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VCY America, Inc. is a traditional, evangelical, conservative Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian talk and teaching, as well as traditional Christian music through its broadcast outlets.

HistoryEdit

Originally known as "Milwaukee Youth For Christ", and later, "Greater Milwaukee Youth For Christ", it left the national YFC organization in 1973 and became known as the Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth (WVCY) until 1995, when it changed to its present name. Its flagship stations in Milwaukee, WVCY-FM and WVCY-TV, share a call sign which refers to the ministry's original name.

Radio networkEdit

File:VCY America Studios.jpg
VCY America's operation center, studios and headquarters in the Miller Valley neighborhood of Milwaukee, which contains the call signs for the stations managed out of the facility purchased before 1998 upon its facade.

The ministry operates 41 VCY America-owned radio stations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It also broadcasts over 27 low-power FM translators.<ref>Radio, VCY America. Retrieved February 26, 2019.</ref> VCY America radio also provides programming such as Crosstalk, Worldview Weekend, and Music 'til Dawn to stations throughout the country via satellite. Additionally, VCY has a Christian bookstore in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin which is promoted on air and ships throughout the United States as an additional source of revenue.

VCY has attempted to expand into the San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas, and the Coachella Valley through the lease and attempted purchase of a group of three stations in a bankruptcy action: KFRH, KREV and KRCK-FM. In early 2022, the original owner sued successfully to nullify the bankruptcy action against them, and the bankruptcy debtor in possession and trustee was forced to return to the stations to them and nullify the VCY America leases. In October 2023, VCY America participated in a bankruptcy auction for these stations and was the winning bidder for KFRH, KRCK-FM, and two translators in the Palm Springs area for $2,445,952.88.<ref>"KEXP, VCY America & AutoPilot FM To Acquire Stations From Ed Stolz Auction", RadioInsight. December 12, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.</ref> KFRH in North Las Vegas, Nevada's call sign was changed to KVPH and it began airing VCY America's programming on March 18, 2024.<ref>"KVPH 104.3 FM Las Vegas on the air!", VCY America. March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.</ref>

In December 2022 VCY America announced it would purchase WFAS-FM in the New York City area from Cumulus Media, pending final approval from the Federal Communications Commission.<ref>InsideRadio.com "Cumulus Media to Exit from New York Market with Sale to VCY America" Dec. 8, 2022</ref><ref>RadioInsight.com "VCY America Enters New York City with WFAS-FM Purchase Dec. 8, 2022</ref> Renamed WVBN, the acquisition, completed on February 6, 2023, gave VCY America its first broadcast outlet on the East Coast.<ref name="ri-wfasfmtowvbn">Template:Cite news</ref> VCY America added to its Northeastern expansion in August 2023 with its purchase of WJBR-FM in Wilmington, Delaware, from Beasley Broadcast Group.<ref name="ri-saletovcy">Template:Cite news</ref> VCY took control of the station October 6, changing its call sign to WVCW; the move brings its programming into the Philadelphia market.

ProgrammingEdit

VCY America's radio programming includes Christian talk and teaching programming, among them:

VCY America also airs a variety of vocal and instrumental traditional Christian music, as well as children's programming such as Ranger Bill.<ref name="Programming"/> Notably, the network (including WVCY-TV) eschews any programs featuring Contemporary Christian music, and has dropped programming which has switched to it in any form, including as theme music.

TelevisionEdit

The ministry also owns WVCY-TV (Channel 30) in Milwaukee, which holds a commercial license but is completely viewer supported. As of January 2018, it is carried under a channel share agreement with commercial station WITI, owned by Fox Television Stations. It vacated its former independent frequency in the FCC's spectrum repack auction, the proceeds of which ($76.3 million,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> plus donations and bookstore purchases since) have been utilized to expand VCY's radio network. WVCY-TV is also carried in the Wausau television market via translator W26EE-D, licensed to Wittenburg.

In 1994, WVCY-TV rejected an offer to be purchased by CBS and become the network's new Milwaukee affiliate, following WITI's defection to Fox as part of the 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment.

Other effortsEdit

The ministry also operates a summer camp, near Hillsboro, Wisconsin, called, "Trail Ridge Camp"<ref name="Trail Ridge Camp">"Trail Ridge Camp" Trail Ridge Camp. Retrieved July 4, 2019.</ref> as well as its religious bookstore, with a physical location in Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, and its online presence.

LeadershipEdit

The ministry is run by a team formerly headed by the late Vic Eliason, a former Youth for Christ worker, ordained Christian minister and a recipient of an honorary doctorate from Bob Jones University, in 2001.<ref>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; May 22, 2001</ref> Jim Schneider is the current Executive Director.<ref>"Jim Schneider, Executive Director", VCY America. Retrieved April 22, 2021.</ref>

List of stationsEdit

Call sign Frequency City of license State Class Power
(W) 		ERP
(W) 		Height
(m (ft)) 		FCC info
Template:Rh | KVCP 88.3 FM Phoenix Arizona C1 Template:Sdash 22,500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCC 88.5 FM Tucson Arizona A Template:Sdash 1,500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVPW 97.7 FM Mecca California A Template:Sdash 1,600 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCW 99.5 FM Wilmington Delaware B Template:Sdash 50,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WLUV 1520 AM Loves Park Illinois D 500 (day)
13 (night)		 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WPTH 88.1 FM Olney Illinois A Template:Sdash 2,900 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVSB 106.3 FM South Bend Indiana A Template:Sdash 1,400 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVPG 103.9 FM Dunkerton Iowa C3 Template:Sdash 14,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVDI 99.3 FM Huxley Iowa A Template:Sdash 5,300 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCI 89.7 FM Montezuma Iowa C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVPJ 94.7 FM Rockford Iowa A Template:Sdash 3,100 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCY 104.7 FM Fort Scott Kansas C3 Template:Sdash 16,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KCVS 91.7 FM Salina Kansas C2 Template:Sdash 11,500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCN 104.3 FM Baraga Michigan C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCM 91.5 FM Iron Mountain Michigan A Template:Sdash 500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WQRN 88.9 FM Cook Minnesota C3 Template:Sdash 16,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WQRM 850 AM Duluth Minnesota B 50,000 (day)
14,000 (c.h.)		 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCS 89.1 FM Spring Valley Minnesota C3 Template:Sdash 12,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WRVX 91.7 FM Cameron Missouri C2 Template:Sdash 27,500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KIRS 107.7 FM Stockton Missouri C3 Template:Sdash 11,700 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVPH 104.3 FM North Las Vegas Nevada C Template:Sdash 24,500 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCN 106.7 FM Los Alamos New Mexico C0 Template:Sdash 44,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVBN 103.9 FM Bronxville New York A Template:Sdash 980 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WJIC 91.7 FM Zanesville Ohio A Template:Sdash 6,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCF 90.5 FM Freeman South Dakota C2 Template:Sdash 9,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCX 101.5 FM Gregory South Dakota C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCH 88.7 FM Huron South Dakota C1 Template:Sdash 60,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVFL 89.1 FM Pierre South Dakota A Template:Sdash 400 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVPC 97.7 FM Rapid City South Dakota C Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVDT 103.3 FM Allen Texas C Template:Sdash 98,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVLM 104.7 FM Tarzan Texas C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | KVCE 92.7 FM Slaton Texas C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVIW 104.1 FM Bridgeport West Virginia A Template:Sdash 2,450 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCF 90.5 FM Eau Claire Wisconsin A Template:Sdash 1,600 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVFL 89.9 FM Fond du Lac Wisconsin A Template:Sdash 1,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCY-FMTemplate:Efn 107.7 FM Milwaukee Wisconsin B Template:Sdash 43,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCY 690 AM Oshkosh Wisconsin B 250 (day)
77 (night)		 Template:Sdash Template:Sdash Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCS 90.1 FM Owen Wisconsin C3 Template:Sdash 1,900 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVCX 98.9 FM Tomah Wisconsin C0 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WEGZ 105.9 FM Washburn Wisconsin C1 Template:Sdash 100,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | WVRN 88.9 FM Wittenberg Wisconsin C2 Template:Sdash 25,000 Template:Convert Template:FCC-LMS-Facility

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Broadcast translators of VCY America
Call sign Frequency
(MHz) 		City of license State ERP
(W) 		Height
(m (ft)) 		Class FCC info
Template:Rh | K251BX 98.1 Palm Desert California 158 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K293AO 106.5 Alamosa Colorado 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K214DE 90.7 Antonito Colorado 10 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W213AW 90.5 Charleston Illinois 55 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W287BY 105.3 Rockford Illinois 135 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W249CX 97.7 Duluth Minnesota 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K292FX 106.3 Joplin Missouri 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K203EZ 88.5 Alamogordo New Mexico 10 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K218AK 91.5 Artesia New Mexico 63 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K207CQ 89.3 Gallup New Mexico 100 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K211CW 90.1 Hobbs New Mexico 57 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K250AB 97.9 Roswell New Mexico 205 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K220CE 91.9 Ruidoso New Mexico 82 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K212EH 90.3 Silver City New Mexico 2 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W232CQ 94.3 Cambridge Ohio 13 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K206EQ 89.1 Brookings South Dakota 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K258AG 99.5 Mitchell South Dakota 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K293BQ 106.5 Sioux Falls South Dakota 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K278BK 103.5 Watertown South Dakota 250 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W286DS 105.1 Appleton Wisconsin 120 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W216BL 91.1 McFarland Wisconsin 120 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W211AU 90.1 Monroe Wisconsin 13 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W260DL 99.9 Oshkosh Wisconsin 155 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | K208FO 89.5 Prairie du Chien Wisconsin 205 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W275CH 102.9 Ripon Wisconsin 13 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W235AG 94.9 Sheboygan Wisconsin 18 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility
Template:Rh | W218CC 91.5 Wausau Wisconsin 85 Template:Convert D Template:FCC-LMS-Facility

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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