Changed call letters from WGPS to WVRL on 2/1/10. Calvary Chapel (of Costa Mesa) agreed to sell four full power [WGPS/88.3 Elizabeth City (Class C2, 50kW), WPGT/91.1 Roanoke Rapids (Class A, 2kW), WJIJ/94.3 Norlina (Class A, 6kW) and WAJC/90.5 Zebulon (east of Raleigh; Class A, 1.2kW)] and two translator stations (licensed in NC) to Lynchburg-based Liberty University for $1.25M in October 2009. Included in the sale is the right that Calvary Chapel's one hour program "The Word For Today" run daily. Liberty stated it wants to use the new North Carolina properties as satellite stations to it's flagship, "The Journey" (formerly "Victory FM") WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg. The Journey (formerly Victory FM) replaced Bible teaching / Christ-centered worship music in December 2009.

Sold to Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa from CSN International late 2008 for $2.5M (26 total stations). The WGBS call letters stood for Witnessing God's Perfect Salvation. Signed on early February 2003. Can be heard in parts of Hampton Roads.

Was known for the longest time as WODC (Open Door Chapel). Open Door "closed the door" on them in Spring 2003 so they moved a mile west on Virginia Beach Blvd to The Little Neck Towers and dropping the ODC calls for WJLZ - Jesus Lives on April 29, 2003. Relayed in Chesapeake on W279AD (103.7), Norfolk W280CX (103.9) and South Norfolk/Portsmouth W250AE (97.9). They used to broadcast out of The Open Door Chapel located just off Virginia Beach Blvd but weren't affiliated with them. They are local and live "24/7." Best heard only in the northern 2/3 of Virginia Beach, western half of Norfolk and eastern parts of Chesapeake. WJLZ and all of its translators broadcasted in mono until early 10/2003.

Signed-on Saturday 4/2/2011 at 2:30 p.m. Took the call letters WHRG on 6/18/2010. Construction Permit granted on 6/9/2010.

Their studios are on Cedar Rd in Chesapeake in their own building across from the Technical College. This station used to be on 90.3 before doing a deal with WHRO so they could get a second station. This is Virginia's first high school-run radio station - started in 1955. In 2015, Chesapeake Public Schools abruptly stopped offering a radio program to their students, citing advancements in technology and music accessability. In November 2020, WFOS attempting fundraising, posting on its Twitter account that it was aiming to become listener-funded. By fall, it had only raised 15% of a $40,000 goal. It wouldn't be enough to cover the station's lengthy list of needed repairs, totaling about $150,000 on top of the $200,000 a year it costs to run it. On January 27, 2021, Chesapeake Public Schools and the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Authority, parent of WHRO-FM and WHRV-FM, reached a programming and services agreement to allow for the operations of the station to continue; two months later, HRETA filed to buy WFOS outright. WHRO Public Media (HRETA) took over ownership of the station on May 1, 2021, but was required to wait on final FCC approvals to fully operate WFOS. The FCC gave final approvals in June 2021. THe station is now dubbed the Time Machine Radio Network, and its broadcast reach expanded to all of Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Chesapeake. WFOS can still be heard at its old frequency, 88.7 FM, as well as at a new one, 99.3 FM. Additionally, listeners can pick it up at 90.3 HD2 or stream it online at whro.org/timemachine. WHRO announced that two popular WFOS personalities are returning to host their own shows. Larry Williams, known for Larry's Doo Wop and Larry's Beach Party, will play beach music, and Jerry Carter, known for his show Blues Traffic Jam, will play blues. WHRV host Paul Shrugrue, known for his program Out of the Box will take on the role of music coordinator for the station. Time Machine Radio Network seeks to transport listeners to their favorite moments in time through music. Listeners will find a mix of tunes from the 1920s through the '60s, including Doo Wap, Motown, Oldies, Blues, Beach Music and more-- all without commercials.

Began airing Salem's "Word In Praise" network December 26, 2005 after stunting with Christian holiday music from late November. Officially launched 12/1/2004. Began testing their signal in late September 2004. Originally licensed on 5/5/05. Original CP (construction permit) was granted on 4/13/2004. The WWIP call letters were taken on 5/5/2004. Co-owned by WZLV/90.7 Cape Charles VA.

In 2018, WHRV-HD2 Triple A "RadioNtenna" repositioned as Alternative "AltRadio," with no major change in format.

In 2015, WHRV-HD2 Talk "SpeakEasy" was dropped, moving Triple A "RadioNtenna" back to the second digital subchannel.

Moved Triple A "RadioNtenna" from the HD2 channel to the HD3 to make room for the new "SpeakEasy" Talk format on WHRV-HD2 in mid-3/2008. WHRV has been broadcasting since 1974; it used to be at the 90.3 frequency. Owned by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, which also owns WHRO, FM 90.3, and TV 15. 89.5 FM was WTGM before becoming WHRO then WHRV. The WGH-FM (97.3) music library was donated to WHRO in 1983 so they could continue the classical music format in the WGH-FM tradition. Several key WGH-FM staffers moved to WHRO after losing their jobs.

WRVS - Wonderful Radio Viking Style. Flipped back to mostly Urban 10/2003 after being Jazzy 89-9 for four years and now is known as 89-9 ECSU. This is a licensed Class C2 radio station broadcasting with 41kW of power and is well received in most Hampton Roads locations. WRVS is the ECSU's public full-service radio station, with studios located in Williams Hall. In 1996, there was a fire in Williams Hall on July 3rd that would knock the station off-the-air for three months. They were silent because of soot and smoke damage to equipment caused by the fire in Williams Hall. . October 3, 1996 three months to the day of the fire, they signed back on the air at 6:00 a.m. with the song "Fire" by the Ohio Players. This song (and two others) played over and over and over for the entire day. This promotional gimmick was to get the word out to our 35,000 listeners that they were back on the air. WRVS first operated on March 18, 1986, as 10,000 watts of "Wonderful Radio Viking Style" (90.7). The radio transmitter housing and a 280-foot radio tower were erected in January 1986. The station's power was increased to 41,000 watts in 1990, and its frequency changed to 89.9. Significant equipment upgrades occurred in December 1992, and in February 1994, a 3.8 meter single feed satellite dish was erected, adjacent to Williams Hall.

Signed-on Tuesday 4/19/2011 at 4:30 p.m. Changed the call letters from WHRX to WHRJ on 1/17/11. Took the call letters WHRX on 11/30/2009. Construction Permit granted on 7/9/2009.

Covers the entire portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore.

Call letters are changed from WHRJ to WHRX on 1/17/11.

Changed call letters from WHRE to WHRJ on 1/17/11.

Changed call letters from WJCN to WHRE on 12/7/10.

WHRO takes over the station late 2010 using an all-Christmas format.

Relicensed from a Class A (199'/450 watts) to a Class B (255.84'/50kW).

Positive Alternative Radio agrees to sell station to Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association for $237,000 in 8/2010.

Joined the Christian Contemporary "Spirit FM" WRXT/90.3 Roanoke simulcast on February 14, 2006 at 7:20 a.m.

Was acquired by Positive Alternative Radio at the end of December 2005.

The station stunted with Christmas music as Nick FM (January thru February 14, 2006) along with another dozen other former CSN Virginia stations and translators.

Previously, simulcast with "Praise FM" WJYJ/90.5 Fredericksburg owned by CSN Virginia with a format that was 80% Inspirational Speaking, 20% Christian Contemporary.

Took the calls of WJCN on October 23 2002.

Original CP (awarded 4/17/02) owned by non-profit Nassawadox FM Inc in Florida (William R Lacy) and sold to CSI International (founded in 1993, is a non-profit organization, an outreach of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa CA and Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls ID) late Summer of 2002.

In a deal with Roanoke Valley Communications (RVC), WHRO picked up 88.1/Emporia (WHRL) from them and also got RVC's station 90.5/Williamston NC to protect WHRO-FM's first adjacent full service Class B signal at 90.3/Norfolk. This enabled WHRO-FM to go to a full power Class B late 2011.

With a deal with Liberty University, WHRO-HD3 is feeding a translator at 98.3/Virginia Beach on 9/22/2011. Began multicasting their digital signal on 12/14/2005 simulcasting the Nostalgia "The 20's Radio Network" Internet-only radio station. Began HD Radio™ broadcasts at 4:45 p.m. on 5/18/05 using a new Nautel V-20 solid-state transmitter. Signed-on in 1990. WHRO, which used to be located at 89.5, started a classical station on this frequency at about the same time that commercial classical station, WGH, 97.3, became a country music station. The original calls for 90.3 were WFOS.

Increased power to 47kW from 13kW early 2012. Changed call letters from WAZP to WZLV on 3/1/2010. EMF agrees to buy WAZP for $4M in 9/2009 from Delmarva Educational Association. WAZP went full-power and non-directional in the Fall of 2004 when The College of William & Mary's station WCWM/Williamsburg moved from 90.7 to 90.9. LMA with Educational Media Foundation's (EMF) Christian Contemporary "K-LOVE" on December 1, 2000.

Here's the history behind K-LOVE... The idea for a full-time contemporary Christian music station was conceived in San Francisco in 1980 by a popular Bay Area radio personality, Bob Anthony. Anthony thought that traditional Christian radio was not reaching the average person. His vision was to create a new, all-music station, featuring artists like Amy Grant, The Imperials, and Keith Green – a revolutionary approach in its day. Professional announcers would present the Gospel through brief vignettes, without adopting the "Christian-ese" terms and phrases. After several tries at purchasing a station in San Francisco, a small, non-commercial radio station was acquired forty-five miles north of the Bay Area in Santa Rosa, CA. The bankrupt station sold for $67,000. The dream for Bob Anthony became a reality on October 15, 1982, when "KCLB-FM, The Positive Alternative" signed on the air for the first time. In 1986, Bob Anthony moved to Portland, Oregon to start a new radio ministry, and Dick Jenkins replaced Anthony as KCLB's Station Manager. On September 12, 1988, a 9,000-acre brush fire destroyed KCLB's main transmitter building on Geyser Peak and the owner of the transmitter site was terminating the land lease. Another mountain-top location confirmed that the radio station transmitter could be relocated to 4,000-ft. Mount Saint Helena. Signal reports as far away as 125 miles from the new site were received from listeners who couldn't hear the station previously. Also in 1988, KCLB changed its name to K-LOVE. With satellite broadcasting and digital technology, K-LOVE slowly became a network of radio stations and FM translators (low-power repeater stations). K-LOVE's programming was now being delivered throughout the Western US as K-LOVE first expanded to San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Rafael, in 1987; Salinas and Monterey in 1988; San Jose and Fremont in 1989; and Redding, Los Gatos, Gilroy, Hollister, and Santa Cruz in 1990. Fresno, Chico, Merced, Portland, Salem, Klamath Falls, San Diego, and Phoenix were added during the early 1990s. Today, they have a long list of radio stations and FM translators including full-power WAZP and a translator in Danville (106.7) WKVE.

Moved to 90.9 with an increase in power and antenna height providing a much larger area of coverage on the Peninsula and even some eastern areas of Richmond and Petersburg. They are using the old facilities as a new booster station right near Williamsburg at 25 watts. The booster station's call letters are WCWM-FM1. WCWM was reclassified from a Class A to a Class B1. WCMW offers shows of all styles and genres: techno, dance, hip-hop, jazz, blues, classical, progressive rock, alternative, gothic, industrial, heavy metal, classic rock... you name it, they play it. They have a number of talk programs and a news program as well. WCWM also promotes local concerts every semester that they call 'Band Nights'. These events are advertised on their website, on the air, by flier, and in the campus newspaper.

Under the guidance of Mike Henry's Paragon Media Strategies, WNSB segued from Mainstream Urban to Urban Alternative on July 10, 2019.

For 19 years was known for its jazz music then in the Spring of 1999 segued to urban contemporary. WNSB is licensed to Norfolk State University Board of Visitors. Their transmission tower is located in the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake. The tower stands 450 feet with 17kW of effective radiated power. All major cities in the region are capable of receiving WNSB. A National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. WNSB’s format is mainly urban contemporary but also features blues, oldies, gospel and reggae, with ethnically and cultural diverse news and public affairs programming.

Affiliated with the Oasis Radio Network. An inter-denominational ministry that broadcasts inspirational music, Bible teaching programs, and scriptures. Was formerly owned by the York County School system as a student/volunteer station.

Best heard the further south and southwest from Hampton Roads. Signed on in the Spring of 2002. AFA has over 100 full-power, translator and affiliate stations around the country, four in Virginia and WBKU from North Carolina, with most relaying "American Family Radio" WAFR/88.3 Tupelo MS.

A little background info on AFR... In 1987, American Family Association President Don Wildmon wanted to use satellite and the latest technology at the time to build hundreds of American Family Radio stations across America. Wildmon wanted to use these radio stations to inform Christians about what is happening. Reading 'Broadcasting' magazine in 1987, Wildmon ran across an article stating that the Federal Communications Commission would allow non-commercial FM stations to deliver their signal to local communities via satellite. He realized the vast potential and relative economic costs of such a system, AFA filed for a station in their hometown of Tupelo MS. It took four years to get a CP (construction permit) the FCC to construct the station. It was necessary this station before a signal could be transmitted to satellite. The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, the group which is responsible for state funded radio stations, tried to block AFA from getting the station. MATA didn't want to build a station themselves, they simply didn't want AFA to be able to build the station for which AFA had applied. Four years later in February 1991, AFA received permission to build their station - WAFR. The station went on the air in August of that year. In February 1993, the first translator station went on the air in Jackson TN. Gradually the number of stations began to grow. AFR has built more stations in a shorter time than any other broadcaster in the history of broadcasting. In 1995, AFA begin their news department. AFR's schedule contains about 70% music and 30% talk. Musically, AFR is light contemporary with a mixture of older songs.

Signed-on at the beginning of 6/2011 rebroadcasting WHRV/89.5 Norfolk.

Changed the call letters from WHRJ to WHRE on 1/10/11.

Took the call letters WHRJ on 12/24/10.

CP (construction permit) granted on 12/15/10.

At 9am on 1/5/2015, WKSA would drop "Missy FM" in favor of classic hip hop "92.1 The Beat." WKSA would later change their call letters to WHBT-FM to match the new branding on 1/25/2015.

At 10am on 12/26/2014, WKSA began stunting as a new brand, "Missy FM," with music recorded by Portsmouth-born artist Missy Elliott, who also did imaging and VO for the new station along with Timbaland and Aaliyah.

In August of 2020, 92.1 would move their third HD channel, simulcasting Educational Media Foundation's (EMF) Christian Adult Contemporary "K-LOVE" 90.7 WZLV Cape Charles, VA from 92.1-HD3 to 105.3-HD3 and would drop their third subchannel.

In August of 2012, added a third HD channel -- a simulcast of Educational Media Foundation's (EMF) Christian Adult Contemporary "K-Love" (rebroadcast of WZLV/90.7 Cape Charles VA). Dropped Classic Country "Foggy Mountain" on 92.1-HD2 during the summer of 2012 for Gospel "Hallelujah 92.1 HD2."

At 3 p.m. on 3/31/2011, WKUS/Norfolk broke the simulcast with WKSA to go Rhythmic AC "Movin 107.7." The WKUS previously had moved to Norfolk in early 2011 making the signal coverage of 92.1 and 107.7 similar to each other with a difference of just 17 miles.

Changed call letters from WCDG to WKSA on 10/27/2010. On Monday, October 11, 2010, the then Clear Channel Norfolk shuffled the format on three of its four FM frequencies. Urban AC "KISS FM" was dropped on 105.3 for (Adult Contemporary leaning) Classic Hits "Magic 105.3." The Urban AC format replaced 60s-80s Classic Hits "Cool 92.1" on WCDG and Smooth AC "Smooth Jazz 107.7" on WJCD as "92.1 & 107.7 KISS FM."

Dropped Adult Standards "Vegas Gold" on 92.1-2 in favor of Country Variety "Country Mix" that was bumped from sister station 107.7-2 in early January 2007. Added HD Radio broadcasts in early 7/2006. Dropped the Soft AC "Lite FM" simulcast on 92.1/WCDG (with 107.7/WJCD) and flipped it to 60s-70s Oldies on 8/12/05 at 1:03 p.m. The first song was "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am" by Bill Deal. "Cool" filled the void left when Max Media dumped the format in July 2005 for Classic Hits/AC "92-9 The Wave." When Lite FM, Started to carry the John Tesh Show on 3/8/2004. Tesh's first affiliate to do so in the mornings. Flipped to Soft AC "Lite FM" on 3/1/2004 at midnight and returned to a simulcast with 107.7 Windsor. Took the calls WCDG on 3/9/2004. Was urban contemporary oldies "The Vibe" until February 1, 2001 when it flipped to hip-hop '92.1 The Beat' and took new WBHH calls. Also carried the Doug Banks Morning Show. Since it first signed on in the early 1970s as WJLY doing Top 40. This station has gone through many musical incarnations. For a while it was WQZQ with a country format and Top 40 as "2Q92." In the early 80s it became WOFM with a bland pop format. By the late 80s it was called "The Border," playing punk/alternative rock. WOFM rn an on-air campaign called 'More Power To The Tower'. They were seeking from the Virginia Beach City Council to build a new tower and to increase its power from 6kW to 25kW. The City said "no." The station was losing money. Monday July 16, 1990 it switched to WTZR "Z-Rock," with a mix of satellite and local programming in a heavy metal format. It saw its highest ratings after the flip...a 2.9...good for 11th place at the time. But it only lasted 11 months. After playing urban AC for awhile (the last song was Boyz II Men's 'It's Hard To Say Goodbye'), on August 9, 1996 they became WMYK (92.1 The Beat...ironic that's what they are again today) after 93.7 gave up those calls and played dance/CHR. That didn't last long and shifted to hip-hop 'without the noise' and went by K-92, then fired the staff in July of 1997 and became urban oldies WSVV. Studios are now in Norfolk and owned by the then Clear Channel.

WCDX/92.1 relaunched as "iPower 92-1" at 5 p.m. on Friday 1/17/2008. The station yanked the entire air staff off the air in late October 2007. In November, WCDX got a new PD, Jeff Anderson, who also served as Radio One Richmond's Operations Manager.

The first station in the Radio One cluster (WCDX/92.1, WKJM/99.3, WPZZ/104.7, WKJS/105.7, WROU/1260) to go digital, early October 2006. WCDX has been dethroned as the most listened to station by 'Lite 98' WTVR recently due to stiff urban competition especially from newly flipped urban '106.5 The Beat' WBTJ. 'Power 92 Jamz' carries the Russ Parr Morning Show. It was purchased by Radio One in early 1999. Studios on Emerywood Parkway in Richmond. Had calls of WPUF starting August 20, 1984 then 'Lazer 93' WZZR on May 21, 1985. WCDX was born in February 1987 playing Top 40 but quickly segued to their current format in October of 1987 but on the 92.7 frequency (They went by 'Power 93'). Sometime in early 1996 they moved to their current frequency. Dates back to 1985.

Changed name of owners to Local Voice Media from Davis Media during the summer of 2013. Started Internet streaming on Friday 3/10/2006. Moved the WTYD call letters from 107.9 to 92.3 (previously WSRV) on 12/9/2005 in anticipation of the breaking of the simulcast, to a single frequency, with the Triple A formatted 107.9/West Point. Davis Media, whose only station at the time was Triple A "107-9 The Tide" WYTD West Point/Williamsburg, agreed to purchase Bullseye Broadcasting's 50s-70s Oldies "Surf 92.3" WSRV Deltaville/Gloucester in August 2005 for $850,000 and immediately started a LMA (local marketing agreement). Davis Media purchased WWBR/107.9 (now WTYD) from Jim Campana's Winner Broadcasting. Bullseye Broadcasting was another company of Jim's. Jim passed away October 2004. His widow Sherry Campana took over both companies and ends up selling both stations to Davis Media. The 92.3 frequency signed on January 5, 1999 with an oldies format from Westwood One. In May, 2003, they dropped Westwood One in favor of "Local and Live" programming; continuing to program "Oldies" from the late 50s thru early 70s. Late 2002, "The One and Only Oldies Station" slogan was dropped in favor of "The Greatest Hits of All Time." They targeted a 35+ audience on the Mid-Peninsula, Newport News and Williamsburg with music, news, sports, traffic and William & Mary football and Basketball. When Hampton Roads lost their only Oldies station in January of 2001 (regained one in December 2001), this station got noticed, picked up some listeners and started to show up on Arbitron's "radar screens." WSRV built new studios in the Spring of 2003 in historic Gloucester Court House at 6558 Main Street.

On June 24, 2022, Max Media filed an application to change 92.9 The Wave's call letters from WVBW to WTWV-FM, after the owners of WTWV-TV, a religious TV station in TN, emailed them authorization to use their callsigns for an FM station. Subsuquently, WVHT's callsign would be changed to WVBW.

On April 20, 2022, WVBW applied for the ability to experiment with IBOC HD Radio. This request was approved by the FCC on May 27.

On March 10, 2015, Max Media lawyers submitted a letter to the FCC claiming WVBW was operating at 70% power. On April 9, 2015, the FCC approved the application for reduced power. Verizon Wireless claimed that Max Media had been causing interference to their equipment at their co-shared transmitter site, with WVBW being granted the authority to operate at 70% power to locate the issue. On June 10, 2015, Max Media's lawyers submitted a letter claiming to the FCC that the station resumed operations the same day as the document was filed.

Moved away from Classic Hits/Adult Contemporary to 60s-80s Hits 5/2011. Dropped the 70s-60s format at 6AM Thursday, July 21, 2005. The last song on "FM 92-9" WFOG was "Catch A Wave" by The Beach Boys. The first track on The Wave was "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. Known as "All The Hits, 92-9 WFOG" until 7/1/05. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. Dropped the moniker "Oldies 92-9" in favor of "92-9 WFOG" early 2004. Took back the calls WFOG (12/5/2003) when the Classic Country format on 100.5 shifted to AM and displaced the Standards format on 1050. Flipped to Oldies on December 16, 2001 with the Beatles belting out "`A Hard Day's Night'' as the first song. Was urban oldies 'Soul Classics 92.9' from 9/10/1999 to 12/16/2001. Started broadcasting in 1965. This was easy listening WXYW in the late 1960s. It became WFOG in the early 1970s. It eventually evolved into an adult contemporary format. WFOG used to be co-owned with WLPM, 1450 AM in Suffolk, which was a contemporary station.

Increased the power and filed papers to "license to cover" early December 2012. In the application to the FCC submitted in May 2011, EMF stated that the power increase request was to rebroadcast the signal of the then Clear Channel Media & Entertainment's (CCME) WKSA-HD3 (92.1) Moyock/Norfolk (now defunct, moved to WNOH-HD3 (105.3) Windsor/Norfolk). 92.1-HD3 is currently doing EMF's Christian Contemporary "K-Love."

Original CP (construction permit) granted on 10/5/2004. Signed on early February 2008 relaying WZLV/90.7 Cape Charles.

Changed the original call letters of BOB-FM from WPYA ( 2/27/2004) to WNOB on 9/17/2009. Swapped formats and call letters with sister station BOB FM WPYA on Thursday 9/23/04. Got the WKCK-FM calls on 12/11/2003. Became Kick FM just after 4PM on 12/3/03 to fill the "hole" left when Barnstable decided to jettison the longtime Country format on WCMS-FM for Mainstream Rock as "100.5 MAX FM" WXMM. They went head-to-head with Barnstable's Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH. Kristen Croot, the last jock heard on "The Coast," was audibly upset just before the switch around 4. Nobody had a chance to say their goodbyes. Landed the legendary Country Music DJ Hall of Famer Joe Hoppel the following day. Stopped stunting at 12:06PM on 12/5/03 and introduced its regular playlist. Used to simulcast on WEXM/106.1 Exmore before the 106.1 signal was moved to Poquoson. The transmitter is in North Carolina, but the city of license is Chesapeake. This stems from a case that apparently went all the way to the US Supreme Court in the early 90s having to do with Virginia Lottery advertising. Turned out that it was illegal in North Carolina, so a change in the city of license to a Virginia locality was requested and granted. The WMYK album rock format started about 1976. They took over the progressive rock mantle from WOWI, which went to urban contemporary music in the mid 70s. K-94 was a huge station here in the late 70s and early 80s. The kids basically stopped listening to WGH (Top 40) and K-94 was one big beneficiary. About 1982, the format was altered to "Rock of the '80s," and about 1984 or 1985 it was switched to urban contemporary music. In the late 80s, they were known as Power 94, going head-to-head with 'Hot 103' (now 103 Jamz) WOWI. Later they segued to urban AC. At 3PM on June 21, 1991, the calls were switched to WKOC with the change to the "Coast" adult album alternative format. It was the first day of Summer. In the early 90s, simulcast on WKOD (94.1). May 29, 1996, it briefly became K-94 again with a hard rock format before becoming the Coast again with AAA music. WKOC is a RDS station (station moniker, track artist & title)

WAZR is a Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Woodstock, Virginia, serving the Central Shenandoah Valley owned by iHeartMedia.

WAZR launched on October 18, 1985 and officially took its callsign on December 3. It was owned by Ruarch Associates, LLC of Woodstock, Virginia. The station would carry an adult standards format, branded as "Z-93". Ruarch sold WAZR to Clear Channel for $1.35 million in May 2001; the following year the adult standards format was moved from WAZR to WAMM at 1230 AM, while WAZR became a contemporary hit radio format, branded as "93.7 Kiss FM; The Valley's Hit Music". The station's tower was moved south into Rockingham County and puts a poor signal into Woodstock.

At noon on September 20, 2010, WAZR shifted to hot adult contemporary, branded as "Alice 93.7; Music of the 90s, 2K and Today".[7] At the same time, the station dropped the syndicated "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show", which had been carried since May 4, 2009 from 6 to 10am. Elvis returned on July 11, 2011.

On September 5, 2011, WAZR reverted to its contemporary hit radio format, branded as "All The Hits; Alice 93-7". It would continue to keep the Alice name until noon on August 1, 2012, when it changed to "93-7 Hit Music NOW", keeping the contemporary hit radio format and was shortly thereafter shortened to "93-7 NOW; The Valley's Hit Music Station".

On Feburary 1, 2023, the station rebranded as "Priority Auto Sports Radio", as part of a naming rights deal with local automotive dealer chain Priority Automotive, one of the few such deals involving a radio station's branding. WVSP-FM's programming, including its ESPN Radio affiliation, was not changed or restructured.

On January 6, 2023, as part of the rebranding of WGH-AM to "Fox Sports 1310", a simulcast of WGH-AM was added on WVSP-FM's HD2 subchannel.

At 12:01 a.m. on 10/5/2009, the formats of AM1310 and 94.1FM were swapped with the Contemporary Inspirational format (Star 94.1/WXEZ) moving to AM1310 and 94.1FM getting the WVSP call letters.

Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately.

"Star 94.1" since July 2000. Started using "Star" for a broader audience appeal.

Went by "Gospel Praise 94.1" for about 18 months.

Used to be "EZ94" with an easy listening format then, until mid-2000, had an adult contemporary format.

Used to be country formatted WYVA.

The station was WKEZ, using the "Keys To Your Country" slogan, from 1986 until October 14, 1991, when it became WKOD, as relay of rocker WKOC, 93.7. Later they were WXEZ, EZ94.

On 1/2/2022, WRVQ added a third subchannel, with a simulcast of the syndicated Sports Betting/Talk network "BetQM" or formerly known as "The Bet VA."

On 4/3/2018, WRVQ-HD2 dropped "News Talk WRVA" in favor of a simulcast of sports/talk "850 WRNL"

On 1/1/2018, WRVQ-HD2 and translator W241AP dropped Classic Rock "96.1 The Planet" in favor of a new FM simulcast of "News/Talk WRVA," returning the station to the same programming as its original AM sister station for the first time in decades.

On 11/1/2017, iHeartMedia announced that it would trade stations in the Richmond and Chattanooga markets to the then Entercom (now Audacy), in exchange for the then Entercom's stations in Boston and Seattle. The stations were divested from Entercom in order to comply with FCC ownership caps for the Entercom/CBS Radio merger.

On 2/13/2017, WRVQ-HD2 and translator W241AP dropped CHR, "Hot Spot 96.1" in favor of Classic Rock "96.1 The Planet."

Dumped the 80's Hits formatted "My 80s" on WRVQ-HD2 for New CHR "Hot Spot" at 2 p.m. on 1/22/2008 with Loverboy's "When It's Over" as the last track heard on My 80's and "Wanna Be Startin' Something" by Akon/Michael Jackson as the first on Hot Spot.

Doubled the music library of locally Programd 80's Hits on WRVQ-HD2 early 4/2007 with a station name change from "The Cube" to "My 80's." Started broadcasting digitally with iBiquity's HD Radio™ technology around 10 a.m. on 6/18/05 and started its HD2 channel in late 10/2006 as 80s Hits "The Cube." A longtime Top 40/CHR format. Focused on more mainstream CHR (less Hip-Hop and R&B;), dropped "Today's Hit Music..." for "All The Hits...," and brought back the Q Morning Zoo all on May 3, 2004. Studios on Basie Road in Richmond. WRVQ dates back to 1948 when it was WRVB. For a while 94.5 also sported the WRVA calls. 94.5 was WRVA-FM and in the 60's & early 70's it simulcasted with WRVA-AM from 5:30a to 7p and then played automated country until signing off at midnight. On weekends it would sign on at 6A and play automated country until 2a. (All in mono).

On Feburary 18, 2023, WPTE, along with most other Audacy stations throughout the country, dropped their locally-originated HD subchannels due to Audacy's share prices declining below delist value. Stocks dropped to just mere cents a stock and the company is trying to restructure debt in the same way iHeartMedia is going through with, by cutting off local hosts and locally originated content and focusing primarily on syndicated shows and hosts in order to save costs and pay off debts.

Started their HD2 channel (Live Rock) on October 31, 2007.

Started broadcasting in HD radio in late 2/2007.

Launched by Katy Watkins Payne and Charles F Payne in 1984.

Used to sport the WJQI calls (starting March 3, 1987) for "Joy" when it had an easy listening and then soft adult contemporary formats.

There was period from about 1994 to 1996 when the station there was known as Q94.9, with a format that can best be described as adult pop, mixing a little bit of AC with CHR, but not what we call "Hot AC" today.

It maintained the WJQI call letters through that time, before flipping to "94.9 The Point" in March of 1996 (with a Hot AC format), with the call letter change soon following.

Also, this station started as WNRN ("Winner 95") with an easy listening format, co-owned with WCPK at 1600 AM.

This station was once the subject of a heated legal battle between Charlie Payne, owner of WCPK, and the Kellam family, owner of WVAB, over the allocation.

The frequency was originally awarded to WVAB, but a court later found in favor of WCPK.

WSLC-FM is a station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia and serving the New River Valley. WSLC-FM is owned and operated by Mel Wheeler, Inc. It airs a country music radio format, using the moniker "94.9 Star Country." WSLC-FM's studios and offices are on Electric Road in Roanoke. The transmitter is off Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain.

The station is powered at 100,000 watts effective radiated power (ERP) on a tower 1962 feet in height above average terrain (HAAT). The Class C signal can be heard over much of Southwest Virginia and into North Carolina and West Virginia. On occasion, WSLC-FM can be picked up more than 200 miles away.

On July 11, 1948, the station signed on as WDBJ-FM. It was owned by the Times World Corporation, publisher of The Roanoke Times-World, which in 1955 started Channel 7 WDBJ-TV. At first, WDBJ-FM simulcast its AM counterpart, AM 960 WDBJ (now WFIR).

In the early 1960s, WDBJ-FM was separately programmed with an automated beautiful music format, which lasted till the mid-1990s. The station concentrated on instrumental versions of popular songs, as well as Broadway and Hollywood showtunes.

In 1969, Jim Gibbons Radio, Inc. bought the station. While the format remained beautiful music, on November 1, the call sign was changed to WPVR. In the 1980s, the station began playing several vocal songs each hour, moving to an easy listening sound.

In the 1990s, many easy listening stations began decreasing the orchestrated instrumentals, and by 1992, WPVR had evolved into soft adult contemporary, branded as "Lite 95." In 1995, WPVR became "Arrow 94.9" with a classic rock format.

In 2000, Mel Wheeler, Inc. bought the station, along with 99.1 WSLQ-FM and 960 WFIR. At noon on May 25, the call sign was switched to WSLC-FM. The format flipped to country music, branded as "The New 94.9 Star Country". The sister station of WSLC-FM, AM 610 WSLC, had played country music for over 50 years, so both the AM and FM carried the same call letters and country music imaging for two years. On March 13, 2002, AM 610 ended its run as a country station, becoming urban adult contemporary WVBE, "The Vibe." In 2016 it flipped to sports radio as WPLY.

After April 1, 2004, WSLC-FM stopped calling itself "The New 94.9 Star Country," and began using the branding "94.9 Star Country; Your Big Giveaway Station".

The station's logo appeared during a segment in Borat where he mocked the US National Anthem in a county fair in Salem, VA.

On May 17, 2021, WSLC-FM filed for an STA to lower their power to 30 kW. Engineers cited their antenna, shared with sister station WSLQ failed and they were in the process of rebuilding it. Claiming the stations are diplexed into a standby antenna on another tower, also owned by them, at the same site. This STA request for lower power was granted in under 24 hours, with it being finalized on 5/18/2021.

On November 9, 2021, WSLC-FM sent a letter to the FCC stating that the station resumed back to normal operations on June 7th, cancelling the STA that had been issued to them.

WQMZ is currently owned by Saga Communications. Saga purchased WQMZ, WINA and WWWV from Eure Communications, which merged with Charlottesville Broadcasting in 1998.

In December 1987, the station switched callsigns to WQMZ-FM and moved to 95.1 MHz in order to proceed with a power upgrade the following year.

Simulcasting with WINA continued during morning drive until 1984.

In May 1971, they switched callsigns from WINA-FM to WQMC-FM to adjust to the new format.

On March 15, 1971, WINA-FM flipped to a new format broadly described as light adult contemporary. At the time, this was closer to what is now considered easy listening: soft pop music, standards, show tunes, and an evening block of light music.

In the late 1960's, the FCC began scrutinizing the practice of a co-owned AM/FM pair broadcasting a common programming day. In 1964, such simulcasting was limited to half of the broadcast day. WINA-FM was initially exempt because the rule only applied to markets with a population of over 100K. However, when Charlottesville Broadcasting was sold to new owner Laurence G. Richardson in 1969, the FCC made adherence to the programming separation rule a condition of the sale.

Signed on as WINA-FM as Charlottesville's first FM radio station in October 1954, owned by Charlottesville Broadcasting Corporation, on 95.3 MHz, with a 24-hour relay of co-owned WINA-AM's full service programming and middle-of-the-road music selection.

On 1/11/2022, WKHK's second subchannel and simulcasting translator W282CA dropped the analog simulcast and flipped to classic country as "Classic Country 104.3"

On 5/7/2021, WKHK's second subchannel and simulcasting translator W282CA dropped the classic hip hop format and began simulcasting the analog signal.

On 9/7/2016, WKHK's second subchannel and simulcasting translator W282CA signed on for the first time. The new stations began stunting with a loop of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.

The stunt ended just after Noon, on 9/9/2016, starting the Classic Hip Hop format using Westwood One's Classic Hip Hop network with the first song being heard on WKHK-HD2 being "Rock It" by Master P.

WKHK's third subchannel carries Contemporary Christian music format branded as "The Journey," based at WRVL in Lynchburg which feeds translator W235AI at 94.9 FM.

On 5/1/2013, SummitMedia, LLC purchased Cox Radio's Richmond properties as part of Cox's divestiture of "non-core" assets.

On 12/10/2007, WKHK increased its power. The station is now considered a full Class B station doing 47kW at 512 feet. They were doing 17kW at 394 feet. WKHK transmits from the same tower near the Chippenham Pkwy and I-95 interchange.

Owner Cox Radio was granted a CP to reclassify as a full Class B license from its B1 status on 7/25/05. This will increase WKHK's power to 50kW from 17.5kW plus the antenna is 30 meters (98 feet) higher up (than its old one) on a new tower just west of Charles City (they ended up not moving the antenna but instead used the same tower location). To do this, Cox Radio compensated JLC Properties, headed up by John L Cole, to move the transmitter site of WHLF/95.3 South Boston approximately five miles to the NW and power down to 4kW (from 6kW) and lower it's antenna to 50 meters/164 feet (from 75m/246ft) at the new site. WKHK's studios are on Moorefield Park Drive in Richmond. It is owned by Cox. Used to be WPVA and use WPVA-AM 1290 AM to simulcast its country signal.

Since 1954. Was once a rhythm & blues outlet known as WLOW and later as WHIH. It evolved into WWOC, which offered a mixed top 40/r&b format. The calls stood for "we will overcome." It later switched to a black gospel format as WPCE, "peace." Joe Hoppel, longtime WCMS morning man (then Kick FM)), got his start in Tidewater radio at WLOW in 1954 before moving to WCMS about a year or so later.

On Feburary 18, 2023, WVKL, along with most other Audacy stations throughout the country, dropped their locally-originated HD subchannels due to Audacy's share prices declining below delist value. Stocks dropped to just mere cents a stock and the company is trying to restructure debt in the same way iHeartMedia is going through with, by cutting off local hosts and locally originated content and focusing primarily on syndicated shows and hosts in order to save costs and pay off debts.

Started their HD2 channel (Blues) in late October 2007.

Started broadcasting in HD radio in 3/2007.

Flipped from oldies to urban AC at 11:35AM on January 9, 2001.

Their direct competition was previously 'Vibe 105' WSVY since 'Soul Classics 92.9' blew-up their format in December 2001.

This station came on in 1961 as WTAR-FM, but there was briefly another WTAR-FM in the early 50s on 96.3.

Used to be AC 'Y-96' WLTY, which stood for "We Listen To You."

That was dumped for Oldies 95.7 WLTY (May 1989) which 16 months later would be known as WVCL 'Cool 95.7'.

'Cool 105.3' was born the same week as Oldies 95.7. 95.7 won the oldies war.

The station kept the WLTY call letters and the "Oldies 95.7" moniker until about 1997-ish, when they switched the name to "Cool 95" as WVCL as part of Barnstable.

The station was swapped to Audacy, Inc (then Entercom), in exchange for WFOG 92.9, and Audacy, Inc (then Entercom) changed the name to "Kool 95.7" and the call letters to WVKL.

Earlier it also used to be WKEZ with an easy listening format.

Best heard in the Northern Neck and Salisbury/Ocean City, MD areas. Can also be heard in Sussex County, DE but signal might be fringe.

On 2/19/2011, iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel) moved Kiss FM from 105.5 to 95.9 as "Kiss 95-9" (Top 40/CHR). The Sports Animal was moved to 960 AM/WTGM, which was later changed to Fox Sports 960 AM in 2014. Whiskey and Randy have since been moved to mornings on sister country station WWFG/Froggy 99.9.

On 4/1/2010, WOSC changed their format to sports, branded as "The Sports Animal." The station carried ESPN Radio programming with Whiskey teaming up with PD Randy Scott in the afternoon.

On 4/28/2009, the Clear Channel national layoffs hit WOSC, leaving JJ Roth, morning show co-host, and Afternoon Jock/PD Rich Drake without jobs. Whiskey was moved into the Afternoon slot, with the syndicated Lex and Terry in the morning. JJ is now the PD and Midday host at WOCM-FM, and Rich Drake is the Afternoon Drive DJ/PD on WBEY/Bay Country 97.9.

In September 2007, the owners moved "Don and Mike" to sister station Sportstalk 960 AM.

In February 2006, General manager Frank Hamilton hired Cowboy (former Morning Show co-Host at WZBH), and paired him with Whiskey in the afternoon. The show was successful and by September 2006 the station moved Whiskey and Cowboy to mornings, and Don and Mike back to afternoons live. The lineup stayed intact until mid-December 2006, when Cowboy retired from radio. The show returned in January 2007 as "Whiskey in the Morning" with JJ as co-host, and was renamed "Whiskey in the Morning with JJ" in April 2008.

WOSC is the former home of Mancow's Morning Madhouse which aired from 1999-2003. After dropping Mancow, the station added Elliot in the Morning (from sister station DC101) for a year. The stations once again changed its slogan, to "96 Rock, Elliot in the Morning and Don and Mike in the Afternoon." WOSC later decided to promote longtime air personality Jon "Whiskey" Wilson to the morning shift. Whiskey in the Morning lasted 15 months until September 2005. Then, WOSC decided to put Don and Mike on in the morning (tape delayed from the day before) and put Whiskey on in the afternoon.

In September 2000 the station was sold to Clear Channel Communications. Two months later, the station added Don and Mike to afternoons.

In early 1993 this station was sold to Benchmark Communications along with top-40 station WKHI from Ocean City, Maryland. Benchmark moved the top-40 programming and WKHI call letters down the dial to 95.9 FM to make room for the debut of Froggy 99.9 at 99.9 FM. 96 Rock disappeared from the airwaves of Delmarva Radio.

In May 1981, the station was sold to Coastal Communications-Delaware Corporation for $1 million. The new owners changed to the Burkhart/Abrahams Superstars 1 Album Oriented Rock format four months later in September 1981 as "96 Rock - Delmarva's only Rock 'N Roll."

95.9 WWTR-FM signed on the air on June 20, 1974 as an adult contemporary/oldies station owned by J. Parker Connor of Connor Broadcasting. The studios were located on the second floor of the now Connor Jacobson Realty Building at the intersection of North Pennsylvania Avenue and Campbell Place in Bethany Beach, Delaware. The owner's son Brad Connor served as a disc jockey as early as age 15, later progressing to sales and eventually management of the radio station. He is currently the mayor of Dagsboro, Delaware.

Dropped "96X, New Rock Alternative" to "96X, Where Today's Music Lives" after a format tweak (Modern Rock to Alternative/Modern AC) at 7 p.m. on 4/7/2011. Dropped "106-1 Downtown, 96-1 All Around - 96X" on 3/7/2004 when sister station WPYA signed-on. Changed its COL (community of license) from Cape Charles VA to Exmore VA. Flipped to an alternative rock format, as "Extreme 96X," in July 1999. Was contemporary for a while before that and modern rock "96-X" before that. The original plan for this frequency back in the mid 80s was to take up where WGH-FM left off in 1983 with the end of its run as a classical station. The calls were to be WWGH. Instead it started as WIAV "Wave 96" with a pop format. It was then co-owned with WVAB-AM 1550. Bishop L.E. Willis later bought the two stations and then bought 92.1, later spinning off WVAB. Was known as dance/CHR 'Kiss 96' (December 1988 to May 1989) WKSV. Flipped from dance/CHR to Christian when WXRI (105.3) was sold in May 1989. Later flipped to WMYA 'Touch 96' (August 1991). When the owner of the new WKOC flipped from adult urban to Triple A, he agreed with the Bishop to preserve the urban adult format by actually running commercials on the new 'Coast' to listen to 'Touch 96'. Was sold to Sinclair Telecable from Willis Broadcasting in late October 1993. That's when 96-X ("Experimental Radio") was launched...October 25, 1993. Note: 96X has a low-powered relay in Norfolk. In 1995, they fired up their new translator [106.1 W291AE (ERP 250W)] which is best heard in downtown Norfolk to help eliminate signal dropout in the downtown area. Tidewater Communications, which owned rocker 'FM99' WNOR and '106.9 The Fox' WAFX at the time, filed a petition with the FCC to deny WROX a construction permit. WROX collected more than 3,000 signatures from listeners requesting 96X be granted the go-ahead which it was by the FCC.

On September 2nd, 2022, "Sports Radio 850 AM and 96.5 FM" was dropped, leading to a stunt with a loop of Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back." Sports Radio 850 AM and 96.5 FM had aired Fox Sports Radio, Washington Commanders football, University of Virginia sports and had one weekend host, J Lee running the weekend "Sports Insight 757 with J Lee." The station had been in the Sports format since 2006. Sister Alternative WROX (96X) PD Nick Chappell will serve as PD and morning host on Lucy FM. Chappell told radio industry leader All Access, "We are very excited to launch LUCY FM and bring a mix of the best new songs and some classic throwbacks to Hampton Roads. Pop music is bigger than ever right now, and Lucy has a playlist that will keep people moving with hit song after hit song." Lucy FM was launched on Tuesday morning (September 6th, 2022) following the weekend long stunt, launching with Harry Styles' "As It Was."

Dropped all-comedy format on 1/27/2014 for Sports/Talk, "FOX Sports 850" and later switched branding to "Sports Radio 850 AM and 96.5 FM."

Dropped "Funny" for "Comedy" on 2/28/2013 staying with the all-comedy format. Dropped Talk for All-Comedy "Funny 850" at noon on 6/20/2011. Dumped "TalkRadio 850" for "FOX Sports Radio 850" just after midnight on 1/30/2006 but six months later, it trashed most of the FOX Sports programming and went back to its former format -- Talk but with a brand new line-up. WTAR used to be at 790 AM. 850 used to be WNIS (which moved here from 1350), which is now at 790. The 850 frequency dates back to 1952. For many years 850 used to be soul formatted WRAP. The original call letters on 850 were WCAV, based on "Cavalier."

On 6/24/2019, WKJX dropped "96.7 The Block" in favor of Adult Contemporary, "96.7 The Coast," moving the "Block" format from 96.7 to 104.9 WFMZ Hertford, NC.

Blew up Soft Adult Contemporary "Mix 96" on 3/31/10 and stunted thru April Fools Day until debuting the new Hip-Hop "96-7 The Block" at 9:06 a.m. on 4/2/2010. Turned on RDS in late 5/2008. WKJX upgraded to a Class C2, increased its power to 50kW and moved its antenna further east at 407ft in May 2004. Puts in a rimshot signal into Southside Hampton Roads. Before signing-on May 26, 2004 as Mix 96, the station stunted with 80s/early 90s TV theme songs over the weekend before the launch. Previously simulcasted with WOBR/95.3 Wanchese until early May 2004. Outside of the live jocks, the station uses the Westwood One Radio Network. In 1984, Elizabeth City got it’s 2nd FM WKJX/96.7 owned by James Bond out of Chevy Chase MD. He owned the station until the mid 90’s when East Carolina Radio bought it.

In 1/2012, the FCC granted an even exchange of EMF's (Educational Media Foundation) W245BB/96.9 Newport News (and W293AX/106.5 Roanoke VA) for Liberty University's W249BM/97.7 Newport News.

Original CP (construction permit) granted on 10/20/2004. Signed on mid-October 2007 relaying WZLV/90.7 Cape Charles.

Signed on in early 6/2010 with automated Spanish music.

Took the new call letters WFAJ on 3/15/2010.

Original construction (CP) granted on 5/2/2007.

Offices and antenna located at 7214 Mackatouces Point Road, Exmore, VA 23350.

Translator for WSTV-HD2, went silent in April 2022, but has since returned to the air as of 5/13/2022.

Following the rebranding of WGH-AM from Business News/Talk "Moneytalk 1310" to "Fox Sports Radio 1310" on January 6, 2023, WGH-FM HD2 remained under the Moneytalk branding featuring The Ken Coleman Show (1 p.m. to 2 p.m.) and The Ramsey Show (2 p.m. to 5 p.m.) in addition to Bloomberg Business Radio affiliated programming. The station can only be heard on 97.3 HD2 now despite the websites, logos and everything mentioning 1310 AM and 100.9 FM.

On June 17, 2022, at ~11pm, the tower for WGH-FM 97.3 was struck by lightning, knocking the station off the air. According to an FCC exhibit, WGH-FM shortly resumed broadcasting from the same site with the backup transmitter and antenna with 1.1 kW ERP at 350' AGL. Max Media claimed to the FCC they have had an engineer and tower crew examine the site to determine where the damage occured and once that review is completed, any necessary equipment will be ordered for repairs. Max Media requested an engineering-STA (Alternative Backup PDF) for reduced power on June 24, which as of June 27, is still pending in FCC database.

Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately.

Was known as "New Country Eagle 97.3" for the longest time until October 1, 2002. WGH-FM actually started in August 1947. The original frequency was 96.5 MHz.

The stated intention in 1947 was to shut down the AM station at sometime in the future, once the FM was well-established.

They also explored starting a WGH-TV (channel 7) in the late 40s, but this never came to fruition.

This FMer did a mix of simulcasting with the AM and FM-only programming, including classical music and live sports.

Eventually (in the late 60s or early 70s), they decided to go with the all-classical format.

That lasted until the sale on Sept 1, 1983, when it became WNSY-FM "Sunny 97" with a soft rock format.

WGH was sold to new owners - Commcor - and unceremoniously pulled the plug on WGH-FM so quickly that they interrupted the final strains of Pachelbel's "Canon in D major." in the middle of the track.

That lasted a year or so, then the format was flipped to Top 40 "Y-97."

In 1985, Susquehanna took over, renamed it WRSR '97 Star' and kept the Top 40 format. The WGH-FM call letters came back in December of 1986.

In 1990, when Susquehanna decided to kill the Top 40 format and switch to "New Country Eagle 97." Jeff Moreau signed off "97 Star." The "Eagle Country" format used to be at 105.3 FM.

The WGH call letters stand for 'World's Greatest Harbor'.

Also to note that in the late 1980's, while 'Z-104' WNVZ and WGH were competing for ratings, WGH is where Paul 'Cubby' Bryant got his start in commercial radio.

Cubby is now at "Z100" WHTZ in New York as APD/MD.

Big name MJ Kelli (Todd Schnitt) now with his own morning show at "93-3 FLZ" WFLZ Tampa FL and a syndicated talk show on several stations around the country also played a big part (evening DJ) at '97 Star' in the late 80's. He briefly jumped ship to 'Z-104' (August 1988 to October 1989) before eventually moving on to "93-3 FLZ."

WWWV serves Central Virginia and the Central Shenandoah Valley with its Classic Rock. WWWV is owned and operated by the "Charlottesville Radio Group" subsidiary of Saga Communications.

In 2017, WWWV dropped all new rock to become strictly classic rock, coinciding with a slogan change from the longtime "Everything That Rocks" to "Iconic Rock."

Since flipping to a broadly rock format in 1977, the station's music has aged with its audience, remaining a modern rock reporter through the 1990s before adding recurrents and moving to active rock.

In 2004, Saga Communications would purchase Charlottesville Broadcasting Corporation's three-station cluster.

In 1998, Eure combined WWWV with Charlottesville Broadcasting Corporation's WINA-AM 1070 and WQMZ-FM 95.1 in a merger deal. Eure was ordered by the Department of Justice to spin off the merger's two remaining stations, WCHV-AM and WKAV-AM 1400 to Clear Channel, as FCC regulators took issue with Eure's potential ownership of five stations in the small market. The FCC under a different leadership permitted Clear Channel to own six stations just five years later.

In 1996, Michelle stepped down to become the Local Sales Manager of the station and Rick Daniels took over her news/sidekick responsibilities. The show was renamed the Big Greasy Breakfast and went on to gain local fame with his Friday Freakouts, a general weekly recap of the past week's news, sports and entertainment irritabilities. Rick then decided to leave the show after getting an offer to host the morning show on sister station WINA. Highway John, formerly nights (and sometime BGB participant) now fills Rick's chair.

WWWV is known for its local popularity, its Fan Club, the 3WV Freeloaders and the Big Greasy Breakfast morning show. The BGB has been the most popular, highest rated, longest running morning show in Central Virginia for over 16 years. Through the 80's the morning show was helmed by Jay Lopez (now at sister station WQMZ) and Vinnie Kice (now at a crosstown Clear Channel affiliate). The duo left 3WV for another station in North Carolina and were replaced with the Max in the Morning Show in 1992 with Max Hoecker and Michelle DeLang.

During the years of 1987-1988, Clay would sell all of his broadcasting interests, with WWWV and WCHV-AM going to Eure Communications, then-owners of WXEZ Yorktown.

On 4/1/1978, under Operations Manager Ed Owens, Rad Messick became 3WV's first program director and live personality/morning host. WDVE's Phil Kirzyc later joined for evenings with Messick moving to afternoons and Greg Wells becoming the new morning host. Jim Huste, Ashley Allen, Dave Mitchell, and Steve Harris were also members of the late 70s 3WV airstaff.

On 1/10/1977, the station would drop the beautiful music format in favor of album-oriented rock (AOR), branding as "3WV" with new callsign, WWWV. They would implement an automated version of the Lee Abrams 'Superstars' format that included voice tracking from WCHV-AM personalities.

On 1/1/1973, Evans would sell WCCV-FM and WCHV-AM to Lyell B. Clay's "Clay Broadcasting," owner of several newspapers and television stations, most notably WWAY of Wilmington, DE, but no other radio stations.

On 5/1/1971, WCCV-FM would drop country format in favor of original beautiful music format.

On 3/7/1970, WCCV-FM would flip to country music daytime and a simulcast of WCHV-AM's adult contemporary format between 6p and 6a.

On 12/4/1968, WCCV-FM and sister station, WCHV-AM were sold to Charlottesville resident Edward S. Evans, Jr.

Signed on as WCCV-FM on March 5, 1960, with a middle-of-the-road post-war pop and light classical music format, co-owned with WCHV-AM 1260 kHz by Roger and Louise Neuhoff's Eastern Broadcasting Corporation.

Signed on March 8, 2012 covering NE NC and targeting the Hampton Roads market as it's mentioned in their top-of-the-hour ID. Testing new signal in mid-February 2012. In December 2010, Lifeline Ministries agreed to sell the station to EMF (Educational Media Foundation, K-Love) for $800K.

On 1/3/2018, WMDM dropped Active Rock "97-7 The Rocket" for Classic Hits "97-7 The Bay" with new on-air staff and new lineup.

On the afternoon of 4/18/2017, WMDM flipped the format to Active Rock from Classic Rock, retaining "97-7 The Rocket". DJ "Blak Jak" announced the change on his 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. program.

On 3/11/2011, WMDM flipped the format to Classic Rock from Soft AC "Easy 97.7" using "97-7 The Rocket."

On 11/30/2009 and after doing CHR for just seven months, WMDM changes format to Easy Listening as "Easy 97.7."

On 4/21/2009, the "The Rocket" branding was brought back, with the format switched to Contemporary Hit Radio from Hot AC "Magic 97.7."

Was Mainstream Rock as "97-7 The Rocket" until late March 2009.

Changed call letters back to the station's original calls of WMDM from WYRX on 3/4/2009.

Changed call letters back to WYRX from WRKZ on 1/22/2008.

Changed call letters from WYRX to WRKZ on 9/12/2007.

Changed the long time call letters of WMDM for WYRX on 7/6/2006.

In late 5/2006, the station dropped (50-70s) "Oldies 97.7" for Modern Rock/Alternative -- "97-7 The Rocket, Southern Maryland's New Rock Alternative." Somar (the then current owners) picked up "Moondog" to run its stations (WMDM/97.7, WSMD/98.3, WKIK/102.9, WPTX/1690) a couple of months previous to the format flip.

In early 6/2006, Moondog said to a local newspaper "What will you hear (on the new 97.7)?... Rage Against the Machine, Butthole Surfers, whatever … There"s no corporate VP telling me to play these 5 songs every week."

Eight days later, the same newspaper reports that the owners had canned Moondog. Quickly in mid-6/2006, 97.7 morphed into Mainstream Rock -- "97-7 The Rocket, Southern Maryland's Rock Station."

Provides pretty good coverage on the Northern Neck. Can also be heard in DC's southeastern suburbs. Used to be "Power 97.7" with a Hot AC/CHR format. Then they switched it to Legendary Rock - 97.7 as some sort of classic rock/hits mix. Then to Westwood One's Country "97-7 The Bay".

Pirate radio station that was operating from the Morningside retirement facilty at 3000 Skipwith Rd in Richmond. Was shut down by the FCC in mid-December 2005.

Best heard in Norfolk, Portsmouth, northern Chesapeake and eastern Virginia Beach. This translator is using a directional antenna because the original proposed request operation of W250AE is on a third adjacent channel and within the protected contour of WGH-FM, the W250AE proposed 117.8 dBu line of sight contour overlapped industrial buildings near the W250AE transmitter site, the application did not conform to FCC regulations and was dismissed. In the new application, they proposed 250 watts (DA) utilizing a directional transmitting antenna oriented to 270 degrees True. With this antenna and orientation, the 117.8 dBu line of sight interference contour doesn't overlap any occupied buildings. The W250AE transmitting antenna is located within the old Norfolk and Western railroad yard. Increased their power from .01kW to .25 kW in 2002. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information.

On 11/1/2017, iHeartMedia announced that WTVR-FM, along with all of their sister stations in Richmond VA and Chattanooga TN, would be sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc) as part of that company's merger with CBS Radio. The sale was completed on 12/19/2017.

On 11/13/2015, WTVR-FM flipped to Christmas music and began calling itself "The All-New Christmas 98.1" In recent years, along with many other adult contemporary radio stations, WTVR-FM switches to all holiday music from mid-November to Christmas Day. As the holidays ended, iHeartMedia rebranded the station as "Mix 98.1" on December 28. Despite the new branding, the format remains adult contemporary, although more uptempo.

Dropped The JAZZ Club on 6/25/08 for Broadcast Architecture's Smooth Jazz Network. Format descriptor changed on the HD2 The JAZZ Club per Arbitron from "New Age Contemporary/Smooth Jazz" to "Smooth AC" at the end of 5/2008. Started broadcasting digitally with iBiquity's HD Radio™ Sping 2005 and started its HD2 channel beginning of 11/2006 as Smooth Jazz. Studios on Basie Rd in Richmond. Started broadcasting in 1946; it was the first FM station in Richmond. WTVR used to have an easy listening format in the 1970s are early 1980s. Then became "Stereo Country FM 98." It was country for almost 10 years before going back into the Easy Listening format in the early 90's. The late Scott Stevens, most recently of Richmond traffic reporting fame, was a DJ at WTVR during the Country format era. Its original calls were WCOD. WTVR used to be owned by Park Broadcasting with Channel 6; it is now owned by Clear Channel.

Starting relaying WHRO-HD3 (carrying WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg) on 9/22/2011. Best heard in the northern half of Virginia Beach, NE Chesapeake, and most of Norfolk and Portsmouth.

Was W249BK/97.7 and doing 2 watts until moved to 98.3 in May 2011.

Took the call letters WHRF on 10/21/2010. Construction Permit granted on 6/28/2010.

Changed formats from Classic Hits to Mainstream AC on 4/22/2006. Best heard on the Northern Neck. Originally signed on as WQMR as "98.3 Star FM" as a very odd mix of classic hits/'70s and '80s pop with current CHR. For weeks a format change was planned back in the early '90s then became "Star 98.3" - same music but new jingles and dumped the jocks for automation. In the late 90s, WSMD played the song "Macarena" over and over again for almost the entire weekend which prompted tons of calls to the Charles/St. Mary's 911 system (listeners thought their was trouble at the station). It was a stunt - and format was switched to all classic hits. Also broadcasts the Baltimore Ravens football. Owned by Somar Communications along with WKIK 1560 AM and 102.9 WKIK-FM.

Country Big 98.5 is a rebroadcast of 102.1 WRXL-FM HD2 and serves Greater Richmond and much of the surrounding Central Virginia. The WRXL-HD2 studios, and the transmitters for both WRXL and W253BI, reside in the Richmond suburb of Dumbarton.

On 11/1/2017, iHeartMedia announced that WRXL-HD2/W253BI, along with all of its sister stations in Richmond VA and Chattanooga TN, would be swapped to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc), as a result of that company's merger with CBS Radio. The sale was completed on 12/19/2017. THe deal had iHeartMedia taking over several former CBS and Entercom stations in Boston and Seattle in exchange for the Richmond VA and Chattanooga TN stations.

On July 27th, 2015, at 9:03 am, W253BI flipped to country as "Big 98.5" launching with 10,000 songs commercial free. Big 98.5's first song was "Kick The Dust Up" by Luke Bryan. Since translators aren't legally permitted to originate their own programming, by FCC regulation, W253BI is relaying WRXL-HD2.

The simulcast of WRVA ended on July 23, 2015, at 3pm, after the end of that day's Rush Limbaugh show. The station then began stunting with construction noises, with liners telling WRVA listeners to move to 1140 AM, and to listen the following Monday (June 27th) at 9AM for "something new on 98.5".

In April 2013, iHeartMedia (then Clear Channel Communications) applied for a construction permit of a translator on 98.5 FM in Glen Allen, VA. Originally listed as a translator for WRVQ, this translator would cover the Greater Richmond area and much of surrounding Central Virginia. In June 2013, the Construction Permit was modified to translate WTVR-FM. On May 5, 2014, the station signed on as a simulcast of iHeartRadio's (then Clear Channel Communication's) WRVA, using the branding "NewsRadio 1140 & 98.5 FM" and translating WTVR-HD2.

WNOR is one of very few stations with adequate HD Radio coverage over the entirety of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Portsmouth, with no significant signal dropouts on the HD signal anywhere in the lower Hampton Roads area. WNOR is also one of very few stations with local staff and adequate coverage of news, traffic and events, sometimes one of the first stations to report on traffic and news in the area.

WNOR-HD2 used to simulcast 1230 WJYI-AM Norfolk VA "Hampton Roads' Joy FM 98.7 HD2" but dropped the simulcast after WJYI-AM's license was surrendered on September 30, 2021 due to antenna issues after the construction of the new tower in September 2019.

Tommy from their morning show was dropped when Tommy migrated to 106.9 The Fox as an early retirement, currently Tommy hosts Sunday early mornings on 106.9 The Fox. The morning show remains extremely popular and is now named "Rumble in the Morning" and includes Rick Rumble, Shelly, Erik, Steven Hill and sometimes, Arlo from 106.9 The Fox joins in for traffic on some mornings.

Added HD Radio broadcasts in early 7/2006. Since 1961. They have the very popular morning show of "Tommy & Rumble." Started playing Top 40 music in the 60s. Way back when, WNOR was a progressive music, "underground" station which evolved, over the years, into a mainstream rock station.

Carries the Washington Redskins football games and is the flagship station for CNU football and basketball. WXGM is LIVE 6-11AM and from 2-7PM Monday thru Friday (with Harvey King there 30+ years) with the area's only local station that has a full-time news department; headed up by Reese Williams. Local newscasts can be heard at the top of every hour from 6-9AM following ABC News and live newscasts at the bottom of every hour during that same time period. The rest of the dayparts are filled with ABC Radio Networks satellite feed - "Starstation." Xtra has a heavy community involvement in all of their listening area which includes all of the Middle Peninsula, West Point, York County, Williamsburg and James City County. WXGM is the official Coleman Bridge connection station. Even though WXGM primarily serves the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck, it garners listeners on the Lower Peninsula and shows-up in the Arbitron ratings. They used to simulcast on their AM side (WXGM-AM) but that was dropped on 8/1/03. Signed-on in July 1991 with an AC format currently heard.

After some testing, in early 6/2012, 99.3 started rebroacasting WHRO/90.3-HD3, The 1920s Radio Network. Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association (WHRO) announced in late July 2011 the acquisiton of two Virginia Beach licensed translators for $140K from Liberty University, W257BV/99.3 and W269BQ/101.7. Shortly afterwards, the translators moved to a new tower location near Providence Rd and I-64, went to the maximium power of 250 watts and used as "fill-in" translators for WHRV-FM. Serves northern half of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and NE Chesapeake.

Sold to Liberty University around 2007. Used to rebroadcast American Family Radio // WBKU-FM 91.7 Ahoskie NC doing 55 watts from an antenna location near Bonney Rd/Virginia Beach Blvd/I-264. Original CP (Construction Permit) granted on 8/19/2004 to Edgewater Broadcasting.

Changed call letters from WPZZ to WKJM on 11/25/2004. In a major station shake-up at midnight on Thursday, November 18, 2004, Radio One moved Gospel "Praise 99.3" to it strongest signal 104.7/Crewe and took on a new simulcast of Urban AC "105.7 Kiss FM" WJMO/Richmond. On 12/3/03, flipped from jockless Rhythmic to Gospel as "Praise 99.3." Took the WPZZ calls on 11/25/2003. Stopped simulcasting 105.7 in mid-April 2001 to flip to Gospel as "Praise 99.3" WPLZ. The station had changed calls to WPZE so that the WPLZ calls could move to 105.7. In the summer of 2001, Radio One got wind of Clear Channel's pending flip of "Oldies 106.5" WRCL to a CHR/Rhythmic. So one day before "106.5 The Beat" WBTJ signed-on (6/10/2001), Radio One signed-on Hip-Hop "Hot 9-9-3" WRHH to flank market leader Urban "Power 92-1" WCDX. This didn't work. "The Beat" eventually shifted to Urban go head-to-head with "Power." "The Beat" became the undisputed Urban leader in Richmond; knocking "Power" down to a tie for 8th place in the overall ratings in the Summer 2003 ratings Book. During this same time, "Hot" shifted to the Rhythmic format and went jockless and oddly enough, 99.3 enjoyed its best ratings. Was Urban AC until December 1998 when it switched to Urban Oldies. This station was purchased by Radio One in early 1999. Studios on Emerywood Parkway in Richmond. Call letters stand for former slogan: "music to please," back when it was once an easy listening station. Dates back to 1966. An interesting sidelight, at one point in time the programming on "Majic 99" WPLZ was simulcast on 99.3 in Fredericksburg VA and in Charlottesville in an effort to extend the reach of WPLZ's signal to the north and west of Richmond.

WVBX is a CHR station licensed to Spotsylvania, Virginia and serving the Metro Fredericksburg area. WVBX is owned and operated by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.

The station first launched on January 26, 1988, with the call sign WYND-FM. It aired a smooth jazz/new age music format and was owned by Richard J. Hayes and Associates. On April 10, 1989, WYND-FM changed to WPLC, simulcasting the Urban Contemporary format of then-WPLZ in Petersburg, also on 99.3. It became WYSK on September 30, 1994.

In 1994, the station was purchased by The Free Lance-Star, a daily newspaper in Fredericksburg. On July 16, 1996, WYSK modified its call letters to WYSK-FM, switching to an Adult Contemporary format. On March 4, 2002, WYSK-FM flipped to Alternative Rock, branded as "99.3 WYSK - The Rock Alternative."

At noon on January 7, 2008, WYSK-FM dropped its Alternative format and switched to Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio with the station's first song being Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack". The call letters were changed from WYSK to WWVB-FM on January 11, 2008 to go along with the new moniker "The Vibe."

On August 13, 2009, the call sign was changed from WWVB-FM to WVBX.

On January 23, 2015, Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WVBX and sister stations WFLS-FM, WNTX, and WWUZ from Free Lance-Star License, LLC. The purchase was consummated on May 1, 2015, at a price of $8.1 million.

On June 1, 2018, WVBX rebranded as "Live 99.3." The station is now airing a more traditional contemporary hit radio playlist, moving away from the rhythmic format.

'Where You Find Inspiration'. A religious station since it first signed on October 2, 1971 at 5PM. This is the BBN's first radio station. Official incorporation of The Bible Broadcasting Network took place on March 28, 1969, when BBN purchased a radio station that had gone bankrupt and was off the air at 99.7. Broadcasts the Bible Broadcasting Network's (BBN) sacred Christian music via satellite. Studios located on Indian River Rd in Chesapeake.

WCYK is a country formatted radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, serving Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, and Staunton in Virginia. WCYK-FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media.

WANV-FM signed on August 1, 1984 with a light adult contemporary format. The station was co-owned by M. Robert "Bob" Rogers' High Fidelity Music Show, Inc. with country WANV (970 kHz) in Waynesboro. Bob Rogers was the former manager of WGMS in Washington, and with his wife Terry ran a series of annual High Fidelity Music Show expos to showcase the latest in home audio technology. The station initially transmitted from Elliott Knob west of Staunton, high enough to cover the Staunton-Waynesboro-Harrisonburg portion of the Shenandoah Valley.

In 1989, WANV-FM received a permit to move to Bear Den Mountain, just east of Waynesboro and north of Afton Mountain. Although this site is roughly 1,500 feet lower than Elliott Knob, it affords a much wider coverage area, with local-grade service to the Charlottesville metro in addition to the valley to the west. The station flipped to oldies during 1991.

Bob Rogers died in 1992, and the two stations passed to his son as executor, who began looking for a buyer. In March 1994, Michael Douglass' Clark Broadcasting Company bought WANV-FM along with longtime Charlottesville country stations WCYK (810 kHz) and WCYK-FM (102.3 MHz), based in Crozet. Clark changed the callsign to WVAO-FM and kept the oldies format. To take advantage of the 99.7 MHz facility's superior signal, Clark then moved the more popular country format and WCYK-FM callsign from 102.3 in February 1996. That station took the oldies and WVAO-FM callsign in return.

Clear Channel entered the Charlottesville market by buying Clark's three FM stations in 1998. The company ran the station as "Country 99.7", but otherwise did not make changes.

Clear Channel exited the Charlottesville market in June 2007 by selling all of its stations to George Reed's Sistema 102 LLC, which was later renamed Monticello Media. On November 3, 2007, Monticello tweaked the station's branding to "Your Country 99.7". On the morning of September 16, 2010, the station adopted the "Hitkicker 99-7" brand, which came with changes to airstaff but not music.

Exactly seven years later, on September 16, 2017, the station shifted brands again to "99.7 CYK", at the same time adding some recurrents to a music rotation that was largely hit-based. This occurred as a result of increased competition from WCVL-FM (92.7 MHz), which airs a 1990-based country format, and a format change at Monticello's own classic country outlet WKAV.

Carries syndicated morning show of Ben & Brian in the mornings.

It has been "Froggy" since early 1993, back then imaged 'Your New Country Leader.'

Jimmy Hoppa (now doing mornings at Cat Country) was one of the originals and had a six year stay from 1993-99.

Before that it was known as "100 KHI", a legendary station that played Top 40 hits. It was later moved to 95.9.

KHI will always be remembered best for its top rated morning show "The Hitman and Company" which was hosted by the "Hitman" JJ McKay, Brian K Hall and Captain Jim Whitmore.

On 7/24/2010, WYFJ completed its move from 100.1 to 99.9. The station was off the air for three days in anticipation of the move. Though still licensed as a Class A (max 6kW/328ft) station, it's now broadcasting from the heart of Richmond instead of 15 miles north in Ashland.

Signed on February 1, 1980. Signal is listenable as far south as Petersburg. Studios on South Washington Highway in Ashland. Broadcasts the Bible Broadcasting Network's (BBN) sacred Christian music via satellite.

Gave 90-day notice on 6/2/2010 to tower company they were leaving the Roy Lane site (lease to expire on 8/31/2010) for a new location (5½ miles SSE) much closer to Williamsburg-proper (behind Berkeley Middle School).

Joined the Christian Contemporary "Spirit FM" WRXT/90.3 Roanoke simulcast on February 14, 2006 at 7:20 a.m. Was acquired by Positive Alternative Radio at the end of December 2005. The station stunted with Christmas music as Nick FM (January thru February 14, 2006) along with another dozen other former CSN Virginia stations and translators. Previously, simulcast with "Praise FM" WJYJ/90.5 Fredericksburg owned by CSN Virginia with a format that was 80% Inspirational Speaking, 20% Christian Contemporary. Was part of CSI International (founded in 1993, is a non-profit organization, an outreach of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa CA and Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls ID) late Summer of 2002. Best heard in the immediate Williamsburg area.

Pirate radio station broadcasting from a house off of Fishing Bay Rd in Deltaville, VA. Was shut down by the FCC in mid-March 2018. Station was revived as a part 15 AM station on 1620 KHz under unlicensed call letters WAQM AM branded as "The Legacy" Hampton, VA on Derby Drive, Magruder Run. They claim to have coverage of "1.5-2 miles sometimes further on High End Radios."

Look I enjoy Hobby Broadcasting and I did a little flirting around with a few Watts on FM (But Will Never Do so ever again) and people loved my Album Rock station. However it is not my interest to tease or taunt the FCC so I shut it down and switched to part 15 legal AM Hobby Broadcasting . I did find that on AM via part 15 section 219 compliance setup in an area that is not overrun by electrical interference one can legally transmit 1.5-2 miles on the upper section of AM broadcast band around 1630-1700 Khz. Now this is only to a Car Radio or HIGH END AM receiver but at least its legal. Your results may very upon location and some may not go beyond 300-600 Feet. If the FCC and broadcasters would go ahead and sign a truce with Hobby Broadcasters and allow for rural areas for hobby operators to have at or equal or near the signal intensity of a TIS station there is very good reason to expect that just like New Zealand and other contries the Pirate Radio issue will be nullified. In New Zealand its allowed on FM on a section of the band which has been given to Hobby or individual broadcasters who wish to start a station with a niche programming format without a licensing cost of well into the triple digit figures. Pirate Radio in the USA is not a new concept which can be verified via songs by well known artists like The Roaring Sixties which title is We Love The Pirate Stations asking the FCC to leave them alone. It even has someone crying in the back ground because their favorite Pirate station was shut down by the government and they can no longer listen to their favorite music. This happened sometime in 1966 when I looked up the original release of this particular song. Why did people like it in 1966 so much to make a protest hit single and public behavior shows they still do? Because just like in the 80s the FCC forced upon cable TV providers to have community access channels which allow individuals to schedule a show and broadcast it to the entire town. Hobby Broadcasting should be considered a citizen access frequency or audio channel and this should not be demonized or thought of as criminal behavior but rather a necessary outlet to share niche ideas and music not provided by other FREE to receive over the air Radio stations. Its safe to say that is what Broadcast Radio was originally intended before corporate outcry to the US government only to stifle a conflict to a growing cash flow. In conclusion just like the title of an album by The Kinks Give The People What They Want is really the best psychology and most humane way to handle this situation. that or make it mandatory that 1 receivable station with EVERY musical genera is receivable to every city in the USA even the most rural of cities. This also helps with emergency situations too. An example would be that every city better have one Album Rock (Deep Tracks, Progressive Rock), Classic Rock station and if not than the members of every broadcasting company shall be fined so much money per day until it is indeed met. They want HD Radio to tie up more space in the broadcast bands? They have no excuse why not then. Radio is for the people not for the cash cows and if they want to cry "No Fair" lets show them what "No Fair" is. Lovers of say Classic Country, Polka, Big Band and so on may also want to join this fight too. Maybe then these self minded folks will come down to earth and realize this is just human nature to want to put up a station that doesn"t copy what others are doing.

On June 24, 2022, Max Media filed an application to change 92.9 The Wave's call letters from WVBW to WTWV-FM, after the owners of WTWV-TV, a religious TV station in TN, emailed them authorization to use their callsigns for an FM station. Subsuquently, WVHT's callsign would be changed to WVBW.

On June 20, 2022, WVHT ended the stunt with a loop of Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing" launching Urban Adult Hits "100.5 The Vibe" WVHT Norfolk VA at 5pm. The station is promoting it will launch with a "massive playlist" of Hip Hop, R&B, Classic Hip-Hop, and Classic Soul in the spirit of an Adult Hits station under the oversight of VP/Operations & Programming Eddie Haskell and Program Direcor Anthony 'Tone Hollywood' Wheeler. Wheeler joins WVHT from SummitMedia Adult R&B "107.3 Jamz" WJMZ Anderson/Greenville SC where he was most recently APD/MD/midday host. The Hampton VA native spent his entire career in Greenville at WJMZ and sister Rhythmic CHR "Hot 98.1" WHZT until departing last week. The move also sees the departures of former WVHT PD/midday host Paul McCoy and afternoon host Alex Waters. McCoy programmed WVHT for its entire thirteen year run as a Top 40. Waters joined the station in 2019 from "Hits 96.5" WDOD-FM Chattanooga, where he recently began co-hosting the "Gluten Free Radio Show" as a night show for syndication with Calista Liew. “We’re excited to bring a unique, new radio format to Hampton Roads. We will be playing a massive playlist of Urban, R&B, Classic Hip-Hop, and Classic Soul in the spirit of the Adult Hits format. A ton of variety, not only in title count but musical styles. Because, why not?”, said Eddie Haskell Vice President of Operations and Programming. Anthony “Tone Hollywood” Wheeler has been tapped to be the Brand Manager for the newly launched station. Tone was most recently the midday on-air personality for the Urban AC Juggernaut 107.3 JAMZ in Greenville, SC. Tone remarked, “757 music lovers we have exactly what you have been looking for. A station that plays basically everything! All of the hits that you grew up on and love! One listen to our playlist, and you will say “WOW This is a VIBE!”

On June 17, 2022, WVHT began stunting at 6pm with a loop of Q-Tip's "Vivrant Thing" with sweepers between the loop branding the station with its new "100.5 The Vibe" identity. On the morning of 6/17, radio magazine RadioInsight released information on the flip in their Domain Insight sectional, correctly predicting a flip was coming. According to a later Radio Insight Format Changes sectional, the new "100.5 The Vibe" would be primarily competing with Audacy's "95.7 R&B" WVKL and iHeartMedia's "103 JAMZ" WOWI, with the launch appearing to them to occur around the Juneteenth holiday on Sunday or Monday.

On April 20, 2022, WVHT applied for the ability to experiment with IBOC HD Radio. This request was approved by the FCC on May 27.

By 11/1/2016, WVHT would return back to the Mainstream CHR format, but retaining the "Hot 100" branding.

On 8/7/2016, WVHT would make another format adjustment, dropping "Hot 100.5" and Mainstream CHR format in favor of "Hot 100" Adult Contemporary.

At 8:45am on 1/13/2014, after stunting for an hour with construction sounds, WVHT was relaunched, retaining "Hot 100.5" and Top 40 format, but took a more music-intensive approach, as the home for "25 Hits In A Row," with a new logo for the adjustment in format.

Changed call lettrs from WXMM to WVHT on 5/4/2009. Dropped Chinese Hits "Kung Pao 100.5" for Mainstream CHR "Hot 100.5." Dropped Mainstream Rock "100.5 MAX FM" for Chinese Hits "Kung Pao 100.5" Thursday 4/23/2009 at 5 p.m. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. After more than 40 years of country music, the format was dropped on November 28, 2003 around 11:30PM for Mainstream Rock. The first song was AC/DC's "Shook Me All Night Long." Previously, shifted to Classic Country at 3PM on April 10, 2003. WCMS-FM had been country formatted since they first came on the airwaves in 1962. The calls originally stood for "where country music swings." However, we hear that the original slogan was "Western Country Music Station."

At 12:01 a.m. on 10/5/2009, the formats of AM1310 and 94.1FM were swapped with the Sports format (ESPN Radio 1310) moving to 94.1FM. Changed the call letlers from WCMS to WGH on 7/1/05 when the owners move the WCMS calls to a property in Eastern NC - 94.5/Hatteras. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. Changed the call letters to WCMS from longtime WGH (since 12/10/84) on 12/6/04. The WCMS calls came from AM1050 when the owners sold that station to Davidson Media. Carries the Norfolk Tides Triple-A baseball games. Dates way back to 1928. This used to be Tidewater's main "top 40" contemporary station in the 1960s and early 1970s. This station took to the airwaves in October 1928 as WNEW (for Newport News). Call letters were changed to WGH about six weeks later to say 'World's Greatest Harbor.' (The WNEW calls were later taken by the 1130 kHz station in New York City.) WNEW (Newport News) was apparently the descendant of a station at Virginia Beach, WSEA, which did not last long and went dark about 1927. This allocation was picked up by a fellow named Tom Little, who moved it to Newport News. The original WNEW frequency was briefly 1430, then 1310, then and 1340 after the big frequency shakeup of 1941. In January of 1949, it was moved back to 1310 with a big power increase from 250 to 5,000 watts and a brand new transmitter and studio facility in what is now Hampton, VA (city of license stayed Newport News). Station was an NBC Blue, later ABC affiliate. In the mid-late 1950s, WGH dumped the network programming for Top 40, with the name "Color Radio" or alternatively "Color Channel 131." They were still trying to compete with TV, then only black and white - so the radio had to be color! Go figure. From the 50s to the late 60s, many of their jingles said "WGH in Old Virginia." Also known as Music 131, Mighty Radio, Famous 1310, the Rock of Virginia, and 13 WGH. Station has been licensed to both Newport News and Norfolk. From 1954 until 1971, WGH was the home of Bob Calvert, a legendary local radio announcer who was the inspiration for Wolfman Jack. During the mid 50s, Bob had a nighttime weekend show in which he became "Baron Be-Bop," playing R&B music and speaking in a black-affected accent. The show was wildly popular, and part of the reason they switched to Top 40. Wolfman Jack at that time was working at 1270 WYOU in Newport News under a different name. He heard Calvert's act, decided to borrow from it, and the rest is history! WGH was the number one station in Tidewater from the late 50s until the mid-70s. The format was changed to adult contemporary in the early 80s, but that failed to recapture the station's former glory. The stations (AM & 97.3 FM) were sold in 1983. The new owners changed the call letters on both stations to WNSY. (Jokingly called "We're Not Sure Yet.") The AM format was switched to oldies. Around late 1984, the call letters were switched back to WGH on the AM after a difficult battle with the FCC. Once you give up three-letter calls, they don't like to give them back! The format was switched to "Real Country" (automated satellite format). After Susquehanna Radio took over in 1985, the AM format was switched (early 1986) to "Travelers Radio." This was automated information geared toward tourists. In late 1986, Travelers Radio was dumped and we started simulcasting with the FM (97 Star... in December 1986 they got WGH-FM calls back). The simulcasts ended about 1990 when it took CNN Headline News TV audio, syndicated and formatted for radio. This was a big hit during the Gulf War. In March 1991, that was dumped for Real Country once again. On May 30, 1992 country was dumped and Virginia's first only sports station was born using the 'Sports Entertainment Network'. On October 5, 2009, WGH swapped formats with WXEZ (94.1 FM) and became an urban gospel station as "Star 1310". On July 28, 2017, WGH switched to a format of 1950s-60s oldies. On February 28, 2019, WGH changed its format from oldies to urban talk and urban oldies, branded as "1310 The Power". On June 15, 2020, WGH changed its format to business talk, branded as "Money Talk".

On 10/1/2020, WJSR dropped Adult Hits "100.9 Jack FM" and began stunting with snippets of songs as "Short Attention Span Radio". On 10/13, WJSR shifted their stunting to Christmas music as "Santa 100.9". The stunt continued well beyond the holiday season, until 3/4/2021 as WJSR returned to Classic Hits as "Awesome 100.9".

On 10/24/2018, WJSR dropped Classic Hits "Star 100.9" and flipped to Adult Hits as "100.9 Jack FM."

On 1/27/2016, WHTI dropped Soft AC "Easy 100.9" for Classic Hits "Star 100.9" with Bill Bevins and Shelly Perkins remaining morning show host. The station's call letters changed to WJSR on 2/9/2016.

On 5/23/2014, WHTI flipped to Soft AC as "Easy 100.9".

On 5/7/2014, WHTI began redirecting listeners to new translator W291CL, which began simulcasting WHTI via WURV-HD2. After a 15-day simulcasting period, "Hot" officially moved to W291CL on May 22, and 100.9 FM began stunting with nature sounds.

On 7/20/2012, Cox Radio announced the sale of WHTi and 22 other stations to SummitMedia for $66.25 million. The sale was consummated on 5/3/2013.

Dropped Alternative "Y101" WDYL for Rhythmic CHR "Hot 100.9" WHTI at 2 p.m. 4/29/2010. The final track for Y101 was Green Day's "Good Riddance." Hot 100.9 was introduced with Rihanna's "Rude Boy."

Moved to 100.9/Lakeside from 101.1/Chester on 9/1/2009 at 2 p.m. Initiated by Cox Radio and adopted by the FCC on 10/11/2006 to move Alternative "Y101" WDYL/101.1 Chester to a new COL (community of license) -- Lakeside, move to a new frequency -- 100.9 and to increase its power/antenna height to 25kW and 328 feet (or any combination of). The new 100.9 Lakeside signal competes better with the other Richmond area stations, coverage-wise.

There were several parties involved with this Proposal from Cox, some for it (WNNT/100.9, WKHI/107.5) and some against it (WLOU-LP/100.9 Williamsburg, WRBG-LP/107.9 Millsboro DE, and some others). For WDYL to move to 100.9/Lakeside, Real Media Inc's (was owned by Northern Neck and Tidewater Communications at the onset) "RiverCountry 100.9" WNNT Warsaw agreed to move to 107.5, still as a Class A (up 6kW / 328ft). Great Scott Broadcasting's Variety Hits "107-5 Joe FM" WKHI Fruitland MD agreed to downgrade from a Class B1 to a Class A and move to 107.7. Both stations were compensated for the moves. All three stations WDYL, WNNT and WKHI, submitted applications to the FCC within 90 days of the adoptation to reflect the new changes. The "Notice of Proposed Rule Making" can be found at FCC.gov.

This station went dark in mid-1999 but returned to the airwaves in October with an alternative rock format as Y-101. This used to be "smooth jazz" WSMJ until September 1998 when religious WDYL, which used to be located at 105.7 and 92.1 previous, moved here...June 1996 until September 1999. Was also contemporary Christian until October 1999. WDYL used to be owned by Hoffman Communications but was purchased by Radio One and then bought by Cox. WCVE started here on a 'temporary' basis for 19 months before its permanent home at 88.9.

On Feburary 18, 2023, WWDE, along with most other Audacy stations throughout the country, dropped their locally-originated HD subchannels due to Audacy's share prices declining below delist value. Stocks dropped to just mere cents a stock and the company is trying to restructure debt in the same way iHeartMedia is going through with, by cutting off local hosts and locally originated content and focusing primarily on syndicated shows and hosts in order to save costs and pay off debts.

On 4/3/2018, repositioned "The New 101-3, 2WD" for "101-3 2WD" with the new slogan, "The Best Variety Of The 80's Through Today."

On 10/3/2018, WWDE-FM's HD2 subchannel would drop "Deep Tracks" for Country "101.3-2 The Vet."

Repositioned itself as "The New 101-3, 2WD" on 4/1/2013 leaning more AC than Soft/Lite Rock as it was previously. Started broadcasting a digital signal (HD Radio) the first week of November 2008 and at the same time debuted their HD2 stream on 101.3 doing "Deep Tracks."

After the nationally syndicated Delilah show was over on "2WD" WWDE/101.3, at midnight on 12/26/2006, the station very quietly repositioned itself as a Soft/Lite Rock station from it's longtime Adult Contemporary format. Gone were "The Best Variety of the 80s, 90s and Today" and the newer "Four Decades, Four Songs... One Station" positioners for "Continuous Soft Rock, 101.3 2WD."

The birth of Max Media's Classic Hits/AC "92.9 The Wave" WVBW on July 21, 2005 spelled the eventual death of the AC format on WWDE 18 months later.

2WD was hit hard in the mornings, losing long, longtime morning hosts Dick Lamb and Paul Richardson to The Wave and 13-year station vet Jeff Moreau exiting seven months later.

The group Chicago's rendition of "O Come All Ye Faithful" was the last track heard on the old 2WD.

The first songs heard on the new "2WD" were Journey's "Who's Crying Now," Counting Crows w/ Vanessa Carlton's "Big Yellow Taxi," Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love," Rascal Flatts' "Bless The Broken Road," and Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy."

Dick Lamb exited the station he co-founded/owned, sold and was the morning personality for 26½ years on January 28, 2005. Longtime sidekick Paul Richardson left a month after Lamb. Lamb was the co-founder/owner of WWDE with business partner Larry Saunders and Gene Loving, starting "2WD" with an AC format back on July 31, 1978. They also purchased AM 1490.

The station was always successful with Lamb, from owning it, to being behind the "mike" in the mornings.

Since 1962.

Used to sport the WVEC calls.

The 101.3 frequency has a long history:

In the 1960's and early 70's, the 101.3 MHz frequency was the FM side of WVEC.

There was WVEC-AM 1490, and WVEC-FM 101.3.

In the mid 1970's, the FM became WVHR, for the Voice of Hampton Roads. Eventually WWDE-AM 1490 was sold.

Announced mid-May 2007 that Mid Atlantic Network was selling all six of their stations (WINC/92.5 Winchester, WBQB/101.5 Fredericksburg, WFVA/1230 Fredericksburg, WINC/1400 Winchester, WWRE/105.5 Berryville/Winchester, WWRT/104.9 Strasburg) to Centennial Broadcasting for $35.972M.

Co-owns Hot AC WINC and classic rock simulcast WWRT/WWRE (the former 'Apple Country' WAPP/WPBB). Along with country WFLS, WBQB is one of the top stations in Fredericksburg. WBQB was originally WFVA-FM and first signed on in 1962. It became WBQB in 1989. Has a strong signal that also reaches the northern suburbs of Richmond and southern suburbs of Washington DC.

WLQM serves the Western Tidewater and NE NC market with a popular country format that blends today's new country and yesterday's favorite gold. The station also offers live NASCAR race coverage of all the big three series - Winston Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series. Probably the only station within a 100 mile radius that offers all three series on FM. Programming notes also include three live local newscasts for the area each weekday, high school sports coverage. farm news and information along with heavy local community involvement, which the station has won numerous community service awards from the VAB (Virginia Association of Broadcasters) and the American Cancer Society. One of the oldest "family-owned" stations in the state. The Clark family has owned and operated Franklin Broadcasting Corp since 1956. While the station is on the fringe of the Norfolk Metro market, they do garner listeners on the Peninsula & Southside of Hampton Roads metro for their NASCAR coverage and other unique programming elements. Has an AM side at 1250 with an urban gospel format 'The Light'.

On 8/17/2012, the FCC granted a 6-month STA (special temporary authority) for 101.7 to reduce power to just 40 watts from 250 watts (from the same antenna location) after a complaint was received from Franklin Broadcasting's WLQM/101.7 Franklin. Concurrently, Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association (WHRO) has submitted an application to move its antenna to the Westin Hotel at the Virginia Beach Town Center (~4 miles to the NE from its current location) using a directional antenna (still 250 watts); focusing on the northern half of Virginia Beach.

WHRO announced in late July 2011 the acquisiton of two Virginia Beach licensed translators for $140K from Liberty University, W257BV/99.3 and W269BQ/101.7. Shortly afterwards, the translators moved to a new tower location near Providence Rd and I-64, went to the maximium power of 250 watts and used as "fill-in" translators for WHRV-FM. Serves northern half of Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth and NE Chesapeake.

Used to rebroadcast WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg with 1 watt of power from a tower location near Witchduck Rd and I-64 in Virginia Beach. Original CP (construction permit) granted on 7/15/2004. Signed on September 2007.

The FCC granted WKWI/101.7 Kilmarnock to move its antenna higher up on its tower location in late February 2007 with its antenna diplexed with the newly granted move of sister WIGO/104.9 White Stone in late February 2007 to the same tower.

Was owned by Buffalo Broadcasters, headed up by Joseph Patton, until 2004. Changed to AC at 6PM ("101-7 Bay FM") August 23, 2004, following sale to Two Rivers Communications Inc from Buffalo Broadcasters. Two Rivers has rebuilt the 30 year old station, with all new electronics and staff. They have increased the community involvement and news commitment, with the addition of local news director Mark Huffman, formerly with CBS Marketwatch, and added CBS Radio News hourly. Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck weather is aired via custom reports from The Weather Channel. Flipped to Oldies (from AC) on January 1, 2002 playing mainly rockin oldies & classic hits from 1960 thru 1982.

On June 3, 2022, W270DA enabled single sideband stereo (SSB). It's supposed to help improve multipathing as well as improve coverage in the weaker areas of their coverage map.



Drops simulcast with WTXG-FM/102.1 Virginia Beach at 4 p.m. on 8/1/2013. Red Zebra Broadcasting decides to sell WXTG/1490 Hampton and WXTG-FM/102.1 Virginia Beach to Local Voice Media (owner of AAA "92.3 The Tide" WTYD Deltaville VA) for $1.2M. Sale expected to close at the end of 2013 but LMA begins almost immediately.

Changed the call letters from WLRT to WXTG on 12/6/2007. On 7/31/2007, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Synder's Red Zebra Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase the station from Hampton Radio II, Inc for $950,000 and immediately entered into a LMA to start simulcasting WXTG/102.1 Virginia Beach at 8:30 p.m. the same day. Before Sports, it did Classic Country/Racing/NASCAR and was known as "1490 The Outlaw" WLRT.

Lost FOX Sports to WTAR/850 Norfolk on January 30, 2006. Dropped Oldies for Classic Country October 2005. Picked up FOX Sports Radio (2/2005) when AM1050 dropped it. Dropped Southern Rock/Racing/Classic Country on December 8, 2003 at 10PM for 50s-70s Oldies. Previously known as "America's Country 1490 The Goldmine" WBYM until July 7, 2003. Used "Classic Hit Country AM 1490 - The Gold Mine" up to September 2002. Carried the Washington Redskins football games (2002-2005). Used to be WVEC and was co-owned with Channel 13. It featured easy listening music in the 1960s and early 1970s. An FM outlet was started - WVEC-FM -, which later became WWDE. 1490 also used to be WOJY playing a country/gospel mix but flipped to contemporary Christian and took the new calls of WXRE (X15) in July 1996. In November 1997 flipped to standards 'The Bay' WBYM. The WPEX calls have also resided here when the station simulcast WWDE, 101.3 FM, and later with a country music format. This station dates back to 1948.

At 4 p.m. on 8/1/2013, Sports "102.1 The Game" is dropped for a simulcast of Album Adult Alternative "92.3 The Tide" WTYD Deltaville/Williamsburg. Red Zebra Broadcasting decides to sell WXTG/1490 Hampton and WXTG-FM/102.1 Virginia Beach to Local Voice Media (owner of AAA "92.3 The Tide" WTYD Deltaville VA) for $1.2M. Sale expected to close at the end of 2013 but LMA begins almost immediately.

Changed the call letters from WXTG to WXTG-FM on 12/6/2007 when the simulcast on AM1490 changed its call letter to WXTG. WTXG/102.1 started to simulcast its programming on Hampton Radio II, Inc's WLRT/1490 Hampton at 8:30 p.m. on 7/31/2007 when Red Zebra Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase the station and immediately entered into a LMA to start the simulcast. Dropped the WWHV call letters for WXTG on 1/29/2007. Dropped Urban "Hot 102.1" WWHV for Sports "102.1 FM The Game" at midnight 1/29/2007. Washington Redskins owner Daniel Synder's Red Zebra Broadcasting agreed to purchase the station from On Top Communications, Debtor-in-Possession, which was in bankruptcy since 6/2005, on Monday 7/19/2006 for a $4.25M.

Signed on mid-August 2001. Dumped the Supreme Team after just one year for the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show. Dumped the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show on 3/29/2004 for the Supreme Team who were dumped by the then Clear Channel's "103Jamz" WOWI. WWHV covers the immediate Hampton Roads area especially Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and points south with some protection given to Norfolk because of a 34dBu signal from WRXL (102.1) Richmond but again can be heard all over the immediate Hampton Roads area. Their tower is located just over the border in Chesapeake at 100 meters with 6kW of power (Class A licensed). Their studio is located at 545 S Birdneck Rd Suite 100 in Virginia Beach. Was simulcasting on Winner Broadcasting's WWBR-FM/107.9 West Point (a TSA for $11,000/mo) from 2/2/03 to 1/7/05 and known as "Hot 102.1 & 107.9." This frequency had several owners before their sign-on in August 2001. Craig Siebert originally held the "CP" then Virginia Faith Broadcasting (Bishop L E Willis). In early 2001, Willis sold the "CP" to Steve Hegwood's On Top Communications Inc for $3M. The WANN calls were originally parked here (June 11, 1999). Rumor has it that Craig Siebert chose those calls because he lived in ANNapolis MD until changed to WWHV on July 5, 2001. On July 30, 2013, Red Zebra sold WXTG-AM-FM to Williamsburg-based Davis Media, LLC for $1.2 million. The sale was consummated on April 7, 2014. Davis Media, LLC, also owns WTYD in Deltaville, Virginia and WBQK in West Point, Virginia. On August 1, 2013, WXTG-FM began simulcasting WTYD's adult album alternative (AAA) music format. On January 7, 2019, WXTG-AM-FM became a 24-hour news and business station, calling itself "All News 102." The AAA format continued on co-owned WTYD. On June 5, 2020, WXTG-AM-FM dropped the "All News 102" news format and switched back to a simulcast of AAA-formatted WTYD. On July 15, 2020, WXTG-FM flipped to urban contemporary, branded as "Streetz 87.7 & 102.1" (simulcasting low power TV station WMTO-LP channel 6, which airs at 87.75 MHz)

On 9/13/2020, WRXL quietly re-branded as "Alt 102.1" as part of a systemic "revamping" of Entercom's alternative rock stations.

On 11/1/2017, iHeartMedia announced that WRXL, along with all of its sister stations in Richmond VA and Chattanooga TN, would be swapped to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc), as a result of that company's merger with CBS Radio. The sale was completed on 12/19/2017. THe deal had iHeartMedia taking over several former CBS and Entercom stations in Boston and Seattle in exchange for the Richmond VA and Chattanooga TN stations.

WRXL went back to "XL102" from "102-1 The X" at 10 a.m. 10/1/2012 with no music changes. WRXL's name change comes on the heels of Cox Media's slight adjustment of WKLR's playlist to include 90's rock titles and it's new positioner "Rock 96.5" on 9/16/2012.

Clear Channel started testing WRXL-HD2 on 10/24/2006, sometime after 6 p.m., running a Triple A format -- "The Music Summit." WRXL was the first station in Richmond to broadcast an HD2 channel. Carries the "Elliot In The Morning" show from sister "DC101" WWDC Washington DC (since 10/7/02). Shifted to alternative "102.1 The X" on September 13, 2002. The first hour featured Beastie Boys "You Gotta Fight," Hoobbastank "Running Away," Incubus "I Wish You Where Here," Pearl Jam "Black," Linkin Park "Pts Of Athrty," Our Lady Peace "Somewhere Out There," System Of A Down "Aerials," Lit "My Own Worst Enemy," The Used "Taste Of Ink" and Creed "One Last Breath." Before the flip, they played "This is the End" by the Doors. After that song, an announcement came on saying that "XL102" was dead at which time "In the End" by the Beatles came on. After that song, another an announcement was made that "in the end, something great rises from the ashes of the dead" - a 60-second countdown ensued and at the end "New Rock - 102.1 The X" was born. Previously was a longtime (heritage) rock station - "XL102" - dating back to December 1976 and called itself in their earlier days "The Big Rock Station." Used to carry Dee Snider from the '80s band Twisted Sister in the mornings but didn't last long at all. Studios on Basie Road in Richmond. 102.1 first signed on in 1947. It used to sport the WRNL calls when it was owned by the Richmond News Leader/Richmond Times Dispatch which became Media General. WRNL and WRNL-AM (910) were, at one time, top forty stations that gave WRVA some serious competition.

Tweaked the format in 2007 for less 60s music and went in a Classic Hits direction. Best heard on the Southside of Hampton Roads. Was known as "102.5 The Shark - Good Times & Killer Oldies" until late September 2005 playing 60s-80s Hits and Beach music; tweaking their format along with sister "Mix 96" WKJX/96.7. This station was bought in early 1990 by Rick Loesch and his sister. On July 4, 1992 with WERX operating for two years with a hard-to-pick-up 3,000-watt signal, went big time. From a new 700-foot tower in Tyrrell County NC, the station cranked up 50,000 watts of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Metallica, Doors, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more with the 'Rock 102.5' moniker. In late 1996 they flipped to oldies using 'The Shark'. Is now owned by East Carolina Radio.

Heard on most of Virginia's Eastern Shore.

In March of 2022, WBOC-FM would slowly lean towards CHR, rebranding as "Delmarva's Hit Music Station" to fill the CHR void left in the market when WOCQ flipped to country at the end of the previous month.

On 12/31/2015, WBOC-FM would drop Christmas format for the Adult Contemporary format they became known as.

On 11/20/2015, WOLC would return to the air with a commercial-free Christmas music format through the holiday season, under the new call letters WBOC-FM.

On 11/10/2015, the sale of WOLC was approved, at a purchase price of $650,000.

Whilst the sale was pending, Draper would file to change the station's call letters to WBOC-FM.

On 8/18/2015, WOLC would become silent after Marantha agreed to sell the station to Draper Holdings Business Trust, owner of WBOC-TV. Draper moved WOLC's studios from Princess Anne to the Salisbury studios of WBOC-TV, using the space formerly occupied by the former WBOC radio (now WTGM and WQHQ). Draper also announced that the new station would introduce a format that, while not yet chosen, would include news, weather, and sports content from WBOC-TV.

In 1969, a local businessman, Vernon Downes attended a function in DC where he heard Rev Pat Robertson sharing his testimony about the start of the CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network). Driving home, Vernon says he kept thinking, "Why can't the Eastern Shore have a Christian Radio Station?" After expressing this thought to several friends, the idea began to gain momentum. Slowly the "community of believers" came together. The group was incorporated as a non-profit ministry known as Maranatha, Incorporated.

After many years, the FCC granted permission to Maranatha to broadcast WOLC from the frequency of 102.5 MHz.

The station that was later known as "Joy 102.5" went on the air on Christmas Eve, 1976. At that time, "Joy 102.5" broadcasts with 50,000 watts, 24 hours a day. The station was a blend of music and talk programs. The music was a combination of hymns, praise and worship and light contemporary styles. The talk programs at that time included live, national call-in programs, nationally known teachers like Charles Stanley, Dr. James Dobson, and Jack Hayford.

Dropped "103Jamz" moniker for modern "103 JAMZ" branding, with the adjustment of iHeart's formats in the summer of 2016, shortly after the full readjustment from Clear Channel into iHeartMedia.

Dropped Urban Contemporary Mixes "Studio 1200" on 102.9 HD2 during the summer of 2012 for Classic Hip Hop. Started streaming a second digital channel in mid-July 2006 with mixes. Started broadcasting digitally with iBiquity's HD Radio™ technology in March 2005; the first station to do so in the Hampton Roads market. Since the early 1990's, WOWI had frequently been Hampton Roads' number one rated radio station until the spring 2002. They carried the nationally syndicated Doug Banks Morning Show (3/2004) after dumping the local "Supreme Team" show after 14 years on the air. But that didn't last long as ratings fell. They decided to go local again in the Fall of 2004. It has been broadcasting since 1948. Originally at 102.5 MHz as WRVC, a relay for WRVB in Richmond. The only way people in SE Virginia could hear CBS programs was via WRVA until 1952, when WTAR switched affiliation. The idea was to relay CBS network shows from Richmond, with WRVB as both a broadcast and relay transmitter. WRVC then relayed WRVB. This became unnecessary by 1952, when WTAR got CBS. WRVC later switched to 102.9. Until about 1975 it was progressive album rock (as "WOWee"). WOWI changed from AOR on a very emotional day in early 1975 with Bishop Willis’ people literally throwing people out of their studios on Colonial Avenue. It's been Urban music ever since (known earlier on as Hot 103 but changed it to 103 Jamz late in 1989) and it is a monster in the ratings.

Best heard on the Northern Neck. Used to sport the WRFK calls. Also has an AM side WKIK 1560 but isn't really receivable in this area.

Pirate radio station that was operating from an antenna structure (ASR Number 1035335) owned by American Tower at 2092 Old Shore Road in Crewe, Virginia. This is an example of a rare pirate as WWHF was operating in Crewe, which is a small rural town with a populaton of just 3,675 people, considering pirates usually operate in major cities. It's not clear who turned Hart in, but the FCC did receive a complaint about WWHF operating on the FM frequency. When FCC agents interviewed Hart he allegedly admitted he was the operator of the station. Was shut down by Hart after the FCC warning in mid-April 2018.

Hindlin Broadcasting agrees to purchase WVXX from Golden Door Broadcasting (Davidson Media Group) for $600K in 10/2010 and closes the sale at the end of November 2010.

Owner Peter Davidson splits his company, Davidson Media, into two taking 12 Davidson Media stations in six markets including WVXX (for $1.06M) with him to a new company called Golden Door Broadcasting in October 2008. He’ll still be on hand as a significant shareholder and board member of Davidson Media. The new Golden Door stations will eventually be merged in to Davidson's existing Blackstrap Broadcasting.

Hindlin Broadcasting entered into an LMA with Davidson Media Group late 2005. Dropped FOX Sports Radio on 2/9/05 in anticipation for "Selecta 1050." Due to technical problems with Verizon, WVXX simulcasted WFOG/92.9 until Spanish was launched on 2/26/2005 at 2PM. Changed calls from WCMS to WVXX on 12/6/04. Owned by Barnstable Broadcasting up to November 2004 until sold to Davidson Media for $975,000. Sale should close Jan/Feb 2005. Announced on 2/17/04 that they entered into an agreement with Premier Radio Networks to be the exclusive Hampton Roads broadcaster of FOX Sports Radio. The agreement became effective May 1, 2004. Hampton Roads Radio Group is the first group in the country to put ESPN Radio and FOX Sports Radio together. Previously, dumped the Standards format "AM 1050 The Fog" WFOG (MOYL) in favor of Classic Country on November 25, 2003 when WCMS-FM dropped Classic Country for a new format and calls. Previously, dropped the simulcast with black gospel WXEZ-FM 'Star 94.1' in mid-April 2002. Received new calls of WFOG late April 2001. Carries the Norfolk Tides Triple-A baseball games with sister station "ESPN Radio 1310" WGH-AM. This had been a country music station for many years since it signed on in 1954. A FM operation at 100.5 was started in 1962. Local rock 'n roll legends Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps performed on this station before hitting it big internationally with "Be Bop a Lula." Elvis Presley reportedly also performed there very early in his career.

Pirate operating from the West Hampton Community Center, about 13 miles North of Downtown Norfolk. Broadcasting a classic hip hop/soul format branded as "103.5 FM WHHS Hampton Your Home For Classics and Soul" with sweepers appearing to have been voiced by a British voice talent. Appears to be broadcasting with 250-300 watts solid from a tower clearly visible on Google Earth about 300 feet south of the Community Center. Station appears to be ran by a guy going by DJ Amuur, but it is believed based on website registration records that "DJ Amuur" may actually be nearby resident Jason Reid who lives in a house just east of the community center.

!!! This station has no relation to the station under the licensed call letters "WHHS" out of PA, neither is it trying to impersonate this station. I assume they didn't do a call letter check when they started this pirate.

Is an affiliate of Christian Hit Radio Satellite Network. Took the original WRPC-LP call letters on 11/18/2005. Original CP (Construction Permit) granted April 29, 2004. Listening area is approximately 5 miles from the transmitter on Big Bethel Road in Hampton.

Best heard in Chesapeake. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information. Was owned by Educational Media Corporation which ran the Christian contemporary network 'Joy-FM' until being bought by WODC (now WJLZ) in late 1999.

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On 3/4/2021, WURV dropped "103-7 Play" in favor of "103-7 Your Variety" with no change of format.

At midnight on 9/24/2013, the station dropped AAA/Modern AC "103-7 The River" WURV for Hot AC "103-7 Play." WMXB dumped the "Soft & Contemporary" format it had been running for months for Hot AC -- "The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s and Today" in mid-4/2007 but still as "Mix 103-7." The station was jockless for 30 days with no talk (but commercials) including the morning show. The "Jack and Jen in the Morning" show returned 5/14/2007.

The first station in the Cox Radio cluster (WKHK/95.3, WKLR/96.5, WDYL/101.1, WMXB/103.7) to go digital. Dumped the Hot AC format as "B103" at 12 midnight on 3/22/2004 for Soft AC. The last songs heard on B103 were "Goodbye To You" by Michelle Branch and "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by R.E.M. The new Mix 103-7 kicked off with "A New Day Has Come" by Celine Dion.

Their current studios are on Moorefield Park Drive in Richmond. 103.7 started out in 1961 as WFMV 'Fine Music in Virginia,' with 10,000 watts operated by Professional Broadcasting, Inc. They were the first stereophonic station in Virginia. Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Company bought the station in 1964 and moved it to their 5001 West Broad Street headquarters. Jess Duboy was contracted to staff the station. His connection was that he managed Sergeant and Major Reynolds AM station, WGOE (1590); the Reynolds brothers were on the board of Fidelity Bankers Life. He brought in youthful button-pushers and contracted with the legendary Carl Stutz and Frank Batters (Brooks) to record voice tracks. Tired of financial losses, the insurance company sold the station to Ben Thomas, a manufactured housing magnate from Greencastle, Pennsylvania, who moved the station into two trailers, bearing his marquee, at the transmitter site in the woods (which was inaccessible during wet or snowy weather except on foot). Thomas wanted to flip the station religious, but unknown to him the staff, then led by C. G. Massie, Jr. (Bill) continued the classical music format, instead. Thomas's finances became somewhat embarrassed and he sold the station to EZ Communications of Northern Virginia for about $50,000 in stock in 1969 or 1970. Fearing loss of Richmond's only classical voice, a group of loyal listeners then formed the 'Save Fine Music' committee which lobbied EZ Communications to keep the classical format for another year or until arrangements could be made with Union Theological Seminary to upgrade their station, WRFK, to full-time with the WFMV format on 106.5. This worked out and 103.7 became WEZS-FM, a very profitable station under the management of Connie Golden. The WFMV library was donated to WRFK. Grete Dollitz's program, 'An Hour With the Guitar,' was originally on WFMV and, after more than 30 years, is still heard on WCVE-FM. In the mid 80s, Richmond's number one station at that time in the 25-54 demo, as well as ranking usually top 3 (12+ demo) was EZ Communications' "EZ104" WEZS.

Best heard in Downtown Norfolk and Downtown Portsmouth (along the Elizabeth River). Increased their power from 10 watts to 170 watts in 2001. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information.

The sale of all four FMs to JAM Media Solutions was consummated on August 9, 2018.

On June 28, 2018, Max Media of North Carolina announced the sale of four of their FM stations, including WCXL as well as country "Big 94.5" WCMS-FM Hatteras, NC, AAA "99.1 The Sound" WVOD-FM Manteo, NC and AOR "Z92.3" WZPR-FM Nags Head, NC, to Jam Media Solutions, LLC, a company based out of NJ, whose founder played football and graduated from Norfolk State University in the early 90s. In this deal, all four of the FMs that make up Max Media of North Carolina will be sold to JAM Media Solutions for $1.85 million. JAM Media Solutions has no affiliation with the jingle company JAM Productions and is a separate entity.

Beach 104 is a 100,000 watt blowtorch that can be easily heard in most of Hampton Roads. Their studios are located in Powell's Point NC near the Outer Banks. Dropped most of their satellite programming for live and local jocks in 2004. Just recently, they have been showing up in Arbitron's ratings in the Hampton Roads market. Was owned by Ray-D-O Biz LLC. The WXAI calls were originally parked here on 11/29/91 until shortly after changed to present calls on March 29, 1992. Was previously known as "XL104." The 104.1 frequency had been tied up for eight years by three groups trying for it; East Carolina Radio, Coastal Broadcasting and Ray-D-O Biz. By the early 90s, Ray-D-O biz got the frequency.

WCDX/92.1 relaunched as "iPower 92-1" at 5 p.m. on Friday 1/17/2008. The station yanked the entire air staff off the air in late October 2007. In November, WCDX got a new PD, Jeff Anderson, who also served as Radio One Richmond's Operations Manager.

The first station in the Radio One cluster (WCDX/92.1, WKJM/99.3, WPZZ/104.7, WKJS/105.7, WROU/1260) to go digital, early October 2006. WCDX has been dethroned as the most listened to station by 'Lite 98' WTVR recently due to stiff urban competition especially from newly flipped urban '106.5 The Beat' WBTJ. 'Power 92 Jamz' carries the Russ Parr Morning Show. It was purchased by Radio One in early 1999. Studios on Emerywood Parkway in Richmond. Had calls of WPUF starting August 20, 1984 then 'Lazer 93' WZZR on May 21, 1985. WCDX was born in February 1987 playing Top 40 but quickly segued to their current format in October of 1987 but on the 92.7 frequency (They went by 'Power 93'). Sometime in early 1996 they moved to their current frequency. Dates back to 1985.

Started their HD2 channel, nationally syndicated All Comedy Radio Network from Hollywood CA, on 2/22/2008. Began transmitting HD radio at 2:30 p.m. on 10/13/2006, according to cluster Engineer Paul Campbell. The station was the first in the Entercom cluster (WPTE/94.9, WVKL/95.7, WWDE/101.3, WNVZ/104.5) to do so. This station started broadcasting in 1967. Used to sport the WTID calls with a country music format along with WTID-AM at 1270. Back in the 1970s this was WQRK, with adult contemporary, rock and Top 40 formats. When Top 40, was known as the "Sooper Q" (note spelling). Tried unsuccessfully to dethrone WGH-AM as a Top 40. The station sped up all the music, ran a music bed under everything, and never back announced. In the late 70s, was known as "Q-104 1/2" WQRK doing Rock. Switched to "Z-104" with Top 40 in August 1982 (took calls WNVZ on 8/11/82) with the on-air promo 'The half becomes a whole'. In the early to mid 80's went by 'Hot Hits'. Big name MJ Kelli (Todd Schnitt) now with his own morning show at '93-3 FLZ' WFLZ Tampa FL had a short stint here in the late 80's (August 1988 to October 1989) before eventually moving on to '93-3 FLZ'. Since 1999 they have leaned towards a rhythmic sound.

At the end of 2014, the Country Rock format would be dropped in favor of Country "Thunder 104.5," dropping the rock music and format and leaning more towards mainstream country.

First signed on May 17, 2001 at 7PM with "Thunder 104.5 - Country That Rocks" format. Owned by Telemedia along with WGRQ (95.9 FM). Has the popular 'John Boy & Billy' syndicated morning show. WGRX is attempting to chip away at market leader country '93 WFLS'. Just recently, they have made some major in-roads. In the Spring 2002 survey, they placed second in "Men 18-34." That's a great accomplishment - Fredericksburg's listeners have a lot of radio options. Their contacts are Telemedia Broadcasting Inc/4414 Lafayette Blvd Suite 100/Fredericksburg VA 22408/540-891-9696/540-891-1656 (Fax).

Consistently one of the top rated stations in Salisbury MD market.

Airs Delilah in the evenings.

Changed to WQHQ from WBOC-FM around 1980 after a divestiture of AS Abel Company publishers of The Sun who owned WBOC-AM/FM/TV in order to allow WBOC-TV to increase its power because of the arrival of WMDT-TV coming to the air.

As it was, the FCC said Abel had too much signal coverage for one owner - thus the birth of WQHQ.

Was sold to a newspaper publisher from SC, which continued the 'Beautiful Music' format of WBOC-FM.

However very briefly (2 weeks), WQHQ became Q105, the 'Station of the Stars' and started playing what we now call Adult Standards. After a multitude of complaints, Q105 switched back to the Beautiful Music format.

However only a year or two later Q105 began playing A/C Hits and have been ever since 1982.

In "82 began calling itself "QHQ" then "2Q-105."

In 1985 was sold to Wolfson Broadcasting in NC then in 1989 to HVS Partners. Q105 stayed in the old WBOC-FM studios (where WBOC-TV is located on N Salisbury Blvd) until 1984 when the studios were moved to The City Center on Church St on the third floor (now where the United Way offices are) before moving to their studios on Winterplace Parkway in 1997.

Before 1980 the 104.7 FM frequency was WBOC-FM playing a "Beautiful Music" (mainly instrumental) format, going back to its birth back in the early 60s.

Changed its call letters from WIGO to WIGO-FM on 3/14/2007. The FCC grants WIGO/104.9 White Stone to move its antenna to the same tower (a couple of miles NW of Kilmarnock) as that of sister WKWI/101.7 Kilmarnock in late February 2007. Drops simulcast of AC WKWI/101.7 on 5/8/2006 at 6 a.m. for "104.9 WIGO Country" WIGO. Standards "Great Songs and Great Memories, Windy 105" WNDJ was dumped to start a simulcast with sister station AC "101-7 Bay FM" WKWI Kilmarnock on 4/29/2006 in anticipation of a format flip on 104.9. Requested the call letters WIGO when then sale from Windmill Communications was complete (3/2006). Two Rivers Communications (Bill Sherard, President) agreed to acquire WNDJ/104.9 from Windmill Communications (Millard Younts, President) for $700K in February 2006. Windy 105 programed a Nostalgia American Classic Sound, reaching primarily an adult age 25+ demographic. When WNDJ, it was voted most listened to radio station in the area (Lancaster, Northumberland, Middlesex and Mathews Counties) in 2001 and 2002 by the Arbitron Company (subject to limitations of source © 2002 the Arbitron Company, 2001 Radio County Coverage, Monday-Sunday 6A-Mid, non-metro counties 12+, AQH, and Cume). They have a transmitter located in Lancaster County.