West Virginia Radio Corporation
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| Type | Privately Owned |
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| Industry | Radio |
| Genre | Media Corporation |
| Founded | Morgantown, West Virginia (date unknown) |
| Founder(s) | 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 |
| Total assets | 9 AM Stations, 18 FM Stations |
| Owner(s) | 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 the Greer Family.
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Radio markets[edit]
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[edit]
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 Metro News[edit]
West Virginia Radio Corporation operates the "West Virginia Metro News" Network, which is owned by parent company Greer Industries.
"West Virginia Metro News" features on-the-hour news, political and sports talk programs, and hold the rights to West Virginia University Mountaineer sports, via the company's DBA name of "Mountaineer Sports Network" or "MSN". "MSN" shows are syndicated to television stations across the state. The company lost the bidding for WVU sports rights and will dissolve its MSN brand name following this basketball season.
All news and programs from "West Virginia Metro News" 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[edit]
Charleston[edit]
| Call Sign | Frequency | HD | Format | Website | Notes |
| WCHS | 580 AM |  |
News/Talk/Sports | [1] | 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 | [2] | launched in August 2008 |
| WKWS | 96.1 FM |  |
Country | [3] | |
| WRVZ | 98.7 FM | |
Rhythmic Contemporary | [4] | |
| WVAF | 99.9 FM | |
Adult Contemporary | [5] | |
| WKAZ-FM | 107.3 FM | |
Classic rock | [6] |
Morgantown-Clarksburg-Fairmont[edit]
| Call Sign | Frequency | HD | Format | Website | Notes |
| WAJR | 1440 AM | |
News/Talk/Sports | [7] | |
| WFGM-FM | 93.1 FM | |
Classic Top 40 | [8] | |
| WKKW | 97.9 FM | |
Country | [9] | constant leader in ratings |
| WVAQ | 101.9 FM | |
Contemporary Hit Radio | [10] | flagship station of WVU Football |
| WAJR-FM | 103.3 FM | |
News/Talk/Sports | [11] | partially simulcasts WAJR (AM) |
| WWLW | 106.5 FM | |
Adult Contemporary | [12] |
Beckley-Oak Hill[edit]
| Call Sign | Frequency | HD | Format | Website | Notes |
| WJLS | 560 AM | |
Southern Gospel | acquired in 2013 | |
| WJLS-FM | 99.5 FM | |
Country | [13] | acquired in 2013 |
Elkins-Buckhannon-Weston[edit]
| Call Sign | Frequency | HD | Format | Website | Notes |
| WDNE | 1240 AM | |
Adult Standards | [14] | |
| WBUC | 1460 AM | |
Oldies/Classic rock | carries ABC Radio's Classic Hits | |
| WBTQ | 93.5 FM | |
Hot Adult Contemporary | [15] | carries ABC Radio's Today's Best Hits |
| WELK | 94.7 FM | |
Classic Top 40 | [16] | |
| WDNE-FM | 98.9 FM | |
Country | [17] | |
| WBRB | 101.3 FM | |
Country | [18] | |
| WFBY | 102.3 FM | |
Album Oriented Rock | [19] |
Keyser-Cumberland[edit]
| Call Sign | Frequency | HD | Format | Website | Notes |
| WCMD | 1230 AM | |
Sports | [20] | carries ESPN Radio |
| WKLP | 1390 AM | |
Sports | [21] | carries ESPN Radio |
| WQZK-FM | 94.1 FM | |
Contemporary Hit Radio | [22] | |
| WDZN | 99.5 FM | |
Active Rock | swapped with WVMD on August 10, 2012 | |
| WVMD | 100.1 FM | |
Country | [23] | swapped with WDZN on August 10, 2012 |
| WDYK | 100.5 FM | |
Adult Contemporary | [24] | first WVRC station in Cumberland, first in HD |
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