W282CA is a

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formatted

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licensed to and serving

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. W282CA is owned by Radio by Grace, Inc., and operated by SummitMedia.

History

On August 7, 2016, W282CA signed on for the first time and began stunting with "

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", by

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featuring

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, on a loop. The stunt ended just after Noon, on August 9, and the

Classic Hip Hop Classic hip hop is a music radio format focusing primarily on hip hop music from the 1980s, 1990s, and the early to mid-2000s. Although stations with such a format date back as far as 2004, the format was first popularized in October 2014, after ...

format began. Using

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's Classic Hip Hop network, the first song heard on the station was "Rock It" by

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featuring Weebie and Krazy. On May 7, 2021, W282CA dropped the classic hip hop format and began simulcasting parent station

WKHK WKHK (95.3 FM) is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Colonial Heights, Virginia, serving Richmond and Petersburg in Virginia. WKHK is owned and operated by SummitMedia. The station's studios and offices are located ...

's country format. On January 11, 2022, W282CA changed its format to classic country as "Classic Country 104.3".

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