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| Broadcast area | East side ofRochester |
| Frequency | 1310kHzC-QUAMAM stereo |
| Branding | WOKR 1310 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
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| History | |
First air date | April 5, 1997; 28 years ago (1997-04-05) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "We're OK Rochester" (homage to what is nowWHAM-TV) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 88676 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°53′20.2″N77°19′7.9″W / 42.888944°N 77.318861°W /42.888944; -77.318861 |
| Translator | 95.5 W238DG (Canandaigua) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaTuneIn) |
| Website | wokrcountry |
WOKR (1310AM) is a radio station broadcasting aclassic country music format. Licensed toCanandaigua, New York, United States, the station is owned by Tim Stratton, through licensee 1310 FLX Radio, Inc.[2]
The station went on the air as WCGR on October 14, 1997. On October 5, 1998, the station changed its call sign to WRSB;[3] it operated intermittently throughout the 1990s and 2000s.
The station was acquired by Genesee Media Corporation on June 8, 2013, at a price of $450,000. The station added high-qualityC-QUAMAM stereo broadcasting in October 2013. It swapped call signs withits simulcast partner on August 1, 2017, taking on the call sign WOKR (which pays homage to what is nowWHAM-TV). The station formerly broadcast on 105.5 FM (W288CS), but Genesee Media Corporation sold the FM translator to Bluelight Communications for a price of $650,000, and launched an Urban/R&B station on the translator.
The 105.5 translator was replaced by Genesee Media Corporation by translator W258BH (97.5 FM).[4]
On September 21, 2017, WOKR changed formats fromsports totalk and the 97.5 translator switched to a simulcast of sister station WRSB (which in turn flipped to Spanish).[5] The new format contained a collection of shows fromFox News Radio,Compass Media Networks,Bloomberg Radio andRadio America.
On November 12, 2018, WOKR changed formats to classic country and added FM translator W238DG (95.5).[6] An agreement to sell the station to Timothy Stratton (owner ofWYLF) was struck in October 2019,[7] and consummated on March 1, 2020, at a price of $250,000.
As of 11 pm, Sunday May 2, 2021, WOKR changed its format toclassic hits and included a more local focus for the Canandaigua area, featuring local news, weather and sports. As of July 2022, WOKR returned to airing its classic country format.[8]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W238DG | 95.5 FM | Canandaigua, New York | 202662 | 250 | 49 m (161 ft) | D | 42°53′20″N77°19′9″W / 42.88889°N 77.31917°W /42.88889; -77.31917 (W238DG) | LMS |
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