WBRW (105.3 FM) is an

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

formatted

broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to

Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg, as well as the surrounding county, is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of V ...

, serving the

New River Valley The New River Valley is a region along the New River in Southwest Virginia in the United States. It is usually defined as the counties of Montgomery (including the towns of Blacksburg and Christiansburg), Pulaski, Floyd, and Giles and the ...

. WBRW used to be owned and operated by

Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is an American broadcasting company and is the third largest owner and operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States behind Audacy and iHeartMedia. As of June 2019, Cumulus lists ownership of 428 stations in 87 ...

. On September 6, 2018, Cumulus Media announced it would sell its Blacksburg cluster to

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 Communic ...

. The sale was approved December 1, 2018.Six areas radio stations sold
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References

External links

105.3 The Bear Online
* 1964 establishments in Virginia Active rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1964 BRW {{Virginia-radio-station-stub