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–Rome market. WMVN is licensed to

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. 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's studios are located on West Kirkpatrick Street in Syracuse.

History

As Radio Disney

WMVN signed on in June 2001 as WBGJ, 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 split their simulcast, with 96.7 flipping to country, simulcasting WOLF-FM with new calls WWLF-FM. The WMVN call sign was concurrently moved to 100.3.

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.

References

External links

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