WRIC-FM (original) (raw)

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Radio station in Richlands, Virginia

Not to be confused with television station WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia.

WRIC-FM
Richlands, Virginia
Broadcast area Richlands, VirginiaGrundy, VirginiaLebanon, Virginia
Frequency 97.7 MHz
Branding Star★FM 959 & 977
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations WSTG
History
First air date 1991
Call sign meaning Richlands
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority FCC
Facility ID 12044
Class C3
ERP 3,200 watts
HAAT 229 meters (751 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 37°9′4.0″N 81°53′56.0″W / 37.151111°N 81.898889°W / 37.151111; -81.898889
Links
Public license information Public fileLMS
Webcast WRIC-FM Webstream
Website WRIC-FM Online

WRIC-FM is a hot adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richlands, Virginia, serving the Richlands/Grundy/Lebanon area. WRIC-FM is owned and operated by RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.[2]

Logo used by WRIC-FM until April 2009

WRIC-FM was originally on 100.7 FM, but switched frequencies with sister station WMJD in Grundy, Virginia, in 2005.

The WRIC calls were originally parked at AM 540 in Richlands, now WGTH.

In April 2009, WRIC-FM began simulcasting WSTG, located in Princeton, West Virginia, which carries a hot adult contemporary format. Around the same time, WRIC-FM's ownership changed from Peggy Sue Broadcasting Corporation to RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRIC-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WRIC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.