WVUS

WVUS
Grafton, West Virginia;
Broadcast area	Taylor County, West Virginia
Frequency	1190 kHz
Branding	Light of Life Ministry
Programming
Format	Catholic radio
Ownership
Owner	Light of Life Community, Inc.
Sister stations	WLOL-FM
History
First air date	1957
Former call signs	WVVW (1957–1982); WKGA (1982–1986); WTBZ (1986–2008);
Call sign meaning	West Virginia, United States
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64661
Class	D
Power	4,500 watts daytime; 22 watts nighttime;
Transmitter coordinates	39°21′1″N 80°2′40″W / 39.35028°N 80.04444°W
Translator(s)	97.5 W248DB (Clarksburg)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	WVUS Online

WVUS is a Catholic radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Grafton, West Virginia, serving Grafton and Taylor County, West Virginia. WVUS is owned and operated by Light of Life Community, Inc.

WVUS operates on a frequency of 1190 kHz, a United States and Mexican clear-channel frequency. WVUS must leave the air from sunset to sunrise to prevent nighttime skywave interference to the Class A stations.

History

WVUS was first licensed as WVVW in 1957; a condition of the station's launch was that principal J. Patrick Beacom had to relinquish his interest in WTCS in Fairmont.^[2] The station switched calls to WKGA in July 1982.

In 1986, WKGA would become country formatted WTBZ and begin simulcasting then co-owned WTBZ-FM (now WKTZ-FM). In August 2002, WTBZ-FM was sold to Educational Media Foundation (becoming a K-Love affiliate), while WTBZ dropped country for a rhythmic contemporary hit radio format.

On May 6, 2008, WTBZ became WVUS in the first step as becoming a "new station". Then-owner Appalachian Radio filed an application to move the station from AM 1260 to AM 1190 and increase the station's daytime power to 4,500 watts. On August 8, 2008, WVUS officially began broadcasting on AM 1190.

It was announced on November 6, 2009, that owner Steven Tocco was attempting to sell the station at an asking price of $59,000. Tocco cited low ad revenue and high operating costs as reasons for the sale, and gave a shutdown date of December 31.^[3] On December 23, 2009, WVUS was sold to Light of Life Community, Inc. for $62,550.^{[citation needed]} On March 8, 2010, WVUS dropped its adult standards format for Catholic radio programming.