WOLD-FM

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WOLD-FM
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City Marion, Virginia
Broadcast area Southwest Virginia
Frequency 102.5 FM MHz
Branding102.5 WOLD
Slogan The Greatest Hits
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations Cumulus Media Networks
Premiere Radio Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Ownership
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
History
First air date
March 14, 1968
Technical information
Facility ID 19477
Class A
Power 440 Watts
HAAT 367 meters (1,204 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°54′10.0″N81°32′17.0″W / 36.902778°N 81.538056°W / 36.902778; -81.538056

WOLD-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia. [1] WOLD-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. [2]

Contents

Programming

WOLD-FM broadcasts a classic rock music format to the greater Marion/Saltville/Tazewell, Virginia, area. [3] Weekday programming includes The John Boy and Billy Big Show (from Premiere Radio Networks) in the mornings, [4] The Rick and Bubba Show afternoons and Nights with Alice Cooper (from United Stations Radio Networks) in late night. [5] Weekend programming includes The Tim White Bluegrass Show [6] and Virginia Tech Hokies sports broadcasts. [5] [7]

History

Logo used under the station's former "Renegade" branding. WOLD-FM Renegade logo.png
Logo used under the station's former "Renegade" branding.

WOLD-FM signed on in 1968 as a sister station to WOLD (1330 AM). The AM station is now licensed as WHNK and owned by Praise and Glory Ministries based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

In November 2007, longtime license holder Emerald Sound, Inc., reached an agreement with TECO Broadcasting, Inc., to transfer the broadcast license for WOLD-FM plus all of the station's assets for a published sale price of $400,000. In addition, TECO Broadcasting agreed to pay Emerald Sound owners Robert S. Dix and Patricia A. Dix $100,000 as "non-compete" compensation. TECO Broadcasting is wholly owned by Tom Copenhaver, licensee for WZVA. The deal was accepted for filing by the FCC on January 30, 2008, approved on April 10, 2008, and the transaction consummated on May 1, 2008. [8]

In September 2010, the station's format shifted from pure classic rock to classic rock plus some country music, branded as "The Renegade, rock with a twang". [5]

In 2016, the station and then-sister station WZVA were purchased by CDM Broadcasting, Inc. However, effective January 31, 2018, both stations were sold back to T.E.C.O. Broadcasting in exchange for releasing CDM Broadcasting from the $651,039 promissory note related to the 2016 purchase.

Effective February 19, 2019, T.E.C.O. Broadcasting sold WOLD-FM to Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. for $165,000.

For his 1973 album Short Stories , singer Harry Chapin wrote a song about an aging disc jockey who begins and ends his career at (fictional) FM radio station "WOLD" after stops as a late night talk show host at an unnamed station in Tulsa, Oklahoma and another stop at another unnamed station in Boise, Idaho. [9] The song, "W*O*L*D", would prove more popular with disc jockeys who could identify with the song than the general public, although it did reach #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became an international hit in March 1974, almost exactly six years after the real WOLD-FM signed on in Virginia. [9] [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ "WOLD Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron . Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Big Show Info". John Boy & Billy Radio Network. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "On Air". 102.5 The Renegade. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Listen to the Show". The Tim White Bluegrass Show. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Virginia Tech Sports Network". Virginia Tech Hokies . Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-20080128AFI)". FCC Media Bureau. April 10, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  9. 1 2 Lewis, Jesse (November 3, 1977). "DJ's Off Mike: Tuning In On The Radio Rodeo". Ocala Star-Banner . Ocala, FL. p. 10A. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Hot 100 for Week Ending March 23, 1974" (PDF). Billboard . March 23, 1974. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  11. ↑ "The Facilities of AM-FM Radio". 1969 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-169.
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