W239BV

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W239BV
WKSI-HD2 W239BV-FM 2020.png
Broadcast area Frederick County, Virginia
Frequency 95.7 MHz
98.3MHz HD2
Branding"Classic Country 95.7"
Programming
Format Classic country
Ownership
Owner
WFQX, WKSI-FM, WMRE, WUSQ-FM
History
First air date
August 22, 2013
Former call signs
W242BG (2013)
Former frequencies
96.3 MHz (2013)
Call sign meaning
(serially assigned)
Technical information
Facility ID 142766
Class D
Power 45 watts
HAAT 205.4 meters (674 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 39°10′38.40″N78°15′52.00″W / 39.1773333°N 78.2644444°W / 39.1773333; -78.2644444
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website classiccountry957.iheart.com

W239BV is a classic country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia and serves Frederick County, Virginia. W239BV simulcasts sister station WKSI-FM's HD2 feed. [1] W239BV is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. [1]

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Programming

On May 24, 2013, former owner Liberty University began the process of moving the station's transmitting tower, which hadn't been built at this point, to the same tower as Clear Channel station WKSI-FM. [2] At the time, the station was licensed as W242BG and was to broadcast on 96.3 FM. [2]

On August 2, 2013, Liberty University filed an application and an Asset Purchase Agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin the sale of W242BG to Clear Channel. [3] W242BG was sold for $5,000.00 in exchange for Liberty's use of "the HD3 channel of Station WUSQ-FM" for a "period of eight years from [the date of the] execution" of the sale. [4] [5] Liberty would also be given the right to lease tower space on the WUSQ tower at no charge. [4] [5]

On August 22, 2013, Clear Channel filed an application moving the station from 96.3 FM to 95.7 FM. [6] The callsign was changed on the same date. [7]

W239BV launched on August 22, 2013 and began airing a hot adult contemporary format, simulcasting the HD2 subchannel of station WKSI-FM. [8] WKSI-HD2, and in turn W239BV, aired the "Today's Mix" format, one of Clear Channel's Premium Choice formats. [8]

On November 1, 2013, W239BV switched its format from hot adult contemporary to a seasonal all-Christmas music format, with the "Mix 95-7" branding remaining. [9] The station switched back to hot adult contemporary on December 26.

Until December 26, 2020, at 12 Midnight, when W239BV took over the Classic Country format, which had been abandoned by crosstown competitor WXBN ahead of sister-station WINC-FM's sale and format change, as "Classic Country 95-7". [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "W239BV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Application for Authority to Construct or Make Changes in an FM Translator or FM Booster Station". Federal Communications Commission. March 27, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Application for Transfer of Control of a Coroperate License or Permittee, or for Assignment of License or Permit of TV or FM Translator Station or Low Power Television Station". Federal Communications Commission. March 24, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission. May 24, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  5. 1 2 Venta, Lance (May 28, 2013). "Clear Channel Swaps HD3 For Translator". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Application for an FM Translator or FM Booster Station License". Federal Communications Commission. August 6, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved November 1, 2013.
  8. 1 2 "CCM&E Premium Choice Hot AC..." Robert F. Corbin via Twitter. August 22, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2013). "Christmas Comes Early Across America". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 26, 2020). "Classic Country 95.7 Debuts In Winchester". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ Venta, Lance (October 8, 2020). "Educational Media Foundation Acquires WINC-FM". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  12. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2020). "WINC-FM Begins Frequency Move Ahead Of EMF Sale". RadioInsight/RadioBB Networks. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
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