WYCR
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| Broadcast area | South Central Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 98.5 MHz |
| Branding | Rocky 98.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1962 |
Former call signs | WHVR-FM (1960–1962) |
Call sign meaning | "York City Radio" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54608 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 10,500 watts |
| HAAT | 283 meters (928 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°51′26.4″N 76°56′52.9″W / 39.857333°N 76.948028°W |
| Repeater(s) | See § Simulcast |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WYCR (98.5 FM, "Rocky 98.5") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to serve York and Hanover, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts a classic rock format. Its broadcast tower is located near Hanover at (39°51′26.0″N 76°56′53.0″W / 39.857222°N 76.948056°W).[2]
WYCR programming is simulcast on sister station WRKY and WRKY's translator on 92.5 MHz in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[3]
WYCR airs Nights with Alice Cooper on weekdays and The House of Hair with Dee Snider on Saturdays.[4]
History
The Federal Communications Commission granted Radio Hanover, Inc. a construction permit for the station on June 15, 1960 with the WHVR-FM call sign.[5] The station was granted its first license on December 27, 1962 by which time the call sign had been changed to WYCR.[5]
On December 14, 2004, the station changed formats from contemporary hit radio (CHR) to classic hits, and switched branding from "98YCR" to "98.5 The Peak".[6]
On March 1, 2016, Radio Hanover Inc. sold WYCR (and WHVR) to Forever Media for $2.6 million.[7] The new owner changed WYCR's format to classic rock and re-branded the station as "Rocky 98.5" on April 25, 2016.[8]
Following the completion of Forever Media's purchase of WONN-FM, WLPA and WLPA's translator on October 15, 2021, WLPA and its translator began a simulcast of WYCR programming.[3] WLPA’s call sign was subsequently changed to WRKY effective November 1, 2021.
Simulcast
One AM station simulcasts the programming of WYCR:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | Facility ID | Power W |
Class | Transmitter coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WRKY | 1490 AM | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | 25870 | 600 | C | 40°03′38.35″N 76°18′5.0″W / 40.0606528°N 76.301389°W |
Signal note
WYCR is short-spaced to two other Class B stations:
WKRZ 98.5 KRZ (licensed to serve Freeland, Pennsylvania) operates on the same channel as WYCR and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 110 miles as determined by FCC rules.[9] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[10]
WMZQ-FM 98.7 WMZQ (licensed to serve Washington, D.C.) operates on 98.7 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WYCR, and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 68 miles as determined by FCC rules.[9] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles.[10]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYCR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "FM Query Results for WYCR". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (October 18, 2021). "NorthEast Radio Watch 10/18/2021: New Owners in New England". fybush.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- ^ "Rocky 98.5 York". foreveryork.com. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ a b "History Cards for WYCR". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ "In Brief - December 14, 2004". fmqb.com. December 14, 2004. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Maddux, Jason (December 14, 2015). "Hanover radio stations WHVR, WYCR sold for $2.6 million; staff will remain on board". pennlive.com. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ "WYCR to Rebrand as Rocky 98.5". radioinsight.com. April 24, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "Reference points and distance computations. 47 CFR § 73.208". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ a b "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207(b)(1)" (PDF). fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- WYCR in the FCC FM station database
- WYCR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database