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WHTE-FM
WHTE-FM is a contemporary hit radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Ruckersville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Central Virginia. WHTE-FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History Ridge Broadcasting Corporation obtained a permit for new station WXZY on 92.1 MHz in 1989. The initial transmitter site was a flat area near the intersection of U.S. Route 29 and U.S. Route 33 in Ruckersville, which had Charlottesville on the edge of its local-grade service area. The station signed on in March 1990 with an adult contemporary format. The station evidently had difficulty covering Charlottesville, as Ridge filed in 1992 to move to a higher transmitter site on Snow Mountain west of Stanardsville, increase power, and change frequencies to 101.9 MHz. The Federal Communications Commission granted permission to build on November 11, 1992. In late November 1992, the station's new facilities went live, and it switched its branding to "Y101.9" WVSY, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WZGN
WZGN (102.3 FM) is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Crozet, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WZGN is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History W. Edward "Mac" McClenahan, the owner of WPED Crozet (810 kHz) since 1974, was awarded a construction permit for what would become WCMZ-FM on November 20, 1979. The station went on the air in September 1980; together the AM-FM pair were known as the "Country Twins" and produced a locally-originated country music format from studios on Hilltop Street in Crozet. Both stations were purchased in 1981 by Elting Enterprises of New York. Elting changed the FM station's callsign to WPED-FM in June 1983. The simulcast was split in September 1985, as the newly renamed WJLT flipped to adult contemporary as "Light 102.3", with WPED continuing the country music. A translator in downtown Charlottesville was added during this time. The AM station rejoined the pairing in early 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKAV
WKAV (1400 AM) is a contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WKAV is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History In 1954, a construction permit was issued to Lawrence Lee Kennedy for WBFY, a 1000-watt daytimer on 1010 kHz. After several extensions and a callsign change to WELK, Charlottesville's fourth radio station signed on October 31, 1957. WELK was Charlottesville's first strictly top 40 station; its competitors, WINA and WCHV, both ran older-skewing middle-of-the-road formats. In 1966, WINA moved from 1400 kHz to 1070 kHz, opening up a valuable channel that allowed for 24-hour operation. WELK and WUVA, which was then a carrier current AM station broadcasting only in University of Virginia residence halls, both filed for the 1400 kHz allocation the following year. The competing applications required arbitration by the FCC, who first recom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Virginia
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Virginia which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WBBL * WBDY * WBVA * WCLM-LP * WDIC * WDUF * WJRX-LP * WJYI * WLEE * WMVA * WODI * WORJ-LP * WOWZ * WPEX * WPVC-LP * WRAP * WRRW-LP * WSVG * WVAB * WXMY * WXZR-LP See also * Virginia media ** List of newspapers in Virginia ** List of television stations in Virginia ** Media of cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach References Bibliography * * External links * (Directory ceased in 2017) Virginia Association of BroadcastersMid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club Images File:Arlington radio towers in Virginia Library of Congress thc1995002299.jpg, Radio towers, Arlington, Virginia, 20th c. File:2005 Virginia State Capitol radio press booth in Richmond Library of Congress va1498 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCHV (AM)
WCHV is a news/talk-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WCHV is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History Early history: WEHC Emory and Henry College signed on WEHC on October 24, 1929, broadcasting on 1370 kHz from Emory, Virginia. WEHC was the first station in Virginia to go on the air that was not based in the major cities of Richmond and Norfolk. The station was run mostly by students and represented before the FCC by faculty member W. Byron Brown. In fall 1932, during the depths of the Great Depression, the college sold the station to Brown's Community Broadcasting Corporation for $5,000 (). Brown then filed to relocate to Charlottesville. The last broadcast from Emory was on December 2, when the station filed to go silent in preparation for the move. Terrestrial college radio returned to Emory in 1992 with the sign-on of an FM station, which also took the callsign WEHC. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCHV-FM
WCHV-FM is a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WCHV-FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History The original permit for 107.5 FM in Charlottesville was applied for in 1992 by Washington, D.C. resident Deborah M. Royster's Spectrum Broadcasting Corporation. This permit was assigned the callsign WLJL. After several extensions, the station went on air in January 1996, followed by a callsign change to WUMX. The station's initial format was adult contemporary under the branding "Mix 107.5". Soon afterwards, Royster sold the station to David G. Mitchell's Air Virginia, Inc. Mitchell was at the time part-owner of two AM stations in Pennsylvania, and is currently the general manager of WCVL-FM (92.7 MHz). In 2000, Clear Channel tried to purchase the station from Air Virginia. The sale was held up by the Federal Communications Commission on antitrust concerns; the compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCYK-FM
WCYK-FM (99.7 FM) is a country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, serving Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Staunton in Virginia. WCYK-FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media. History WANV-FM signed on August 1, 1984 with a light adult contemporary format. The station was co-owned by M. Robert "Bob" Rogers' High Fidelity Music Show, Inc. with country WANV (970 kHz) in Waynesboro. Bob Rogers was the former manager of WGMS in Washington, and with his wife Terry ran a series of annual High Fidelity Music Show expos to showcase the latest in home audio technology. The station initially transmitted from Elliott Knob west of Staunton, high enough to cover the Staunton-Waynesboro-Harrisonburg portion of the Shenandoah Valley. In 1989, WANV-FM received a permit to move to Bear Den Mountain, just east of Waynesboro and north of Afton Mountain. Although this site is roughly 1,500 feet lower than Elliott Knob, it affords a much wider coverage ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monticello Media
Monticello Media is a broadcast corporation that operates six radio stations and two translators in the Charlottesville, Virginia area. The company was formed in 2007 following the purchase of stations previously owned by Clear Channel Communications. In 2018, the company acquired six stations in the Blacksburg, Virginia area from Cumulus Media. Stations Key people * Owner: George Reed * General Manager: Mike Chiumento References {{reflist, 30em, refs= {{cite web, url=http://monticellomedia.com/our-stations/, title=Our Stations - Monticello Media, accessdate=August 30, 2015, work=Monticello Media {{cite web, url=http://www.vabonline.com/membership/members/member-details/?id=428, title=Virginia Association of Broadcasters - Member Details, accessdate=August 30, 2015, work=Virginia Association of Broadcasters {{cite news, newspaper=The Hook The Hook, or The Hookman, is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Radio
The year 1990 in radio involved some significant events. __TOC__ Events * KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota transitions from active rock to alternative rock. * KBLN in Dallas, Texas becomes KXEB. *Daytimer KKDA in Dallas, Texas begins nighttime broadcasting. *Emmis Communications sells several of their most noteworthy stations to offset losses from the purchase of the Seattle Mariners, including KXXX in San Francisco, WAVA-FM in Washington, DC and WLOL in Minneapolis, Minnesota. *WHTE-FM signs in as Adult Contemporary format in the Charlottesville, Virginia Area. *March 13 – WLVK/Charlotte flips to "high octane country" as "Thunder 96.9"; this direction last only a few months, with the station shifting back to a more traditional country format. *June – KNRJ/Houston flips from Rhythmic CHR to Alternative Rock. The Alternative format will last only 5 weeks, and is promoted as temporary while the station's owners, Nationwide Communications, begin researching the market for a new f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio Stations In The United States
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Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations Established In 1990
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1990 Establishments In Virginia
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