WCHV-FM

WCHV-FM
City of license Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area Charlottesville, Virginia
Albemarle County, Virginia
Branding "NewsTalk 1260 AM & 107.5 FM"
Slogan "Charlottesville's News, Talk, and Information Station"
Frequency 107.5 MHz
First air date February 10, 1993
Format News/Talk
Power 210 Watts
HAAT 338 Meters
Class A
Facility ID 61716
Callsign meaning W CHarlottesVille
Former callsigns WLJL (1993-1996)
WUMX (1996-2004)
WCJZ (2004-2007)
WWTJ (2007-2011)
WCHV-FM (2011-Present)
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Premiere Radio Networks
Wall Street Journal Radio Network
Owner Monticello Media
Sister stations WCHV, WCYK, WHTE, WKAV, WZGN
Webcast WCHV-FM Webstream
Website WCHV-FM Online

WCHV-FM is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WCHV-FM is owned and operated by Monticello Media.

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Sale

On July 10, 2007, VARTV.com reported that Kalil and Company Inc announced that it brokered a deal for Clear Channel to sell its entire Charlottesville cluster to George Reed's Sistema 102 LLC for $7.75 Million. Sistema 102 LLC changed its name to Monticello Media on September 1, 2007.

Format Flip

"Monticello Media has yanked the jocks off the air" on WCJZ, according VARTV.com. The station has also dropped its "Mix 107.5" branding for just "FM 107.5".

On October 12, 2007 at 5:00pm, the station launched an Adult Hits format under the new branding "Tom @ 107-5". The following week on October 16, WCJZ switched its callsign to WWTJ.

On January 14, 2011, WWTJ switched from an Adult Hits format to simulcasting sister station WCHV full time.[1]

On January 17, 2011, WWTJ switched it's callsign to WCHV-FM.

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