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WDVY (106.3 FM) is a radio station that will be broadcasting Christian music and teaching programs with the call letters WFME. Licensed to Mount Kisco, New York, USA, the station serves Northern Westchester and Putnam Counties. The station is owned by Family Stations Inc. Family Stations has applied to the FCC for permission to program the station with Family Radio's non-commercial religious format from its former 94.7 FM station's studios in West Orange, New Jersey and in a public statement, Charlie Menut Family Radio's Regional Vice-President and former station manager/chief engineer for Newark, New Jersey's WFME (FM) stated before that station signed off that WDVY would assume the WFME call-sign until a new suitable AM station in the New York City tri-state area could be acquired.

History

The station went on the air as WVIP-FM on 1964-01-15. On 1993-09-26, the station was sold and changed its call sign to WMJU, and on 1999-11-16 to WFAF.

It was announced on February 25, 2012 that WFAF would begin simulcasting the country music station WDBY "KICKS 105.5 FM" from Brookfield, Connecticut on 106.3 starting Thursday, March 1st. The switch was moved up to February 29, 2012 at 12pm. To reflect the format change, Cumulus changed the call-sign from WFAF to WDVY.

Previously the station had been simulcasting WFAS-FM 103.9 FM, an adult contemporary station licensed to Bronxville, New York. For more history see WDBY.

WDVY was sold to Family Stations as part of the agreement to sell Family Stations' WFME, Newark, New Jersey to Cumulus Media. The WDBY simulcast went silent on Monday, January 14, 2013, in preparation for Family Radio, the previous programming from 94.7, to move there along with the WFME calls.

References

1. "WDVY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
2. WFME (FM) signs off and statement by station manager Charlie Menut.
3. "WDVY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
4. "KICKS 105.5 Facebook Post".
5. "Price For WFME/N.Y.: $40 Million Plus Westchester FM".

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WDVY ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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