WNRN

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WNRN
City of license	Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Charlottesville, Virginia Afton, Virginia Lovingston, Virginia Sweet Briar, Virginia Harrisonburg, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Midlothian, Virginia
Branding	"91-9 WNRN"
Slogan	"Modern Rock and No Commercials"
Frequency	91.9 MHz - Charlottesville 88.1 MHz - Afton 94.7 MHz - Lovingston 89.9 MHz - Sweet Briar 95.1 MHz - Harrisonburg 95.9 MHz - Lexington 103.1 MHz - Midlothian
First air date	1993
Format	Public Radio Modern Rock Adult Album Alternative Hip Hop
Power	320 Watts - 91.9 10 Watts - 88.1 13 Watts - 94.7 30 Watts - 89.9 25 Watts - 95.1 19 Watts - 95.9 10 Watts - 103.1
Class	A - 91.9 D - 88.1 D - 94.7 A - 89.9 D - 95.1 D - 95.9 D - 103.1
Callsign meaning	W New Rock Now
Former callsigns	WANJ (1993-1996) WNRN (1996-Present)
Owner	Stu-Comm, Inc.
Webcast	WNRN Webstream
Website	WNRN Online

WNRN is a multi-format, non-commercial, public radio station in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the United States. Broadcasting on 91.9 MHz FM, it is owned by Stu-Comm, Inc. WNRN has been solely supported by listeners and underwriters, and largely volunteer staffed since its inception in mid-1993. Along with WWWV, WCJZ, WVTW, WUVA, and WTJU, WNRN's transmitter is on Carter's Mountain, about three miles south of Charlottesville.

[edit] History

Principally WNRN broadcasts modern rock and adult album alternative formats with an acoustic music morning show, and hip hop and special shows at night and on the weekends. WNRN is a triple A reporter, submitting charts to Radio and Records, Mediabase and FMQB. It reports its rock and RPM charts to CMJ. WNRN also offers film reviews, local news, weather reports, and a weekly call-in talk show.

WNRN's primary coverage area on 91.9 FM has an unusually long range for a class A station; covering over 60 miles away from the south and east. However, as general manager Mike Friend says, "what the terrain giveth, the terrain taketh away." He notes that the station only reaches about 20 miles to the West. Staunton and Waynesboro, Virginia are serviced on translator 88.1 FM (W201CN Afton). Serving Lynchburg, Virginia, WNRN shares a frequency with Sweet Briar College on 89.9 FM (WNRS-FM Sweetbriar), and broadcasts all but a few hours of the day when locally-originated programming airs on WNRS-FM. WNRN also broadcasts on translator 103.1 in Midlothian, Virginia, which places a marginal signal into Richmond, Virginia. On April 13th, 2006, WNRN added a translator on 95.9 FM serving Lexington, Virginia. On August 17, 2006, religious broadcaster Positive Alternative Radio, Inc. was granted a license to rebroadcast WNRN on a translator in Harrisonburg, Virginia on 95.1 FM. On August 20, 2007, the sale of W236BG from PAR to Stu-Comm was comsumated. WNRN also broadcasts through translator W234BA at 94.7 FM near Lovingston, Virginia to serve Nelson County, Virginia and the near-by mountainous region between Lynchburg and Charlottesville. Two WNRN segments are available for download as podcasts through the Charlottesville Podcasting Network and iTunes: 91 Seconds on Film movie reviews, and The Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call with Rick Moore. In studio guests have included John Mayer, Frank Black, Wyclef Jean, Dar Williams, The GZA, Dave Matthews, Carlos D of interpol, Sufjan Steven's cousin and Bono^{[citation needed]}.

WNRN's General Manager is Mike Friend, the Assistant General Manager is Anne Williams, the Music Director is Ronda Chollock, the Operations Manager is Tim Davis.

In Spring 2007, WNRN had their most successful fund drive ever, raising over $94,000.

[edit] Newspaper/Magazine Articles

• Article: Anne Williams feature
• Article: Station Break 2 released
• Article: WNRN's Mike Friend gets a makeover
• Article: Mike Friend feature
• Article: WNRN battles the word of God
• Article: Richmond's burning: for WNRN music
• Article: Tunes for the Road from the Washington Post
• Article: Gaining Frequency from The Daily Progress

[edit] See also

• WNRS

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• WNRN-FM Website
• WNRS-FM Website
• WNRN's MySpace
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNRN
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNRS
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W201CN
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W234BA
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W236BG
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W240BR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for W276BZ