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WCST-FM
WCST-FM (98.7 MHz) is a classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pocatalico, West Virginia, and serving the Charleston area. History WCST-FM originated in 1989, using the call sign WTUN. However, details are sketchy about the format used at the time. WRVC repeater On November 21, 1994, WTUN changed its call sign to WRVZ, and it was used by WRVC in Huntington as a broadcast relay station to expand their signal into the Charleston area when WRVC had an oldies format. WRVC was most likely motivated for doing so because the usual oldies mainstay of Charleston, WKAZ-FM (107.3), was notorious for changing formats and they saw opportunity to expand their reach even further. (They had already increased their power to 100,000 watts from Ashland at the time.) Acquired by WVRC In 1997, after being acquired by West Virginia Radio Corporation, the station assumed a modern AC outlet called "Planet 98.7" prior to its flip to rhythmic top 40 The Rhythmic chart (also c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRVZ (FM)
WRVZ (107.3 Hertz, MHz, "107.3 The Beat") is an FM radio, FM radio station City of license, licensed to Miami, West Virginia. Owned by WVRC Media, it broadcasts a rhythmic contemporary format serving the Charleston, West Virginia, Charleston area. History When the station was initially launched, it was known as "Country Heaven 107", broadcasting from Miami (Cabin Creek) West Virginia. Its call sign was WVCM, which stood for “West Virginia’s Country Music“. In 1987, after it and WSWW (AM), WXIT were acquired by Empire Broadcasting, the format was changed to a soft rock format, and the station was known as “Lite 107“. The call sign was subsequently changed to WLZT to signify the “lite“ element of the station. In early 1989, the station would switch to an oldies format, keeping the WLZT call sign, and the tag became "Z–107". Despite the format change, WLZT continued to air the current hit countdown show ''Casey's Top 40'' with Casey Kasem every Sunday morning due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKAZ (AM)
WKAZ (680 kHz) is a country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia. WKAZ is owned and operated by WVRC Media. History WKAZ first aired on September 12, 1947, as WCAW. Its original frequency was 1400 kilohertz with an operating power of 250 watts. It moved to its current frequency (680 kilohertz) on June 5, 1960, and on October 31, 1962, its daytime power was increased to 10,000 watts. Due to FCC regulations concerning "clear channel" radio stations, it has long been required to turn its power down at night, so as not to interfere with WPTF out of Raleigh, North Carolina, which is designated as a "clear channel" and also broadcasts at 680 kilohertz. Originally WCAW was the top-rated "top 40" station in the market during most of the early 1960s. Its main competition within the format at that time was WGKV and WKAZ. The primary ratings battle was between WCAW and WCHS. It changed to a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDGG
WDGG (93.7 FM) is a country music–formatted radio station licensed to Ashland, Kentucky, serving Huntington, West Virginia, and the greater Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. The station is owned by Kindred Communications. WDGG's studios are located on Fifth Avenue in downtown Huntington, while its transmitter facilities are off Park Avenue, near I-64 in southwestern Huntington. In addition to its country music format, WDGG serves as the flagship station for the Marshall Thundering Herd. History The station signed on the air in October 1948 as WCMI-FM in Ashland as a simulcast of its AM sister station WCMI's broadcast schedule. The call letters were said to refer to the steel industry of Ashland as "Where Coal Meets Iron". On November 20, 1970, the call letters were changed to WAMX-FM and ownership was transferred to W. Richard Martin and Stereo 94, Inc. The station broadcast with an adult contemporary music format and experimented with an album oriented rock format ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in West Virginia, most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Kanawha County, West Virginia, Kanawha County and is at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers. The population was 48,864 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and estimated at 46,482 in 2024. The Charleston metropolitan area, West Virginia, Charleston metropolitan area has approximately 203,000 residents. In 1773, William Morris built the first permanent settlement in the Kanawha Valley, Fort Morris. It was built about 20 miles upstream of Charleston at the confluence of Kellys Creek, near the burned ruins of Walter Kelly's cabin, before Lord Dunmore's War, and was used extensively during the American Revolution. In 1794, the town of Charleston was incorporated by the Virginia House of Delegates with the trustees being William Morri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVAF
WVAF (99.9 FM) is an adult contemporary radio station in the Charleston, West Virginia, market area. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 24,500 watts. WVAF is ranked third in the Arbitron ratings for the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area market, and is currently owned by WVRC Media. History WVAF's license was granted on December 24, 1963, but it did not sign on until February 1, 1965. Although V100 has broadcast the AC format for most of its existence, it has dabbled in other formats. It was previously a rock station thru most of the 1970s, and in the late 1990s took on a Current Hit/Top 40 format until October 1999. It was also previously owned by Capital Broadcasting Corporation and was the FM sister of WCAW-AM 680 until it was sold to West Virginia Radio Corporation. In the late 1990s, V100 played songs from the 70s such as Elton John & Kiki Dee's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", Eagles' "Hotel California", Bee Gees "Stayin' Alive" and many more. By 2013, V100 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSWW (AM)
WSWW (1490 kHz, "Charleston's ESPN Radio") is an AM radio station airing a sports radio format in Charleston, West Virginia, United States. The station is an affiliate of ESPN Radio and is owned by WVRC Media. The station has a power of 1,000 watts. It is also heard on FM translator W294CL (106.7 FM) in and around Charleston. WSWW is promoted as part of the "WCHS News Network", which also features co-owned news/talk WCHS (580 AM, 96.5 and 104.5 FM). History WGKV The Kanawha Valley Broadcasting Company established WGKV on September 24, 1939, broadcasting with 100 watts on 1500 kHz from a transmitter at Coal Branch Heights. ( Guide to reading History Cards) The station moved to 1490 kHz on March 29, 1941, as a result of NARBA. Not long after signing on, the station joined NBC, the network's first affiliate in southern West Virginia. The station survived a 1941 fire in its studios and control room, all while announcer George Kent was able to keep the station on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKWS
WKWS (96.1 FM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, and owned and operated by WVRC Media History Origination In 1969, WBES-FM 96.1 was launched by Rollins Telecasting (later acquired by Heritage Media) as an FM sister station of WCHS (AM) and WCHS-TV with a beautiful music format. It would stick with this format for nearly 20 years. In 1988, shortly after the Heritage acquisition, they would change both their format and callsign. They took the letters WVNS, which stood for “West Virginia’s 96“, and originally tagged themselves as “Warm 96“, playing a mix of oldies and light rock and pop. Shortly thereafter, they changed the tag to their eponymous “West Virginia’s 96 FM“, and adjusted the format to encompass a wide variety of oldies from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and some light favorites from the 80s. Lady Virginia West (afternoons) and Garrett Majors (mornings) were the main personalities on air. in 1990, they re-tagged themselv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCHS (AM)
WCHS (580 kHz) is a news/talk/sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charleston, West Virginia, serving Southern West Virginia and Southwestern West Virginia. WCHS is owned and operated by WVRC Media. WCHS is the Primary Entry Point Emergency Alert System station for West Virginia. History WCHS signed on September 15, 1927, as WOBU, operating at 1120 kilohertz with 50 watts of power; it moved to 580 kilohertz the following year. The station was founded by Walter Fredericks, owner of the Charleston Radio Supply Company, who launched WOBU to sell more radios; he would sell the station in 1930. The call sign was changed to WCHS in 1933; by 1940, it was operating at its current power of 5,000 watts. One popular program on the station was ''The Old Farm Hour''. Country musicians Bill Cox and the Kessinger Brothers were among the performers on the show. WCHS was acquired by the West Virginia Radio Corporation in 1992, and its format was changed from oldies to its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WVRC Media
WVRC Media is a media corporation comprising radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia. The company was known as the West Virginia Radio Corporation prior to a December 2021 rebranding. The company is controlled by Greer Industries and its owners, the Raese family. It was founded by Herbert and Agnes Greer, who signed on WAJR in 1940. Since 1972, John Raese and his two brothers have controlled the company; they are Herbert and Agnes' grandsons. Radio markets WVRC Media owns stations in eight separate areas in the state of West Virginia: * Charleston * Morgantown- Clarksburg- Fairmont * Elkins- Buckhannon-Weston * Cumberland- Keyser * Beckley * Martinsburg * Berkeley Springs * Summersville West Virginia MetroNews WVRC Media owns and operates the West Virginia MetroNews West Virginia MetroNews is a radio network heard on many radio stations throughout the U.S. state, State of West Virginia. The network is owned by the West Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In West Virginia
The following is a list of Federal Communications Commission, FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of West Virginia, which can be sorted by their Call signs in North America, call signs, frequency, frequencies, city of license, cities of license, licensees, and radio format, programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WCFC (West Virginia), WCFC * WCFC-FM * WMBP-LP * WOBG (AM), WOBG * WPDX (Clarksburg, West Virginia), WPDX * WQAB * WQTZ-LP * WSPW-LP * WVBL-LP * WVPV-LP * WXDB-LP * WXKX See also * West Virginia#Media, West Virginia media ** List of newspapers in West Virginia ** List of television stations in West Virginia ** Media of List of cities in West Virginia, cities in West Virginia: Charleston, West Virginia#Media, Charleston, Huntington, West Virginia#Media, Huntington, Wheeling, West Virginia#Media, Wheeling References Bibliography * * External links * West Virginia Broadcasters AssociationTri-State Amateur Radio Association Huntington, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern AC
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, abstains from profanity or complex lyricism, and is most commonly used as background music in heavily-frequented family areas such as supermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, or restaurants. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. The forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock Radio Stations In The United States
A classic is an outstanding example of a particular style; something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality; of the first or highest quality, class, or rank – something that exemplifies its class. The word can be an adjective (a ''classic'' car) or a noun (a ''classic'' of English literature). It denotes a particular quality in art, architecture, literature, design, technology, or other cultural artifacts. In commerce, products are named 'classic' to denote a long-standing popular version or model, to distinguish it from a newer variety. ''Classic'' is used to describe many major, long-standing sporting events. Colloquially, an everyday occurrence (e.g. a joke or mishap) may be described in some dialects of English as 'an absolute classic'. "Classic" should not be confused with ''classical'', which refers specifically to certain cultural styles, especially in music and architecture: styles generally taking inspiration from the Classical tradition, hence classicism. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
