Radio station in Vermont, United States
WWOD
(93.9
FM
) is an
adult album alternative
broadcasting
radio station
. Licensed to
Woodstock, Vermont
, United States, the station serves the
Lebanon
-
Rutland
-
White River Junction
area. Established in 1989 as WMXR, the station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC.
[2]
History
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The station went on the air April 18, 1989, as WMXR by Rob and Shirley Wolf.
[3]
In its early years, the station broadcast an
oldies
format branded "Magic 94",
[3]
[4]
which was expanded to WCFR-FM (93.5 FM, now
WEEY
) in 1998 after the Wolfs' acquisition of that station.
[5]
WMXR also operated a
translator
in White River Junction, W232AP (94.3 FM);
[4]
the three frequencies were billed as the Valley's "Superstation". The station subsequently evolved into one of the country's first
classic hits
station (programmed by
KFRC
's Chuck "Boom Boom" Canon) with all-digital studios and first-in-the nation internet streaming in 1995 via
Dartmouth College
. In April 2000, new owners Conn River Broadcasting switched the stations' format to
country music
as "Bob Country"; though it used the branding and "Turn your knob to Bob" slogan formerly used by
WBOB-FM
in
Minneapolis?Saint Paul
, the name was believed to be a reference to Bob Frisch, then-owner of competing country station
WXXK
(100.5 FM).
[6]
Clear Channel Communications
bought WMXR and WCFR in 2001
[7]
and merged "Bob Country" with its existing country station in the market, WXXK, branded "Kixx".
[8]
After several months of simulcasting with WXXK, WMXR switched to a simulcast of WVRR's (101.7 FM, now
WKKN
at 101.9)
classic rock
format that October.
[9]
WMXR shifted to
modern rock
in late March 2002, though WVRR did not follow suit until early April.
[10]
[11]
Two years later, the stations (branded
Rock 93.9 & 101.7
) tweaked their format to mainstream rock with modest success. Clear Channel sold its stations in the
Lebanon, New Hampshire
market to Great Eastern Radio in January 2007,
[12]
who later that year switched WMXR to a
news/talk
format as "93.9 The Pulse", modeled on sister station
WTPL
in
Hillsborough, New Hampshire
.
[13]
This format was moved to and consolidated with a similar format on sister station
WTSL
(1400 AM) under the "Pulse" branding in May 2008, at which point WMXR adopted a
classic hits
format as "Maxx 93.9".
[14]
The station subsequently returned to classic rock, retaining the "Maxx" branding.
WMXR returned to a classic hits format on November 19, 2012, branded as "Kool 93.9 & 96.3"; the branding came in advance of adding a simulcast with
WFYX
(96.3 FM) in
Walpole, New Hampshire
, which Great Eastern Radio was in the process of acquiring from
Nassau Broadcasting Partners
.
[15]
On November 30, WMXR changed its call letters to WWOD, swapping calls with then-silent
104.3 FM
, which has since been moved to the Burlington, Vermont radio market.
On July 7, 2016, Dartmouth College announced that WWOD and WFYX would be the new carriers of
Big Green
men's
and
women's basketball
broadcasts as part of the Big Green Sports Network / Learfield Sports.
[16]
On November 1, 2017, WWOD changed their format to adult album alternative, branded as "93.9 The River".
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"The River" had previously broadcast on W294AB (106.7 FM) and the second
HD Radio
subchannel of
WHDQ
(106.1 FM),
[17]
where the format launched on March 14, 2014;
[18]
the "Kool FM" programming, which by then had shifted to an oldies format provided by
Scott Shannon
's
True Oldies Channel
, concurrently moved to WHDQ-HD2 and W294AB and continues to be simulcast on WFYX.
[17]
References
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"Facility Technical Data for WWOD"
.
Licensing and Management System
.
Federal Communications Commission
.
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"WWOD Facility Record"
.
United States
Federal Communications Commission
, audio division
.
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a
b
Broadcasting & Cable Market Place 1992
(PDF)
. 1992. p. A-360
. Retrieved
November 30,
2010
.
- ^
a
b
Fybush, Scott (October 16, 1996).
"Here Comes Kidstar!"
.
New England RadioWatch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (June 4, 1998).
"Tornado Topples WIVT"
.
North East RadioWatch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (April 7, 2000).
"
"Quick," What's On 93.5/93.9?"
.
North East RadioWatch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (January 15, 2001).
"Citadel, WROL, and WKOX -- Sold!"
.
North East RadioWatch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
- ^
Fybush, Scott (April 4, 2001).
"Take Me Out to the Ban Game"
.
North East RadioWatch
. Archived from
the original
on June 20, 2010
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (October 29, 2001).
"North East RadioWatch"
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
- ^
Fybush, Scott (April 1, 2002).
"Neaverth Fired in Buffalo"
.
North East RadioWatch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
- ^
Fybush, Scott (April 8, 2002).
"North East RadioWatch"
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (January 22, 2007).
"Shapiro's Back in the Upper Valley"
.
NorthEast Radio Watch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (October 22, 2007).
"More AM Uncertainty in NYC, Boston"
.
NorthEast Radio Watch
. Retrieved
August 3,
2009
.
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Fybush, Scott (May 26, 2008).
"More Philly Morning Shifts"
.
NorthEast Radio Watch
. Retrieved
August 30,
2008
.
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"Great Eastern Continues Northern New England Shuffle"
. November 19, 2012.
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"New Home for Dartmouth Athletics on the Radio"
. July 7, 2016.
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a
b
c
Great Eastern Shuffles in Hanover/Lebanon, NH
Radioinsight - November 7, 2017
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Venta, Lance (March 12, 2014).
"Great Eastern To Launch Lebanon/Hanover AAA"
.
RadioInsight
. Retrieved
November 9,
2017
.
External links
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