WXRK-LP

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WXRK-LP
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Broadcast areaMetro Charlottesville
Albemarle County, Virginia
Frequency 92.3 FM MHz
Branding"Rock Hits 92-3"
Programming
Format Active Rock
Alternative Rock [1]
Ownership
OwnerBlue Ridge Free Media [2]
History
First air date
September 7, 2015 [3] [2]
Former call signs
WXRK-LP (2015-Present) [4]
Call sign meaning
callsign previously held by rock station, WXRK/New York [5]
Technical information
Facility ID 192547
Class L1
Power 21 Watts
HAAT 63 meters (207 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°4′39.50″N78°28′20.00″W / 38.0776389°N 78.4722222°W / 38.0776389; -78.4722222 [6]
Links
Webcast WXRK-LP Webstream
Website WXRK-LP Online

WXRK-LP is an Active Rock and Alternative Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County in Virginia. [1] WXRK-LP is owned and operated by Blue Ridge Free Media. [6] [2]

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History

WXRK-LP signed on the air on September 7, 2015. [3] The callsign for the station was previous held by WXRK-FM in New York City. [5] From its outset, the station has aired a combination of Active Rock and Alternative Rock. [3]

In September 2019, Saga Communications, which operates the Charlottesville Radio Group under the Tidewater Communications licensee, filed a petition with the FCC requesting that WXRK-LP's license not be renewed. [7] [8] Saga claimed the station, along with other Charlottesville-based low-power FMs, were operating as "a de facto cluster". [8] The station's founder Mike Friend called the petition to deny "'legal junk' and a deliberate 'misinterpretation' of FCC rules". [9] Friend pointed to other attempts by Saga to shutter low-power FM stations within Saga markets. [9]

Saga, in 2004, claimed that KFLO-LP in Jonesboro, Arkansas was airing announcements that "sound suspiciously like commercials". [9] Saga also petitioned the FCC to revoke the license of WLCQ-LP, a Christian station in the Springfield, Massachusetts market, "for equipment violations" in 2015. [9] In both cases, the FCC "admonished the station" but denied Saga's complaints. [9]

Jeff Lenert, co-founder of then-Progressive Talk station WPVC-LP, said that "though [the stations] share a building" all of "the stations all operate separately, having only limited and largely incidental contact with each other." [10] Lenert turned in the license for WPVC-LP on June 16, 2020, "As a result of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and recent increased costs of station ownership and operation, it has become impossible to operate station WPVC-LP in the manner that I wish." [11] Lenert largely blamed the "legal action by Saga Communications combined with a loss of sponsors during the pandemic" for the signing off of that station. [12] [13]

As of late-March 2024, the FCC has not acted on the Petition from Saga and WXRK-LP continues to broadcast. [2]

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  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (March 10, 2009). "New York Loses Biggest Rock Radio Station (Again): K-Rock Shifts to Top 40". Rolling Stone . New York, New York: Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  6. 1 2 "WXRK-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Charlottesville Radio Group". Saga Communications. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Saga Hits Charlottesville LPFMs For Operating As A Radio Cluster". InsideRadio. September 11, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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  10. ↑ Hammel, Tyler (September 29, 2019). "WINA owner files complaint against local nonprofit radio stations". The Daily Progress . Charlottesville, Virginia: Lee Enterprises . Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "6-17-20 Letter to J. Bradshaw re License Cancellation (WPVC-LP Charlottesville VA - Promise Land Communications).pdf" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 16, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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