West Virginia Radio Corporation

West Virginia Radio Corporation
Privately Owned
Industry Radio
Genre Media Corporation
Founded Morgantown, West Virginia (date unknown)
Founder Herbert and Agnes Greer
Headquarters Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.
Area served
Morgantown, West Virginia
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Elkins, West Virginia
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Cumberland, Maryland
Keyser, West Virginia
Beckley, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Hagerstown, Maryland
Total assets 10 AM Stations
22 FM Stations
Owner Greer Industries, Inc.

West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprising exclusively radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia.

The company is controlled by Greer Industries and its owners, the Raese family.

Radio markets

West Virginia Radio Corporation owns stations in five separate areas in the state of West Virginia:

At present, the two largest markets in the state what West Virginia Radio does not presently operate are Huntington and Wheeling. West Virginia Radio was also suggested as a likely purchaser of Clear Channel Communications' Wheeling and Huntington clusters which have been for sale for some time, as Clear Channel has a corporate policy of withdrawal from smaller markets.

Ratings

Charleston's WCHS as well as Morgantown's WAJR and WVAQ are consistently the highest or near-highest rated stations in their respective markets.

West Virginia MetroNews

West Virginia Radio Corporation operates the "West Virginia MetroNews" Network, which is owned by parent company Greer Industries.

"West Virginia MetroNews" features on-the-hour news, political and sports talk programs. WVRC held the rights to West Virginia University Mountaineer sports, via the company's DBA name of "Mountaineer Sports Network" or "MSN", through the 2012-13 season. In July 2013 IMG College was awarded WVU's Tier 3 multimedia rights for 12 years, though WVRC is a plaintiff in an ongoing legal challenge to the contract.[1]

All news and programs from "West Virginia MetroNews" are offered to all WVRC stations and to other stations throughout the state whether they are owned by WVRC or not.

Stations owned By WVRC

Charleston

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WCHS 580 AM News/Talk Went on the air September 15, 1927
WKAZ 680 AM Oldies
WSWW 1490 AM Sports carries ESPN Radio
WSWW-FM 95.7 FM Full service launched in August 2008
WKWS 96.1 FM Country
WRVZ 98.7 FM Rhythmic Contemporary
WVAF 99.9 FM Adult Contemporary
WKAZ-FM 107.3 FM Variety Hits

Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WAJR 1440 AM News/Talk WAJR-AM is simulcast on WVAQ-HD2 (101.9-2FM)
WFGM-FM 93.1 FM Oldies/Classic rock
WKKW 97.9 FM Country constant leader in ratings
WVAQ 101.9 FM Contemporary Hit Radio
WAJR-FM 103.3 FM News/Talk partially simulcasts WAJR (AM)
WWLW 106.5 FM Adult Contemporary

Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WDNE 1240 AM Adult Standards
WBUC 1460 AM News/Talk simulcasts WAJR
WBTQ 93.5 FM News/Talk simulcasts WAJR
WELK 94.7 FM Hot Adult Contemporary
WDNE-FM 98.9 FM Country
WBRB 101.3 FM Country
WFBY 102.3 FM Classic rock

Keyser-Cumberland

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WCMD 1230 AM Sports carries ESPN Radio
WKLP 1390 AM Sports carries ESPN Radio
WQZK-FM 94.1 FM Contemporary Hit Radio
WDZN 99.5 FM Active Rock swapped with WVMD on August 10, 2012
WVMD 100.1 FM Country swapped with WDZN on August 10, 2012
WDYK 100.5 FM Adult Contemporary first WVRC station in Cumberland, first in HD

Beckley-Oak Hill

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WJLS 560 AM Southern Gospel acquired in 2013
WJLS-FM 99.5 FM Country acquired in 2013

Martinsburg/Hagerstown

Call Sign Frequency HD Format Website Notes
WEPM 1340 AM News/Talk/Sports acquired in 2014
WICL 95.9 FM Country acquired in 2014
WLTF 97.5 FM Adult Contemporary acquired in 2014

References

  1. The Times West Virginian. July 12, 2013. Bob Hertzel. "WVU, IMG reach Tier 3 rights deal". Fairmont, WV. http://timeswv.com/wvu_sports/x881896590/WVU-IMG-reach-Tier-3-rights-deal

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