WRCN-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WRCN-FM
| logo = WRCN 103.9FMLINewsRadio logo.png
| logo_upright = .9
| city = Riverhead, New York
| country = US
| area = Eastern Long Island
| frequency = {{Frequency|103.9|MHz}}
| branding = LI News Radio
| languages = English
| format = News/talk
| affiliations = {{ubl|ABC News Radio|Fox News Radio|Westwood One}}
| owner = JVC Broadcasting
| licensee = JVC Media LLC, a Florida LLC Company
| sister_stations = WBZO, WDRE, WJVC, WLIM, WPTY
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1962|08|14}}{{Cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1963/1963-BC-YB.pdf#page=328|title=1963 Broadcasting Yearbook, p. B-126}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WAPC-FM (1962–1967)|WHRF-FM (1967–1972)}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 18239
| class = A
| erp = 1,400 watts
| haat = {{Convert|148|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|40|51|8.4|N|72|45|53.4|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
| translators =
| repeaters =
| webcast = {{Listen live|https://player.listenlive.co/59311}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
WRCN-FM (103.9 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format, licensed to Riverhead, New York and serving eastern Long Island. The station is owned by JVC Media LLC with studios located inside of Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York, and transmitter located in Manorville, New York.
History
The station first went on the air in 1962 as WAPC-FM.{{cite news |date=September 6, 1962 |title=New Radio Station Begins Testing Operation in Riverhead |url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031433/1962-09-06/ed-1/seq-7.pdf|newspaper=Long Island Traveler - Mattituck Watchman |location=Southold New York |access-date=January 20, 2016 }} In 1967 the call letters were changed to WHRF-FM,{{cite web |date=February 6, 1967 |title=Call Letter Applications |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/67-OCR/1967-02-06-BC-OCR-Page-0083.pdf |work=Broadcasting |access-date=January 11, 2018 }} and in 1972 to the current WRCN-FM.{{cite web |date=April 24, 1972 |title=Call letter Applications |url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/72-OCR/1972-04-24-BC-OCR-Page-0060.pdf |work=Broadcasting |access-date=January 11, 2018 }} In 1978, WRCN changed from a top 40 format to what was then known as album-oriented rock (now known as classic rock). Some of the air–staff that have worked at the station over the years include, Zena Black,{{cite news |last1=Merrill |first1=Kitty |title=Doors Opened & She WALKed Through |url=https://issuu.com/independentnewspaper/docs/a_section_3-23-16 |access-date=May 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Independent |page=4 |date=March 23, 2016}} Bob Buchmann,{{cite web |date=February 13, 2018 |title=10 Questions with ... Bob Buchmann |url=https://www.allaccess.com/rock/10-questions/archive/27766/10-questions-with-bob-buchmann |work=allaccess.com |access-date=September 9, 2018 }} Marc Coppola, John Loscalzo,{{cite magazine |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=John Loscalzo, Vet Of CBS, MTV and K-Rock, Dies At 52 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6523881/john-loscalzo-cbs-mtv-k-rock-dies-52 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 3, 2021}} Tim Sheehan,{{cite news |title=Sheehan Leaps To WRCN/LI PD Post |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1995/RR-1995-10-20.pdf#page=3 |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=R&R |date=October 20, 1995}} Dee Snider, and Chaz & AJ.{{cite web |last=Fybush |first=Scott |title=Smith, Barber End 18 Years at WPLR |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-030203.html|work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=February 3, 2003 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}
On August 27, 2012, WRCN-FM shifted their format to mainstream rock, under the "Rock of Long Island" slogan.{{cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |title=WRCN Shifts To Everything That Rocks |url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/70141/wrcn-counting-down/ |work=RadioInsight |date=August 27, 2012 |accessdate=April 22, 2013}}
On November 15, 2013, at 5 pm, WRCN-FM's rock format came to an abrupt end as the station temporarily changed formats to Christmas music as "Christmas 103.9". The station then flipped to conservative news/talk as "LI News Radio 103.9" on December 26, 2013.{{cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |title=WRCN Launches LI News Radio |url=https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/86698/wrcn-to-flip-to-newstalk-after-christmas-music/ |work=RadioInsight |date=December 26, 2013 |accessdate=January 20, 2016}}
References
External links
- {{Official website}}
{{FM station data|18239|WRCN}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=82774 |title=History Cards for WRCN-FM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
{{Long Island Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in New York}}
Category:1962 establishments in New York (state)
Category:Long Island MacArthur Airport
Category:Mass media in Suffolk County, New York
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1962
Category:Riverhead (town), New York
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