WCDG

Infobox Radio Station


name = WCDG
airdate =
frequency = 92.1 (MHz) HD Radio
92.1 HD-2 for Country
city = Moyock, North Carolina
area = Norfolk/Virginia Beach
format = Oldies
owner = Clear Channel Communications
erp = 14,500 watts
haat = 131 meters
branding = "Cool 92.1"
sister_stations = WJCD, WKUS, WOWI
slogan =
class = C3
webcast = [http://www.cool921.com/cc-common/streaming_new/ Listen Live]
website = [http://www.cool921.com/ www.cool921.com]
callsign_meaning =

WCDG, known on air as Cool 92.1, is a radio station licensed to Moyock, North Carolina,tower in middle Cheaspeake, Virginia, with its office in Norfolk, Virginia owned by Clear Channel Communications. The station airs an Oldies format that the Hampton Roads market was sorely lacking from their radio market. Its transmitter is located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The station used to be a long time simulcasting partner with WJCD, licensed to Windsor, Virginia.

History

Originally signing on in the 1970s, it was WJLY, which played a bizzare array of Rock, Country, Jazz, Big Band, Classical, R&B, and other more obscure music genres. The station went dark around 1978 due to money problems.It signed back on as a Top 40 station in 1980 called WQZQ, a few years later it changed to a country format, in the mid 80s the station went to an adult contemporary format as WOFM, switching a few years later to AAA as "The Border" and attracting a small "cult" audience in Norfolk. Plagued with a bad signal the station tried getting an upgrade to 25 thousand watts,but was unable to. This caused WOFM in 1990 to flip to heavy metal with the now-defunct "Z-Rock" syndicated sattlite delivered format as WZTR.

A few years later the station was sold to Willis Broadcasting who changed the calls to WMYK and instituted a Hard Core rap & Hip Hop format as 92.1 Kiss. Clear Channel later purchased the station and tried "Dance Top 40" which failed in the ratings. Then Clear Channel did a Jammin Oldies Simulcast with sister station WSVY 107.7 as "Vibe 107.7 and 92.1" Then later went to Urban AC with the same name. Late 92.1 returned to the previous Rap & Hip Hop format as WBHH. Later the station dropped it's Hip Hop format and started simulcasting with former jazz sister station WJCD,when both stations started simulcasting a soft A/C format,and the two stations together were known as Lite FM.

In August 2005 to fill the hole left when crosstown Oldies WFOG switched to Adult Contemporary, WCDG broke away from the simulcast and became Oldies formatted "Cool 92.1" The first song played was local legend Bill Deal's biggest hit,"What Kind OF Fool Do You Think I Am".

Programming

The station uses Voice-tracked talent imported from other stations in the Clear Channel chain,Mike Harvey, and Cleveland based "Truckin" Tom Kent's syndicated night show in the evenings. The Voice-Tracked DJs are Gary Jeff Walker, and Travis Dylan. Mike Harvey Airs a nightly program "The Mike Harvey Show" from 7-Midnight and Saturday Nights "Super Gold". Tom Kent does a syndicated show from 2-7pm on Weekdays. The Syndicated shows are more Classic Hits where as the Voice-Tracked shows are 'true oldies.'

External links

* [http://www.cool921.com/ Cool 92.1 Website]
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