Biographical/historical information

WOVV 90.1 - Ocracoke Island Community Radio
WOVV 90.1 FM is a nonprofit, community operated radio station serving Ocracoke Island and surrounding areas. Licensed by the Federal Communications Commission in 2010, the station broadcasts as a low power FM outlet with a mission centered on locally produced programming. WOVV provides music, local news, public affairs content, and emergency information, with an emphasis on community participation and coverage of island specific concerns.

Peter Vankevich
Peter Vankevich is a broadcaster and writer associated with Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Prior to relocating to Ocracoke, Vankevich worked for the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress, where he served for sixteen years as head of the Copyright Information Section. His work focused on public information services related to copyright law. Following his federal service, he undertook freelance writing and journalism, including work for regional publications in the Washington, D.C. area.

Vankevich and his wife Mary became permanent residents of Ocracoke Island in 2012. After moving to the island, he became involved with WOVV 90.1 FM, Ocracoke's nonprofit community radio station. At WOVV, Vankevich serves as host of the weekly radio program What's Happening on Ocracoke? The program focuses on local news and public affairs and features interviews and discussions with local officials, organization representatives, and community members. Topics addressed include town governance, public services, cultural events, and issues affecting daily life on Ocracoke Island. The program is broadcast on Friday mornings and is periodically rebroadcast or archived by the station. Vankevich has also hosted additional music based programming on WOVV and has been involved in local journalism through his association with the Ocracoke Observer, a community newspaper.

Scope and arrangement

The WOVV's What's Happening on Ocracoke? Radio Show Collection consists of audio recordings of interviews conducted for the radio program What's Happening on Ocracoke?, hosted by Peter Vankevich and broadcast on WOVV 90.1 FM in Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. The interviews document local news, public affairs, and community oriented discussions and include conversations with elected officials, government agency representatives, writers, scientists, nonprofit leaders, and other community members. Topics addressed include town governance, public policy, environmental and coastal issues, cultural events, historical subjects, and matters affecting daily life on Ocracoke Island and the surrounding region. The materials date from 2023 to 2025.

The collection is arranged in three series by year of interview. Series 1 contains interviews recorded in 2023, Series 2 contains interviews recorded in 2024, and Series 3 contains interviews recorded in 2025. Within each series, interviews are arranged chronologically by recording date.

Administrative information

Custodial History

January 15, 2026, 445MB; Digital audio recordings (2023-2025) of What's Happening on Ocracoke radio show. Includes six .mp3 files and seven .jpg files created by host, Peter Vankevich, WOVV, and guests. Gift of Peter Vankevich.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Peter Vankevich and WOVV 90.1 FM

Processing information

Processed by Patrick Cash and John Dunning, January 2025

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

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