WVIP is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a World Ethnic format. Licensed to New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle, New York

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, USA, it serves the New York metropolitan area

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. Formerly known as WRTN-93.5 and renamed WVIP, the station is currently owned by Hudson-Westchester Radio, Inc. and features programing from Jones Radio Network. This station airs Caribbean

Caribbean

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 programming.

For many years from the 1950s, the call letters WVIP were used for an AM station (1310) and FM station (106.3) in the northern Westchester County

Westchester County, New York

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 village of Mt. Kisco. In 2006, William O'Shaughnessy

William O'Shaughnessy

-Early life:William O'Shaughnessy was a member of the Uí Seachnasaigh of Cenél Áeda na hEchtge in south County Galway. His father was The Ó Seachnasaigh, Roger O'Shaughnessy, while his mother was Helen O'Brien, daughter of Conor mac Donogh O'Brien, a son of Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond...

's Whitney Radio Group renamed its WRTN/93.5 WVIP. In July 2010, WVIP moved its transmitter to the top of the Montefiore Medical Center

Montefiore Medical Center

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 in the Bronx

The Bronx

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, giving it a much stronger signal in New York City

New York City

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, northern New Jersey

New Jersey

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, southern Connecticut

Connecticut

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, Long Island

Long Island

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 and Rockland County.

On July 12, 2010, WVIP began broadcasting in HD

HD Radio

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; its HD2

HD2

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 subchannel broadcasts its sister AM station, WVOX

WVOX

WVOX is a radio station in New Rochelle, New York. It is operated as a regional community station heard mainly in suburban Westchester County, the Bronx, Queens, the North Shore of Long Island, southern Connecticut and northern New Jersey. The station president is William O'Shaughnessy, and its...

, while its HD3 subchannel offers a feed of continuous country music programming.