WACL

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WACL
City of license Elkton, Virginia
Broadcast area Harrisonburg, Virginia
Staunton, Virginia
Branding "98 Rock"
Slogan "The Valley's Rock Station"
Frequency 98.5 MHz
First air date February 22, 1989 (as WPKZ)
Format Mainstream rock
ERP 900 watts
HAAT 490 meters
Class B1
Facility ID 63491
Transmitter coordinates 38°23′36.0″N 78°46′14.0″W / 38.393333°N 78.770556°W
Callsign meaning W A "CooL"
former branding
Former callsigns WPKZ (1989-1997)
WACL (1997-present)
Owner Clear Channel Communications
(Capstar TX Limited Partnership)
Sister stations WAZR, WKCI, WKCY, WKCY-FM, WKDW, WSVO
Webcast WACL Webstream
Website WACL Online

WACL (98.5 FM) is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to serve Elkton, Virginia, USA. The station is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications with the broadcast license held by the Capstar TX Limited Partnership.[1] WACL broadcasts to the Harrisonburg-Staunton-Virginia, area.[2]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 31, 1989.[3] The new station was assigned the WPKZ call sign by the FCC on February 22, 1989.[4] WPKZ received its license to cover from the FCC on August 10, 1989.[5] During that time, the station would carry a country music format, branded as "Z-98" and later, "The Peak".

On March 7, 1997, the format was changed to Oldies/Classic rock, branded as "Cool 98.5". To accommodate this, the callsign was changed to WACL.[4] In May 1997, Stonewall Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to sell WACL to Mid-Atlantic Network, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 26, 1997, and the transaction was consummated on September 2, 1997.[6]

In December 2000, Mid-Atlantic Network, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Clear Channel Communications through their Capstar TX Limited Partnership subsidiary as part of a three-station deal valued at $7.2 million.[7] The deal was approved by the FCC on March 12, 2001, and the transaction was consummated on March 30, 2001.[8] On May 2, 2001, at midnight, WACL segued from oldies[7] to mainstream rock, as "98 Rock".

On April 1, 2008, WACL began carrying the syndicated radio program Nights with Alice Cooper, when it moved from WBHB-FM at 105.1 FM (now WTGD) to WACL-FM at 98.5 FM when the former's format had been switched to classic country.[9] Nights with Alice Cooper on WACL has since been replaced with Sixx Sense, a radio show hosted by Nikki Sixx.

References

  1. ↑ "WACL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19840607IA )". FCC Media Bureau. January 31, 1989.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLH-19890315KB)". FCC Media Bureau. August 10, 1989.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19970529GG)". FCC Media Bureau. September 2, 1997.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. January 8, 2001.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-20001204AIX )". FCC Media Bureau. March 30, 2001.
  9. ↑ "Well, let's try this". VARTV.com. April 1, 2008.

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