The station that is now WCNR began as a station licensed to Churchville, Virginia, outside Staunton. The initial permit was granted in 1988 to Peter W. Lechman on 106.7 MHz, under the callsign WJNA. This facility never made it to air before the permit's expiration in March 1990, and Lechman applied for an extension to November. Before this next expiration, it was modified to move to 106.3 MHz, relocate closer to Staunton, increase power, and change the callsign to WBOP.[4] This station went to air on March 2, 1991, with a mainstream rock format known as "106.3 WBOP".[5]
In December 2004, Lechman's Shenandoah Valley Television, LLC sold all of its stations to Jeffrey Shapiro's Force 5 Communications. Shapiro is also the owner of Great Eastern Radio, who holds several FM stations in Vermont and New Hampshire.[6] Following this, in April 2005, Force 5 sold WSIG (96.9 MHz) and WZXI (95.5 MHz) to Vox Communications. Vox entered into a time brokerage agreement for WBOP, with the stipulation that Force 5 would retake control upon the construction of a new facility for the station in Keswick, Virginia. The plan was to physically move the station over the Blue Ridge, change the frequency to 106.1 MHz, and build a transmitter at the Charlottesville antenna farm on Carter Mountain.[7]
WBOP dropped the longtime rock format on June 30, 2005, stunted for a day, and then unveiled a format flip to oldies as "Magic 106.3" on July 1.[8][9] On August 16, 2006, the WBOP callsign and programming moved to 95.5 MHz, which continued the oldies format as "Magic 95.5", while the 106.3 MHz facility went silent.[10]
After finishing construction of the new transmitter, Force 5 sold WBOP to Saga Communications of Charlottesville on August 27, 2006.[4] The rebuilt station went on the air from Charlottesville on September 15, 2006, with an adult album alternative (AAA) format branded "106.1 The Corner" WCNR.[11] The branding references The Corner neighborhood near the University of Virginia. This brought it into direct competition with locally owned nonprofit AAA station WNRN (91.9 MHz), whose general manager was incensed enough to famously ban the word "corner" from his airwaves for a time. WCNR immediately found an audience, shooting into the top-5 of the city's radio ratings within a year of sign-on.[12] The station's musical selection leans more toward commercially successful pop and pop-rock than most AAA stations, which typically have a focus on independent and local music.[13]
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WCNR relays co-owned WINA (1070 kHz) on its second HD subchannel in order to feed WINA's FM translator.
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For the former AM radio station in Pennsylvania see WHLM AM WCNR 106 1 FM is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Keswick Virginia serving Charlottesville Albemarle and Western Fluvanna counties in Virginia 2 WCNR is owned by Saga Communications and operates as part of its Charlottesville Radio Group 3 WCNRKeswick VirginiaBroadcast areaCharlottesville VirginiaAlbemarle County VirginiaWestern Fluvanna County VirginiaFrequency106 1 MHz HD Radio Branding106 1 The CornerProgrammingFormatAdult album alternativeOwnershipOwnerSaga Communications Tidewater Communications LLC Sister stationsWCVL FM WINA WQMZ WVAX WWWVHistoryFirst air dateMarch 2 1991 as WBOP at 106 3 1 Former call signsWJNA 1989 1990 WBOP 1990 2006 Former frequencies106 7 MHz 1989 1990 106 3 MHz 1990 2006 Call sign meaningCornerTechnical informationFacility ID52394ClassAERP600 wattsHAAT312 meters 1 024 ft Transmitter coordinates37 59 6 0 N 78 28 48 0 W 37 985000 N 78 480000 W 37 985000 78 480000LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsite1061thecorner com Contents 1 History 2 Translator 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe station that is now WCNR began as a station licensed to Churchville Virginia outside Staunton The initial permit was granted in 1988 to Peter W Lechman on 106 7 MHz under the callsign WJNA This facility never made it to air before the permit s expiration in March 1990 and Lechman applied for an extension to November Before this next expiration it was modified to move to 106 3 MHz relocate closer to Staunton increase power and change the callsign to WBOP 4 This station went to air on March 2 1991 with a mainstream rock format known as 106 3 WBOP 5 In December 2004 Lechman s Shenandoah Valley Television LLC sold all of its stations to Jeffrey Shapiro s Force 5 Communications Shapiro is also the owner of Great Eastern Radio who holds several FM stations in Vermont and New Hampshire 6 Following this in April 2005 Force 5 sold WSIG 96 9 MHz and WZXI 95 5 MHz to Vox Communications Vox entered into a time brokerage agreement for WBOP with the stipulation that Force 5 would retake control upon the construction of a new facility for the station in Keswick Virginia The plan was to physically move the station over the Blue Ridge change the frequency to 106 1 MHz and build a transmitter at the Charlottesville antenna farm on Carter Mountain 7 WBOP dropped the longtime rock format on June 30 2005 stunted for a day and then unveiled a format flip to oldies as Magic 106 3 on July 1 8 9 On August 16 2006 the WBOP callsign and programming moved to 95 5 MHz which continued the oldies format as Magic 95 5 while the 106 3 MHz facility went silent 10 After finishing construction of the new transmitter Force 5 sold WBOP to Saga Communications of Charlottesville on August 27 2006 4 The rebuilt station went on the air from Charlottesville on September 15 2006 with an adult album alternative AAA format branded 106 1 The Corner WCNR 11 The branding references The Corner neighborhood near the University of Virginia This brought it into direct competition with locally owned nonprofit AAA station WNRN 91 9 MHz whose general manager was incensed enough to famously ban the word corner from his airwaves for a time WCNR immediately found an audience shooting into the top 5 of the city s radio ratings within a year of sign on 12 The station s musical selection leans more toward commercially successful pop and pop rock than most AAA stations which typically have a focus on independent and local music 13 Translator editWCNR relays co owned WINA 1070 kHz on its second HD subchannel in order to feed WINA s FM translator Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP W HAAT Class FCC infoW255CT 98 9 FM Charlottesville Virginia 18875 250 318 m 1 043 ft D LMSReferences edit Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 PDF ProQuest LLC Reed Publishing Nederland B V 2010 p D 552 Retrieved July 8 2015 Arbitron Station Information Profiles Nielsen Audio Nielsen Holdings Retrieved July 8 2015 WCNR Facility Record Federal Communications Commission audio division Retrieved July 8 2015 a b WCNR Facility Data FCCData Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 1999 PDF p D 464 FCC Report No 25882 December 15 2004 FCC Application BPH 20060522ADE Federal Communications Commission audio division More Changes in Harrisonburg VARTV com June 30 2005 Rocker WBOP is gone VARTV com July 1 2005 Vox blows up Sam VARTV com August 16 2006 WCNR Turns Five AllAccess Barnes Lindsay August 23 2007 Savage s beast How The Corner took a bite of local radio The Hook No 634 Gibbs Shea Radio city C Ville Weekly External links edit106 1 The Corner Online WCNR in the FCC FM station database WCNR in Nielsen Audio s FM station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WCNR amp oldid 1182471723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
