| WOVV | |
| City: | Ocracoke, North Carolina |
| Branding: | Ocracoke Community Radio |
| Frequency: | 90.1 MHz |
| Format: | Variety |
| Erp: | 650 watts |
| Haat: | 19.0 meters |
| Class: | A |
| Facility Id: | 173549 |
| Coordinates: | 35.1119°N -75.9773°W |
| Owner: | Ocracoke Foundation |
| Webcast: | WOVV Webstream |
| Website: | WOVV Online |
WOVV (90.1 FM) is a community radio station licensed to Ocracoke, North Carolina, United States. The station, owned by the Ocracoke Community Radio, Inc., airs a variety format of music, news, and local public affairs programming.[1] In addition to its FM signal, the station streams on the internet at wovv.rocks.[2] [3]
Started in 2008 by volunteers intent on bringing community radio to Ocracoke Island, the station was licensed by the FCC on November 10, 2010.[4] Serving part of North Carolina's Outer Banks region, WOVV provides vital information to residents and visitors during weather emergencies such as Hurricane Florence in 2018, often operating under generator power.[5]
In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew toppled WOVV's transmitting tower, knocking the station off the air for a month. While WOVV continued to stream on the internet using a backup generator, the station's volunteers scrambled to return WOVV to the airwaves. Within a month, WOVV was back on the air at reduced power using a borrowed antenna. The next year, in November 2017, a new 70-foot tower was installed with a custom-built directional antenna, enabling WOVV to extend its reach as far as the Hatteras Inlet, about 25 miles.[6]