WVLT is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Vineland, New Jersey

Vineland, New Jersey

Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 60,724...

. The station is owned by Clear Communications, Inc. (not to be confused with Clear Channel Communications

Clear Channel Communications

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, Inc.) It airs an Oldies

Oldies

Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 music format.

This station had the call letters WKQV and WKQV-FM in the late 1970s and early 1980's. Call letters were changed to WVLT on August 15, 1986.

While WVLT's home market of Cumberland County is not a rated market, the station's 6,000 watt signal reaches parts of four rated markets: Philadelphia, Atlantic City-Cape May, Monmouth - Ocean and Wilmington, DE.

Personalities

Evening host Jerry Blavat

Jerry Blavat

Jerry Blavat , also known as "The Geator with The Heator", is an American disc jockey who is known for promoting oldies music on the radio in the Philadelphia area. Blavat was born in South Philadelphia to a Jewish father and Italian mother....

 is "the Geator with the Heator," a fixture in Philadelphia area radio since 1960. Blavat was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia's Hall of Fame on November 22, 2002. He was a co-owner of doo-wop

Doo-wop

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 specialist label Crimson Records

Crimson Records

Crimson Records was a reissue record label founded by Jerry Greene in the early 1960s, and was a sister label of Lost Nite Records. Disc jockey Jerry Blavat was a co-owner of the label until the late 1960s. The label was known for releasing rare and hard-to-find doo-wop and R&B records. During...

.

"Doo-Wop Diner" host Lou Costello has been on the air in the Delaware Valley

Delaware Valley

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 for more than 30 years. In April 2003, he was inducted into the membership of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia, an organization of 300 area broadcasters, all with at least 15 years experience in the business.

In October 2006, Bill "Wee Willie" Webber joined the WVLT airstaff. In November 2006 Webber was honored as "person of the year" by the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Webber worked at WVLT until his death in May, 2010, just a few weeks shy of his 81st birthday.

"Crazy Bob" Madara was a former morning drive personality on WVLT.

External links

• WVLT official website