WMVN (100.3

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, "96.5/100.3 The Beat") is a

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serving the

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and a part of the Utica-

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market. WMVN is licensed to Sylvan Beach, New York. A separate

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, W243AB, serves the city of

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on the 96.5 frequency (hence the "96.5/100.3 The Beat" branding). The station is located at 401 West Kirkpatrick St, in Syracuse, NY.

History

As Radio Disney

WMVN signed on in 1999 as WBGJ, as a simulcast of the

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affiliated sister stations

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and WWLF.

As "Movin'"

In October 2006, the station changed its call sign to WWLF-FM. On December 6, 2006, the station flipped its format to

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, becoming the tenth station to adopt the MOViN' format, along with sister station

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(96.7). The AM stations continued to carry Radio Disney programming through 2014. In August 2009, WWLF-FM and WOLF-FM changed their call signs to WMVU (100.3) and WMVN (96.7). This allowed sister station FM 105.1 to adopt the

call letters, as it transitioned to a

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format known as "The Wolf." The WMVN call sign had been available since January 2009, when the current

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in St. Louis, Missouri abandoned the Movin' format and thus the call sign. On November 30, 2009, WMVU and WMVN (the WMVN calls moving to 100.3) split their simulcast, with 96.7 flipping to country, simulcasting WOLF-FM 105.1 FM DeRuyter, NY, with new calls WWLF-FM.

As "The Beat"

On November 9, 2016, WMVN began stunting with the sound of a heartbeat and liners promoting a change at 4 p.m. on that date. At that time, WMVN flipped to Rhythmic CHR as "96.5/100.3 The Beat". The first song on The Beat was "

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" by

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.Movin 100.3/96.5 Becomes The Beat
/ref> In late 2017, WMVN began HD radio broadcasts. It also began simulcasting sister stations WSEN and

on its HD2 and HD3 subchannels, respectively.

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References

External links

96.5 The Beat's websiteMOViN' 100.3 & 96.5's MySpaceWOLF 1490 Tribute Site
* * * MVN Rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2001 {{NewYork-radio-station-stub