W291CL is a

broadcast translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

radio station licensed to

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, serving Metro Richmond. W291CL is owned by Radio by Grace, Inc. and operated by

SummitMedia SummitMedia, LLC is an American radio broadcasting company based in Birmingham, Alabama. The company formed to purchase mid-market radio stations being divested by Cox Radio in 2013. On November 1, 2018, SummitMedia acquired 19 stations in ...

under an LMA.

History

The FCC authorized W291CL in April 2013. The station signed on in May 2014 relaying

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's "Hot 100.9" programming for several days, before the slogan changed to reflect the new dial position at 106.1 MHz as "Hot 106.1". The license was transferred by owner Clark Parrish from his Radio Assist Ministry holding company to his Edgewater Broadcasting holding company on January 2, 2015, as part of a 69-station transfer. As a translator is not permitted to originate its own programming, by

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(FCC) regulation, W291CL is relaying the HD2 subchannel of

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103.7 FM. On June 26, 2017, W291CL/WURV-HD2 dropped its contemporary hits format and began stunting with songs with "Move" in the title, while redirecting listeners to sister

. At Noon the following day, W291CL/WURV-HD2 flipped to

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as "Sports 106.1", and began carrying

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around the clock. In September 2018, after his non-compete with

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expired, long-time local morning host "Big Al" Coleman's SportsPhone began airing weekdays from 7-9 am. Effective February 2, 2021, W291CL's license was assigned by Edgewater Broadcasting to Radio by Grace, Inc. On April 1, 2021, W291CL/WURV-HD2 dropped the CBS Sports Radio affiliation and picked up the ESPN Radio affiliation from

950 AM Richmond and rebranded as "106.1 ESPN".Richmond Sports Stations To Merge
Radioinsight - March 19, 2021

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