WVOR

WVOR

City	Canandaigua, New York
Broadcast area	Rochester area/Finger Lakes
Branding	Sunny 102.3
Slogan	Canandaigua's Variety Station Canandaigua's Christmas Station (Nov.-Dec.)
Frequency	102.3 MHz(also on HD Radio) 102.3-2 FM: Oldies ("Cool Oldies")
First air date	July 16, 1974 (1974-07-16) (as WCGR-FM)
Format	Soft Adult Contemporary Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
ERP	3,400 watts
HAAT	86 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	8505
Transmitter coordinates	42°51′47.00″N 77°19′22.00″W / 42.8630556°N 77.3227778°W / 42.8630556; -77.3227778
Callsign meaning	W Voice Of Rochester
Former callsigns	WCGR-FM (1974–1975) WFLC (1975–1989) WLKA (1989–1996) WMHX (1996–1998) WISY (1998–1999) WMAX-FM (July 30–August 2, 1999) WISY (1999–2006)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.)
Sister stations	WAIO, WDVI, WHAM, WHTK, WKGS, WNBL
Webcast	Listen Live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	radiosunny.iheart.com

WVOR (102.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a soft adult contemporary format. Licensed to Canandaigua, New York, USA, the station serves the Rochester area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..^[1] Its studios are located at the One HSBC Plaza building in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter site is in Canandaigua. The station also plays Christmas music during the holidays.

History

The station went on the air July 16, 1974 as WCGR-FM, a simulcast of middle-of-the-road station WCGR (1550 AM).^[2] It became WFLC in 1975^[3] and dropped the WCGR simulcast in favor of country music;^[4] the call letters stood for "Wayne Finger Lakes Country."^[5] The call letters changed to WLKA on May 15, 1989. On February 19, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WMHX; the station then changed to WISY on March 1, 1998, to WMAX-FM on July 30, 1999, back to WISY on August 2, 1999. and to the current WVOR on June 27, 2006.^[6] The WVOR call sign was "parked" on 102.3 after the station that held that call sign, a heritage Rochester FM station now known as WDVI, changed its call sign and format in 2006. WVOR now has an HD 2 channel, an oldies format.^[7]

References

↑ "WVOR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1975 (PDF). 1975. p. C-126. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 8, 1975. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 (PDF). 1976. p. C-131. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ Broadcasting-Cable Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-156. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
↑ "WVOR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "HD radio".

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVOR

Radio-Locator information on WVOR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVOR

Radio stations in the Rochester, New York region and western Finger Lakes

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Defunct	WDRE (1330 AM)

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