] assigned the WVGN [[Call sign|call letters]] to this station on December 23, 1985. It held this call sign until switching to the current WVJZ call letters on June 15, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=62113&Callsign=WVJZ  |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database }}</ref>

==Ownership==

GARK LLC, originally a partnership between Gordon Ackley and Randolph Knight, was acquired solely by Gordon Ackley in April 2006 when Ackley bought out Knight's 50% interest for an undisclosed sum.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6329687.html |title=Deals |author=BIA Financial Networks |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2006-05-01}}</ref>  GARK LLC is the licensee of WVJZ as well as sister stations [[WVWI]] and [[WIVI]]. Local press coverage pegged the sale price "in the neighborhood of $4.3 million" for the three-station combo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?v=d&i=&s=News:Local&p=1147234763 |title=Knight to Sell Radio One, KISS and JAMZ |work=St. Thomas Source |date=2006-04-28 |last=Pennington |first=Shaun A. |accessdate= December 25, 2007 }}</ref>

==Translator stations==
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WVJZ

| call1  = W276CH
| freq1  = 103.1
| watts1 = 10
| city1  = Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
| fid1  = 139997
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.amg.vi/ Ackley Media Group]
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|62113|WVJZ}}
* {{FMARB|WVJZ}}

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[[Category:Radio stations in the United States Virgin Islands|VJZ]]
[[Category:Mainstream urban radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1985]]
[[Category:1985 establishments in the United States Virgin Islands]]
[[Category:Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands]]
[[Category:Reggae, soca and calypso radio stations]]
[[Category:Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States]]


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