WCPV
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WCPV
| logo = WCPV 101.3 The Wolf logo.png
| logo_size =
| city = Essex, New York
| country = US
| area = Burlington–Plattsburgh
| branding = 101.3 The Wolf
| frequency = 101.3 MHz
| airdate = 1994
| format = Country
| erp = 1,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|241|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 36269
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|44|24|19.1|N|73|25|54.5|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = Champlain Valley
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WVZM (1992–1993)|WDOT (1993–1994)}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|Premiere Networks|Westwood One|New England Patriots Radio Network}}
| owner = Vox AM/FM, LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WEZF, WXZO, WEAV, WVTK, WVMT, WXXX
| webcast = [http://lightningstream.com/player.aspx?call=wcpv Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|https://www.1013thewolf.com/}}
}}
WCPV (101.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Essex, New York, United States, the station serves the Champlain Valley of New York and Vermont. Although licensed to Essex, New York, many listeners mistakenly believe that WCPV is licensed to Essex, Vermont, given that its offices and studios are located at Fort Ethan Allen in neighboring Colchester, Vermont. The station is owned by Vox AM/FM.
WCPV serves as the flagship station for University of Vermont men's basketball, along with sister station WEAV (960 AM). Rob Ryan previously provided the play by play, with various co-commentators.
History
The station was randomly assigned the call sign of WVZM on September 2, 1992; after changing the call letters to WDOT on July 22, 1993, the station signed on in 1994 as WCPV,{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=36269&Callsign=WCPV |title=WCPV Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} offering a classic rock format branded as "Champ 101.3".{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Maine History and More|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-961021.html|access-date=December 22, 2010|newspaper=New England RadioWatch|date=October 21, 1996}} Initially owned by Northstar Broadcasting,{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=The Country Wars End|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-960825.html|access-date=December 22, 2010|newspaper=New England RadioWatch|date=August 25, 1996}} the station was acquired by Capstar Broadcasting in 1998,{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980402.html|title=The Big Get...Smaller|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=April 2, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=December 22, 2010}} ultimately ending up with Clear Channel Communications following several mergers.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991008.html|title=The Big Get Bigger -- Again|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 8, 1999|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=December 22, 2010}} Clear Channel announced on November 16, 2006, that it would sell its Champlain Valley stations after being bought by private equity firms,{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061120/nerw.html|title=Dark Days All Around|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 20, 2006|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=December 22, 2010}} resulting in a sale to Vox Communications in 2008.{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080107/nerw.html|title=Entercom/Nassau WEEI Deal is Dead|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=January 7, 2008|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=December 22, 2010}} By 2008, after 14 years, the station moved to a mainstream rock format to go up against Hall Communications' WBTZ, leaving WIZN (a sister station to WBTZ) as the only classic rock station.
File:WCPV 101.3 the Game logo.png
WCPV adopted a sports format and ESPN Radio affiliation, replacing WCAT, WFAD, and WRSA, on January 1, 2011, citing heavy competition in the rock format; almost immediately, WCAT responded by joining ESPN Radio's arch-rival, Fox Sports Radio. WCPV also replaced WEAV as the flagship station of the Vermont Lake Monsters and the Champlain Valley affiliate of the New England Patriots Radio Network.{{cite news|last=Donoghue|first=Mike|title=Fox Sports joins Champlain Valley radio market|url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20101221/NEWS01/12210301/Fox-Sports-joins-Champlain-Valley-radio-market|access-date=December 22, 2010|newspaper=Burlington Free Press|date=December 21, 2010}}
Beginning with the 2011-2012 season, WCPV joined the Boston Bruins Radio Network,{{Cite web|url=http://www.1013espn.com/pages/10411828.php|title=Welcome to England FC}} carrying all 82 regular-season Bruins games. On January 10, 2013, it was announced the station had picked up rights to Boston Red Sox games, which had run for decades on Burlington's WJOY (1230 AM).http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130110/SPORTS/301100044/ WCPV to Broadcast Red Sox Games
On September 4, 2018, the station switched to Fox Sports Radio and re-branded as 101.3 The Game.{{Cite news|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/170216/game-time-for-wcpv/|title=Game Time For WCPV|date=August 28, 2018|work=RadioInsight|access-date=August 30, 2018|language=en-US}}
Vox AM/FM merged its two sports stations on October 1, 2021, moving the "Game" brand and programming to WEAV, which had previously carried CBS Sports Radio as "The Zone". The station also added two FM translators...In Burlington at 97.1 and in Plattsburgh at 105.9.{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=The Game On The Move In Burlington/Plattsburgh |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213544/the-game-on-the-move-in-burlington-plattsburgh/ |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=RadioInsight |date=October 1, 2021}} Following a week simulcasting WEAV and a weekend of airing nature sounds as a stunt, WCPV switched to country music as "101.3 The Wolf" on October 11, 2021. That station bills itself as "Everything Country" and carries Booby Bones in the morning with local personalities following throughout the day.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/213986/101-3-the-wolf-debuts-in-burlington-plattsburgh/ The Wolf Debuts in Burlington Plattsburgh] Radioinsight - October 11, 2021
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.1013thewolf.com/}}
- {{FM station data|36269|WCPV}}
{{Burlington-Plattsburgh Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in New York}}
{{Country Radio Stations in Vermont}}
{{The Bobby Bones Show}}
Category:Radio stations established in 1994
Category:1994 establishments in New York (state)