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 countryWANV (970 kHz) in Waynesboro.[2] 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.[3] The station initially transmitted from Elliott Knob west of Staunton, high enough to cover the Staunton-Waynesboro-Harrisonburg portion of the Shenandoah Valley.[4]
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.[4] The station flipped to oldies during 1991.[5]
Bob Rogers died in 1992, and the two stations passed to his son as executor, who began looking for a buyer.[4] 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.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
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.[11]
wcyk, country, formatted, broadcast, radio, station, licensed, staunton, virginia, serving, charlottesville, harrisonburg, staunton, virginia, owned, operated, monticello, media, staunton, virginiabroadcast, areacharlottesville, virginiaharrisonburg, virginias. WCYK FM 99 7 FM is a country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton Virginia serving Charlottesville Harrisonburg and Staunton in Virginia WCYK FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media WCYK FMStaunton VirginiaBroadcast areaCharlottesville VirginiaHarrisonburg VirginiaStaunton VirginiaFrequency99 7 FM MHzBranding99 7 CYKProgrammingFormatCountryAffiliationsMRN RadioPRN RadioOwnershipOwnerMonticello Media Monticello Media LLC Sister stationsWCHV WCHV FM WHTE WKAV WZGNHistoryFirst air dateAugust 1 1984Former call signsWANV FM 1984 1994 WVAO FM 1994 1996 1 Call sign meaningCountrY KTechnical informationFacility ID70861ClassBPower3 300 wattsHAAT516 meters 1 693 ft Transmitter coordinates38 3 52 0 N 78 48 18 0 W 38 064444 N 78 805000 W 38 064444 78 805000 Coordinates 38 3 52 0 N 78 48 18 0 W 38 064444 N 78 805000 W 38 064444 78 805000LinksWebcastWCYK FM WebstreamWebsite99 7 CYK OnlineHistory EditWANV 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 2 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 3 The station initially transmitted from Elliott Knob west of Staunton high enough to cover the Staunton Waynesboro Harrisonburg portion of the Shenandoah Valley 4 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 4 The station flipped to oldies during 1991 5 Bob Rogers died in 1992 and the two stations passed to his son as executor who began looking for a buyer 4 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 6 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 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 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 11 References Edit Call Sign History Broadcasting amp Cablecasting Yearbook 1986 PDF p B 300 Staff February 14 1976 The Rogers amp Hi Fi A 22 Year Love Affair PDF Billboard p S3 12 a b c WCYK FM Facility Record FCCData Broadcasting amp Cable Marketplace PDF p A 369 Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 1995 PDF p B 435 Broadcasting amp Cable Yearbook 1998 PDF pp D 457 D 464 Corbin Robert August 12 2002 Harrisonburg amp Charlottesville Arbitron Ratings Corbin Robert June 27 2007 Clear Channel to sell six stations in VA VARTV Hit on a Shingle Country Aircheck Today September 16 2010 Venta Lance 1 October 2017 WKAV Goes From Classic Country To Christian AC While WCYK Rebrands RadioInsight External links Edit99 7 CYK Online WCYK in the FCC FM station database WCYK on Radio Locator WCYK in Nielsen Audio s FM station database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WCYK FM amp oldid 1057223285, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
