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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Jeff Berlin
9:33 am on Wednesday, March 13, 2013
WMVY will be back on FM soon! .. trying to learn where. more ›