WCNR

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WCNR
Broadcast area	Charlottesville, VA
Branding	"106.1 The Corner"
Slogan	"Different Is Good."
Frequency	106.1 (mHz)
Format	Adult Album Alternative
ERP	600 watts
Class	A
Callsign meaning	The CorNeR
Owner	Saga Communications
Website	[1]

WCNR is an FM radio station serving the Charlottesville, Virginia area. The market's newest radio signal, it was created when the owners of oldies station 106.3 WBOP in Harrisonburg, Virginia received permission from the FCC to shift the frequency to 106.1 and move it east of the Blue Ridge. At the end of August 2006, 106.3 left the air (the oldies format is now on 95.5); in mid-September, WCNR debuted, licensed to nearby Keswick, Virginia and broadcasting from a tower atop Carters Mountain south of Charlottesville, whence its signal blankets the area.

Drawing its call letters and slogan from "The Corner", the popular district of shops, restaurants and nightlife adjacent to the University of Virginia, the station plays an adult album alternative music mix targeted at Charlottesville's 25-to-44-year-old listener group. While everything from The Beatles to Gnarls Barkley is played, the focus is especially strong on 1980s and 1990s alternative rock such as R.E.M. and Sublime. On Sunday nights, a three-hour chillout music show, "Chillville", is aired.

WCNR is owned by Force 5 Communications and operated under an LMA by Saga Communications, which also owns Charlottesville stations WWWV, WQMZ, WINA and WVAX.

[edit] External Links

Station site