WNRS-FM

Last updated
WNRS-FM
Simulcasts WNRN-FM, Charlottesville
Broadcast area Amherst, Virginia
Amherst County, Virginia
Frequency 89.9 MHz
BrandingWNRN
Programming
Format Adult album alternative
Ownership
OwnerStu-Comm, Inc.
WHAN, WNRN, WNRN-FM, WRJR
History
First air date
October 1979;45 years ago (1979-10)
Former call signs
WUDZ (1979–2000) [1]
Former frequencies
91.5 MHz (1979–1999) [1]
Call sign meaning
"WNRN Sweet Briar"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 74157
Class A
ERP 1,100 watts
HAAT 169 m (554 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 37°31′58.0″N79°5′33.0″W / 37.532778°N 79.092500°W / 37.532778; -79.092500
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wnrn.org

WNRS-FM (89.9 MHz) is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sweet Briar, Virginia, serving Amherst and Amherst County, Virginia. WNRS is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc. [3] and simulcasts WNRN-FM full-time.

Contents

History

WUDZ ("woods") signed on in late 1979 as Sweet Briar College's student radio station, replacing an earlier Part 15 station that had the unofficial callsign of WSBC. [4] The station was originally licensed for just 10 watts – good for reception at a five-mile radius from campus – but upgraded to 100 watts during 1980. [5]

By 1997, WUDZ was broadcasting for the legally required minimum of 36 hours per week: 6 p.m. through midnight on Sunday through Thursday, off on Friday, and noon through 6 p.m. on Saturday. [6] In February 2000, the callsign was changed to WNRS-FM. That April, Sweet Briar entered into a local marketing agreement to rent its extra airtime to Stu-Comm, Inc., who filled the hours not programmed by students with a relay of WNRN. [7] The station moved to a 30-watt transmitter from the 2,900-foot Tobacco Row Mountain west of Sweet Briar in 2002, allowing reception in car radios in Lynchburg. [8]

Sweet Briar College sold WNRS-FM outright to Stu-Comm in 2010. [8] By this time, Sweet Briar programming had dwindled to a single three-hour window on Mondays through Thursdays during the school year. [9] WSWE-LP has since launched as a new outlet for student programming.

In 2011, Stu-Comm attempted to move WNRS-FM to a 20-kilowatt transmitter on near Appomattox Court House, which would have given the station a 50-mile radius from the Roanoke metropolitan area east to Powhatan County and south to the North Carolina border. A first application was dismissed in 2011 as the Federal Communications Commission primarily determined a signal on 89.9 from this location would cause unacceptable interference to multiple other stations. [10] A second application on 89.5 from the same location progressed to the construction permit stage and received local zoning approval, but was abandoned in July 2015. [8]

Stu-Comm has since moved the station off of Tobacco Row Mountain back to the town of Sweet Briar, in order to increase its power from 30 to 1100 watts. [8]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WAMH</span> Radio station in Massachusetts, United States

WAMH is a radio station occasionally broadcasting an alternative rock format. It is licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and the station is owned by Amherst College. Programming has included independent artists, news, college sports, and live local music. Since September 2015, when the college is in session the station splits broadcast time between student programming from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and a relay of NEPR News Network broadcasting at other hours.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNRN-FM</span> Radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia

WNRN-FM is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Central and Western Virginia. The station has a board of directors consisting of local community members and is incorporated as the non-profit Stu-Comm, Inc.

WFCR is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts. It serves as the National Public Radio (NPR) member station for Western Massachusetts, including Springfield. The station operates at 13,000 watts ERP from a transmitter on Mount Lincoln in Pelham, Massachusetts, 968 feet above average terrain. The University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the license. The station airs NPR news programs during the morning and afternoon drive times and in the early evening. Middays and overnights are devoted to classical music and jazz is heard during the later evening hours.

WCBN-FM is the student-run radio station of the University of Michigan. Its format is primarily freeform. It broadcasts at 88.3 MHz FM in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WFDU</span> American Public radio station

WFDU is a public radio station licensed to Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey. Founded in 1971, WFDU's studios are on campus, with its transmitter on the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey. Following negotiations with New York University and the Federal Communications Commission, an agreement was reached for the two Universities to share the 89.1 frequency on the FM band. While WFDU and WNYU-FM share the frequency, each station maintains separate transmitter and studio facilities as well as discrete programming and personnel.

WTON-FM is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc, and relays Charlottesville-based WNRN-FM full-time.

WTON is a talk radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by Thomas Media, LLC.

WGMN is a commercial radio station in Roanoke, Virginia. Owned and operated by the non-profit Stu-Comm, Inc., it broadcasts an adult album alternative music format as a simulcast of Charlottesville-based WNRN-FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WRJR</span> Radio station in Claremont, Virginia

WRJR is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Claremont, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WRJR is owned by Stu-Comm, Inc.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WYYD</span> Radio station in Amherst, Virginia

WYYD is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, and serving the Roanoke-Lynchburg media market. WYYD airs a country music radio format and is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Monday through Saturday mornings, the station carries The Bobby Bones Show, based in Nashville and syndicated by Premiere Networks, an iHeart subsidiary. Overnight, it carries After Midnite with Granger Smith.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WAMV</span> Radio station in Amherst, Virginia

WAMV is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, serving Amherst County and the suburbs of Lynchburg. WAMV is owned and operated by Community First Broadcasters, Inc. It broadcasts a southern gospel and Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on School Road in Amherst.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNRN (AM)</span> Radio station in Richmond, Virginia

WNRN is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, and serving the Greater Richmond Region. WNRN is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc. It airs an adult album alternative radio format, simulcasting sister station WNRN-FM in Charlottesville, Virginia. WNRN is listener supported, with on-air fundraisers held throughout the year.

WHAN is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Ashland, Virginia, serving Ashland and Hanover County, Virginia as well as the northern half of the Metro Richmond, Virginia region. WHAN is owned by Stu-Comm, Inc. WHAN currently simulcasts WNRN-FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNRS (AM)</span> Radio station in New York, United States

WNRS is an AM radio station broadcasting a Spanish language tropical music format. Licensed to Herkimer, New York, United States, the station serves the Utica area. Owned by Arjuna Broadcasting Corp., the station also simulcasts on translator station W252DO at 98.3 FM.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">WNPN</span> The Publics Radio station in Newport, Rhode Island

WNPN is a radio station broadcasting an NPR news/talk format. It is the flagship broadcast outlet for The Public's Radio. Its official community of license is Newport, Rhode Island, but from a tall tower in Tiverton the signal covers most of Rhode Island and the South Coast of Massachusetts. It also has repeater stations WNPE in Narragansett Pier and WPVD in Providence. The network provides the sole local public radio outlet for Rhode Island.

KBED is a radio station serving the Beaumont-Port Arthur area with a sports format. It is under ownership of Cumulus Media, and is simulcast with sister station KIKR AM 1450 Beaumont, Texas. Its studios are located on South Eleventh Street in Beaumont and its transmitter is located south of Vidor, Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">KNNZ</span> Radio station in Hawley, Minnesota

KNNZ is a radio station owned by Pioneer Public Broadcasting, licensed to Hawley, Minnesota and serving the Fargo–Moorhead area. The station's offices are located in Fargo, North Dakota, while its transmitter is located at Barnesville, Minnesota.

KHVU is a non-commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Hope Media Group, which owns Christian AC-formatted KSBJ, and airs a Spanish-language Christian adult contemporary radio format. The studios and offices are on Treble Drive in Humble, Texas, near Bush Intercontinental Airport, and the transmitter is located off Sorters McClellan Road in Porter.

WSAJ was one of the earliest AM educational radio stations, licensed November 29, 1922 – January 30, 2006 to Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. The station traced its founding to broadcasts made over "Technical and Training School" station 8YV, which began in March 1920.

WSWE-LP is an Adult Album Alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Sweet Briar, Virginia, serving Sweet Briar and Amherst in Virginia. WSWE-LP is owned and operated by Sweet Briar College.

References

  1. 1 2 "FCC History Cards for WNRS-FM". FCC .
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WNRS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WNRS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Smith, Amy (April 1, 2016). "From WSBC to WUDZ to WSWE: The story of Sweet Briar radio" (PDF). The Briar Wire.
  5. ↑ Beck, Katherine (October 30, 1980). "WUDZ Diversifies Schedule Clubs Given Air Time" (PDF). The Sweet Briar News. p. 49.
  6. ↑ Weisenberger, Shannon (February 24, 1997). "WUDZ 91.5 on the air" (PDF). The Sweet Briar News. p. 49.
  7. ↑ "Local Marketing Agreement". Archived from the original on September 25, 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "WNRS-FM Facility Data". FCCData.
  9. ↑ Corbin, Robert (January 27, 2010). "Station transactions". VARTV.
  10. ↑ "In re WNRS-FM".


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.