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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

MVYRadio Announces Vineyard Concert March 16

Live music, local DJs and dessert are on the menu for the evening "celebration of our community and connection" at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, according to the MVRadio Facebook page.

Musicians Mike Benjamin, Don Groover, Tristan Israel, Jemima James, Nancy Jephcote and Paul Thurlow are on the bill for a March 16 concert sponsored by MVYRadio, formerly WMVY, at the Agricultural Hall, 35 Panhandle Rd. in West Tisbury. An update on the MVYRadio Facebook page calls the 7-10 p.m. event "a musical celebration of our community and connection" and continues, "We’ll have a cake, tea, coffee and water...plus some local musicians will play for us! Feel free to bring your favorite dessert and beverage." Formerly heard at 92.7 FM on the Vineyard, MVYRadio went to the internet Feb. 9 after its local frequency was purchased by WBUR as a repeater for the Boston NPR station's programming. According to the MVYRAdio Facebook page on Feb…

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Do You Miss WMVY on the Radio?, WMVY Sold to WBUR, and WMVY Radio Reaches $600,000 Fundraising Goal

Monday, February 11, 2013

Do You Miss WMVY on the Radio?

Local programming is gone from 92.7 FM, replaced by a public radio feed from Boston. Do you miss the music, Island news and ferry updates? What are you listening to now?

As soon as I got to the Vineyard on Friday, I tuned my car radio to 92.7 FM so I could hear WMVY. It turned out that was my last chance to listen to our Island station on the radio: At midnight, WBUR took possession of the radio frequency it had purchased late last year. Now, when I turn on 92.7 FM, I get WBUR - which was fund-raising when I tuned in yesterday. Fortunately for WMVY's worldwide internet audience, the station continues its musical format online at mvyradio.com. But I miss the ability to spin my radio dial to a place where the music is ever-changing and the voices are local. Folks on Facebook tend to agree:  "I really miss it, especially during the storm. We would have had up to date local weather reports. That was the first …

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WMVY, WMVY Sold to WBUR, WMVY Radio Reaches $600,000 Fundraising Goal, and 2 more ›

Jeff Berlin

9:33 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

WMVY will be back on FM soon! .. trying to learn where.   more ›

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