WNRS-FM
| SimulcastsWNRN-FM,Charlottesville | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area | Amherst, Virginia Amherst County, Virginia |
| Frequency | 89.9MHz |
| Branding | WNRN |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult album alternative |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Stu-Comm, Inc. |
| WHAN,WNRN,WNRN-FM,WRJR | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1979 |
Former call signs | WUDZ (1979–2000)[1] |
Former frequencies | 91.5 MHz (1979–1999)[1] |
Call signmeaning | "WNRNSweet Briar " |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74157 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,100watts |
| HAAT | 169 m (554 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°31′58.0″N79°5′33.0″W/ 37.532778°N 79.092500°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wnrn.org |
WNRS-FM(89.9MHz) is anadult album alternativeformattedbroadcastradio stationlicensed toSweet Briar, Virginia,servingAmherstandAmherst County, Virginia.WNRS is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc.[3]and simulcastsWNRN-FMfull-time.
History
[edit]WUDZ( "woods" ) signed on in late 1979 asSweet Briar College's student radio station, replacing an earlierPart 15station 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 toWNRS-FM.That April, Sweet Briar entered into alocal marketing agreementto 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 inLynchburg.[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-LPhas since launched as a new outlet for student programming.
In 2011, Stu-Comm attempted to move WNRS-FM to a 20-kilowatt transmitter on nearAppomattox Court House,which would have given the station a 50-mile radius from theRoanokemetropolitan area east toPowhatan Countyand south to theNorth Carolinaborder. A first application was dismissed in 2011 as theFederal Communications Commissionprimarily 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 theconstruction permitstage 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"FCC History Cards for WNRS-FM"(PDF).FCC.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WNRS-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WNRS Facility Record".Federal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^Smith, Amy (April 1, 2016)."From WSBC to WUDZ to WSWE: The story of Sweet Briar radio"(PDF).The Briar Wire.
- ^Beck, Katherine (October 30, 1980)."WUDZ Diversifies Schedule Clubs Given Air Time"(PDF).The Sweet Briar News.p. 49.
- ^Weisenberger, Shannon (February 24, 1997)."WUDZ 91.5 on the air"(PDF).The Sweet Briar News.p. 49.
- ^"Local Marketing Agreement".
- ^abcd"WNRS-FM Facility Data".FCCData.
- ^Corbin, Robert (January 27, 2010)."Station transactions".VARTV.
- ^"In re WNRS-FM".
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 74157 (WNRS-FM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WNRS-FMinNielsen Audio's FM station database
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