W241AP

W241AP

City	Midlothian, Virginia
Broadcast area	Central Virginia
Branding	"96.1 The Planet"
Slogan	"Richmond's Only Classic Rock"
Frequency	96.1 MHz
First air date	2004
Format	Classic rock
Power	145 Watts
HAAT	0 Meters
Class	D
Facility ID	139538
Transmitter coordinates	37°30′31.5″N 77°34′37.0″W / 37.508750°N 77.576944°W / 37.508750; -77.576944
Callsign meaning	Translator allocation on FCC channel 241.
Former callsigns	W295BF
Owner	iHeartMedia (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	W253BI, WBTJ, WRNL, WRVA, WRVQ, WRXL, WTVR
Webcast	W241AP Webstream
Website	W241AP Online

W241AP is a Classic Rock formatted broadcast translator licensed to Midlothian, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. W241AP is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.

History

The station signed on as a translator for Liberty University's WRVL in 2004, on 96.1 MHz, using the callsign W241AP. In 2007, the station moved to Richmond and was reallocated to 106.1 MHz with 10 watts power, taking the callsign W295BF.

In April 2013, Liberty sold the station to Clear Channel Communications, which relocated the station to Midlothian and moved it back to 96.1 MHz with 145 watts power.

On April 15, 2013, Clear Channel debuted a satellite-fed classic rock format on the station. The branding, 96.1 The Planet, was designed to echo Cox Radio's long-time classic rock station, WKLR, which broadcasts a full-power signal at 96.5 MHz. WKLR had moved to a more current rock format as Rock 96.5 by the time Clear Channel brought 96.1 The Planet online.^[1]

As a translator is not legally permitted to originate its own programming, by U.S. Federal Communications Commission regulation, W241AP is relaying an HD Radio channel of WRVQ.

The station resumed its original W241AP callsign on April 26, 2013.

References

↑ http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/new-radio-station-signs-on/Content?oid=1876034

External links

Radio stations in the Richmond/Petersburg market

By AM frequency	590 820 910 950 990 1140 1240 1290 1320 1340 1380 1430 1450 1480 1540 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.1 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.5 100.9 102.1 103.1 103.7 104.7 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W223AZ W241AP W253BI W276BZ W291CL WAFX WARV-FM WBBT-FM WBTJ WBTK WCDX WCFC-LP WCLM WCVE-FM WDCE WDZY WFTH WHAN WHAP WHCE WJSR WKHK WKJM WKJS WKLR WKYV WLEE WLES WLFV WLRJ WNTW WPZZ WREJ WRIH WRIR-LP WRNL WRVA WRVQ WRXL WTOX WTPS WTVR-FM WURV WVNZ WVST WWLB WXGI WYFJ WZEZ

Defunct stations	WHCK-LP

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Classic rock radio stations in the state of Virginia

By frequency	94.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.5 101.3 102.5 106.9

By callsign	W241AP WAFX WKLR WOLD WWUZ WWWV WXJK

By city	Bowling Green Charlottesville Farmville Fort Lee/Richmond Marion Midlothian Staunton Suffolk

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 active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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