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| Broadcast area | Charlottesville, Virginia Central Virginia |
| Frequency | 101.9MHz |
| Branding | Hot 101-9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary hit radio[1] |
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| History | |
First air date | March 29, 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-03-29)[2] |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 92.1 MHz (1989–1992) |
Call sign meaning | "Hot" |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 56361 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000watts |
| HAAT | 68 meters (223 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°18′5.0″N78°31′57.0″W / 38.301389°N 78.532500°W /38.301389; -78.532500 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WHTE-FM is acontemporary hit radio formattedbroadcastradio station licensed toRuckersville, Virginia, servingCharlottesville and Central Virginia.[1] WHTE-FM is owned and operated byMonticello Media.[5]
Ridge Broadcasting Corporation obtained a permit for new station WXZY on 92.1 MHz in 1989. The initial transmitter site was a flat area near the intersection ofU.S. Route 29 andU.S. Route 33 in Ruckersville, which had Charlottesville on the edge of its local-grade service area. The station signed on in March 1990 with anadult contemporary format.[6][7]
The station evidently had difficulty covering Charlottesville, as Ridge filed in 1992 to move to a higher transmitter site on Snow Mountain west ofStanardsville, increase power, and change frequencies to 101.9 MHz. TheFederal Communications Commission granted permission to build on November 11, 1992.[7][8]
In late November 1992, the station's new facilities went live, and it switched its branding to "Y101.9" WVSY, while keeping the adult contemporary format. Ridge sold the station to Jay Hicks' Radio Piedmont in 1995.[9] This was followed the next year by a sale to Clark Broadcasting Company, owner ofWCYK-FM (99.7 MHz) andWVAO-FM (102.3 FM).[10]
Clear Channel entered the Charlottesville market by buying Clark's three FM stations in June 1999.[11] After taking control, Clear Channel first flipped the station torhythmic oldies. As that format proved to be a short-lived fad, the station flipped again tocontemporary hit radio as "Hot 101.9" WHTE-FM in February 2001.[12][13]
Clear Channel announced a sale of its entire Charlottesville cluster to George Reed's Sistema 102, LLC on June 27, 2007. Sistema 102 later changed its name toMonticello Media.[14] Monticello did not change the station's identity upon assuming control in October 2007.
WHTE-FM has one translator to help therimshot main signal cover downtown Charlottesville. The translator went to air in February 2006.[15]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W285EF | 104.9 FM | Charlottesville, Virginia | 81122 | 46 | 52.9 m (174 ft) | D | 38°1′49″N78°29′22″W / 38.03028°N 78.48944°W /38.03028; -78.48944 (W285EF) | LMS |
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