WZGN

WZGN

City of license	Crozet, Virginia
Broadcast area	Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia
Branding	"Generations 102-3"
Slogan	"Music for Your Generation"
Frequency	102.3 MHz
First air date	September 1980^[1]
Format	Classic Hits^[2]
ERP	4,900 Watts
HAAT	108 Meters
Class	A
Facility ID	11672
Transmitter coordinates	38°4′47.0″N 78°44′22.0″W / 38.079722°N 78.739444°W / 38.079722; -78.739444
Callsign meaning	W Z GeNerations
Former callsigns	WCMZ-FM (1980-1985) WJLT (1985-1988) WJLT-FM (1988-1996) WVAO-FM (1996-2001) WFFX-FM (2001-2003) WSUH (2003-2007)
Owner	Monticello Media
Sister stations	WCHV, WCHV-FM, WCYK, WHTE, WKAV
Webcast	WZGN Webstream
Website	WZGN Online

WZGN (102.3 FM) is a Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Crozet, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WZGN is owned and operated by Monticello Media.^[3]

History

The station was originally put on the air in September 1980 by the owner of WPED-AM, McClanahan Broadcasting. It simulcast that station's programming, which was a country format originating from studios at the end of Hilltop Street in Crozet. The stations were known as the "Country Twins" at the time. Both stations were purchased in 1983 by Elting Enterprises of New York; the format did not change.

Sale

Logo used from Mid-2004 to November 3, 2007.

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

WZGN, then known as WSUH, changed to a less rigid "era based" oldies and classic rock under the name "Generations 102.3 & 94.1" to go along with their slogan, "Music for Your Generation".

On November 26, 2007, WSUH changed its call sign to WZGN to reflect its new format and branding.

Translator Shift

On September 7, 2008, WZGN's Downtown Charlottesville translator, W231AD, shifted from simulcasting WZGN to simulcasting sister news-talker WCHV. On January 14, 2011, W231AD shifted back to simulcasting WZGN.

References

External links

Generations 102.3 Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WZGN

Radio-Locator information on WZGN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WZGN

Radio stations in the Charlottesville, Virginia market

By AM frequency	840 1070 1260 1400 1450

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.1 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.5 94.1 94.7 95.1 97.5 99.7 100.1 101.3 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.5

By callsign	W231AD W256BY W285EF W294AJ WCCA-LP WCHV WCHV-FM WCNR WCYK-FM WHTE-FM WINA WJMA WKAV WKTR WMRY WNRN WPVA WPVC-LP WQMZ WTJU WUVA WVAI-LP WVAX WVTU WVTW WWWV WXRK-LP WXTJ-LP WZGN

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Classic Hits radio stations in Virginia

By frequency	610 1010 1230 1330 1410 1440 1580 92.1 92.9 93.5 95.3 95.9 96.7 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.9 102.3 102.7 105.1 107.3

By callsign	WABN WBBT-FM WBTM WDIC-FM WFYE WGRQ WJSR WKLV WKSK-FM WRTZ WUKZ WVBW WVEK-FM WWDN WWRE WWZW WXVA WZFM WZGN WZRV

By city	Abingdon Blackstone Bridgewater Buena Vista Clinchco Crozet Danville Danville Fairview Beach Front Royal Glade Spring Lakeside Marion Narrows Powhatan Roanoke Salem South Hill Suffolk Weber City Winchester

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia See also Oldies Classic Hits

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