WMYP

WMYP (98.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands. The station is owned by Amanda Friedman. It airs a Spanish/Tropical/Variety format.^[2]

WMYP

Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Frequency	98.3 MHz
Branding	Rumba 98.3
Programming
Format	Spanish/Tropical/Variety
Ownership
Owner	JKC Communications (Amanda Friedman)
Sister stations	WVVI-FM WJKC WSKX WMNG WVIQ
History
First air date	April 27, 1998
Former call signs	WPPD (1998-1999) WREY (March–December 1999)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	82199
Class	A
ERP	1,900 watts
HAAT	279 meters (916 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	17°44′51″N 64°50′11″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WMYP Online

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the WPPD call letters to this station on April 27, 1998. This call sign was short-lived as the station switched to WREY on March 1, 1999, then switched again to the current WMYP call letters on December 3, 1999.^[3]

Ownership

In July 2006, Amanda Friedman agreed to buy WMYP from Juan Padin and Jose Martinez (dba J&J Broadcasters) for a reported $350,000.^[4] Friedman is the wife of Jonathan K. Cohen who owns several other radio stations in the U.S. Virgin Islands.^[5]