WURV
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| Broadcast area | Richmond, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 103.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 103.7 Play |
| Programming | |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary HD2: Hot106.1 (Top40) HD3: RadioIQ (NPR, BBC) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| W291CL, WKHK, WKLR, WJSR | |
| History | |
First air date | December 23, 1961 (as WFMV) |
Former call signs | WFMV (1961-1969) WEZS (1969-1988) WMXB (1988-2010)[1] |
Call sign meaning | W U RiVer former branding |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 37230 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 20,000 watts |
| HAAT | 256 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°30′31.0″N 77°34′37.0″W / 37.508611°N 77.576944°W |
| Translator(s) | 106.1 W291CL (Richmond, relays HD2) 92.5 W223AZ (Richmond, relays HD3) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WURV Webstream |
| Website | WURV Online |
WURV (103.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Richmond, Virginia. The station is owned by SummitMedia LLC, through licensee SM-WURV, LLC.[2] WURV broadcasts an hot adult contemporary music format to the Richmond/Petersburg, Virginia, area.[3]
The station changed formats from adult album alternative (as 103.7 The River) to hot AC (as Play 103.7) at Midnight on September 24, 2013.
Current morning show - 103.7 Play Mornings with Melissa (Chase) & Jack (Lauterback) have won many local and state awards, including the 2013 Best Morning Show (major market category) by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters. They also were voted Richmond's Best Local Radio Personalities/Team from 2012 to 2015 by the readers of Style Weekly & Richmond Magazine.
The station started playing Christmas music on October 7, 2015 at 6:00am, becoming one of the first stations in America to adopt the seasonal format for 2015. 12 hours later, the station switched back to its regular format, revealing that the Christmas format was a prank.
References
- ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ "WURV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
Sources
- Fisher, Mark D. (2005). "A Brief History of WFMV: Virginia's first stereophonic good music station". Richmond, VA: Richmond Radio Group.
- White, Thomas H. "Washington, D.C. AM Station History".
External links
- 103.7 Play Online
- Facility details for Facility ID WURV ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database