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| Broadcast area | South Central Pennsylvania |
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| Frequency | 98.5MHz |
| Branding | Rocky 98.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | 1962 |
Former call signs | WHVR-FM (1960–1962) |
Call sign meaning | "W"e Are"Y"ork"C"ity's Hit Music"R"adio! |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54608 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 10,500watts |
| HAAT | 283 meters (928 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°51′26.4″N76°56′52.9″W / 39.857333°N 76.948028°W /39.857333; -76.948028 |
| Repeater(s) | See § Simulcast |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WYCR (98.5FM, "Rocky 98.5") is a commercialradio station that is licensed to serveYork andHanover, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts aclassic rockformat. Its broadcast tower is located near Hanover at (39°51′26.0″N76°56′53.0″W / 39.857222°N 76.948056°W /39.857222; -76.948056).[2]
WYCR programming is simulcast on sister stationWRKY and WRKY's translator on 92.5 MHz in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[3]
WYCR airsNights with Alice Cooper on weekdays andThe House of Hair with Dee Snider on Saturdays.[4]
TheFederal Communications Commission granted Radio Hanover, Inc. a construction permit for the station on June 15, 1960, with the WHVR-FM call sign.[5] The station was granted its first license on December 27, 1962, by which time the call sign had been changed to WYCR.[5]
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On December 14, 2004, the station changed formats fromcontemporary hit radio (CHR) toclassic hits, and switched branding from "98YCR" to "98.5 The Peak".[6][7]
On March 1, 2016, Radio Hanover Inc. sold WYCR (andWHVR) to Forever Media for $2.6 million.[8] The new owner changed WYCR's format toclassic rock and re-branded the station as "Rocky 98.5" on April 25, 2016.[9]
Following the completion of Forever Media's purchase ofWONN-FM,WLPA and WLPA's translator on October 15, 2021, WLPA and its translator began a simulcast of WYCR programming.[3] WLPA’s call sign was subsequently changed to WRKY effective November 1, 2021.
One AM stationsimulcasts the programming of WYCR:
WYCR is short-spaced to two otherClass B stations:
WKRZ98.5 KRZ (licensed to serveFreeland, Pennsylvania) operates on the same channel as WYCR and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 110 miles as determined by FCC rules.[10] The minimum distance between twoClass B stations operating on the same channel according to currentFCC rules is 150 miles.[11]
WMZQ-FM98.7 WMZQ (licensed to serveWashington, D.C.) operates on 98.7 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WYCR, and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 68 miles as determined by FCC rules.[10] The minimum distance between twoClass B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to currentFCC rules is 105 miles.[11]