WVOV – Danville’s Voice of Victory – has a storied history.  The station was originally built in August 1959. It signed on as WDTI – Where Danville Tunes In. It was sold several years later and the call letters were changed to WYPR – Young People’s Radio. It was an immensely popular station in the Danville area while operating under these call letters. People still talk about listening to it during that period of its history.

In the early 1980’s the station was sold again and the call letters became WVOV – The Voice of Virginia. The station was sold again shortly thereafter, though the call letters remained the same. The format was Top 40, but the station’s popularity continued to drop.

On Christmas Day, 1986 the station’s owners changed the format to Christian. Some of the nation’s top preaching/teaching programs began to air daily. The music was light inspirational.  The station began to attract a loyal and dedicated audience, but the revenues were not enough to keep the station afloat.

In September 1987, the station was sold to its current owners.  The format was changed to Southern Gospel. The station retained the great preaching and teaching that was already airing.  Additionally, several local pastors began to air weekly on the station. The station began to bring the top Southern Gospel artists into the area for concerts. A Southern Gospel supper club – The Silver Trumpet – was started to give listeners a chance to enjoy gospel music in new ways.

Today, the station continues to air the best in Southern Gospel and Bluegrass music. It continues to broadcast some of the best teaching and preaching available to radio. The station now broadcasts its programming worldwide via the Internet. WVOV is available twenty-four hours, seven days a week locally and online.