Richmond VA radio dial---1966

[moedog1]

AM

910 WRNL---CBS----MOR/Full Service
950 WXGI----------old fashioned country, daytime only
990 WANT----------R&B, daytime only
1140 WRVA---NBC----MOR/Full Service, 50000 watt "voice of Virginia"
1240 WSSV---MBS----MOR, Petersburg
1290 WPVA----------Top 40, Petersburg, daytime only
1320 WEET----------newly minted modern country, daytime only
1340 WHAP----------Top 40, Hopewell
1380 WMBG---ABC----Top 40
1410 WIKI----------Top 40 wantabe, Chester, daytime only
1430 WIVE----------MOR, Ashland, daytime only
1450 WENZ----------R&B, Highland Springs
1480 WLEE---MBS----Top 40 (Richmond's heritage top 40 rocker)
1540 WRGM----------Up tempo Adult Contemporary, daytime only
1590 WGOE----------Top 40, daytime only

FM

94.5 WRVA-FM------AM simucast, even them 200000 watts
96.5 WMBJ-FM------rimshot from Williamsburg, Simucasted MOR WMBJ-AM days, top 40 nights until about 10 sign-off
98.1 WCOD---------beautiful music, Richmond FM pioneer
102.1 WRNL-FM------beautiful music, some simucasts of WRNL-AM
103.7 WFMV---------classical and beautiful music hybrid
104.7 WSVS-FM------rimshot from Crewe, simucasted country WSVS-AM days with top 40 at night, till sign-off around 10
106.5 WRFK-FM------non-commercial fine-arts radio, mostly classical

TV

WTVR----CBS----channel 6
WXEX-TV-ABC----channel 8 (had just flipped from NBC) radio affiliate of WLEE-AM
WRVA-TV-NBC----channel 12(had just flipped from ABC)
WCVE-TV-ETV----channel 23

 

[bpatrick]

>
I thought that at the time WTVR radio
was on 1380 AM. Also, Channels 8 and
12 swapped networks in 1965; we used to
have Channel 8's listings in the Raleigh
News and Observer, and I remember when
they went to ABC.

AM
>
> 910 WRNL---CBS----MOR/Full Service
> 950 WXGI----------old fashioned country, daytime only
> 990 WANT----------R&B, daytime only
> 1140 WRVA---NBC----MOR/Full Service, 50000 watt "voice of
> Virginia"
> 1240 WSSV---MBS----MOR, Petersburg
> 1290 WPVA----------Top 40, Petersburg, daytime only
> 1320 WEET----------newly minted modern country, daytime only
>
> 1340 WHAP----------Top 40, Hopewell
> 1380 WMBG---ABC----Top 40
> 1410 WIKI----------Top 40 wantabe, Chester, daytime only
> 1430 WIVE----------MOR, Ashland, daytime only
> 1450 WENZ----------R&B, Highland Springs
> 1480 WLEE---MBS----Top 40 (Richmond's heritage top 40
> rocker)
> 1540 WRGM----------Up tempo Adult Contemporary, daytime only
>
> 1590 WGOE----------Top 40, daytime only
>
> FM
>
> 94.5 WRVA-FM------AM simucast, even them 200000 watts
> 96.5 WMBJ-FM------rimshot from Williamsburg, Simucasted MOR
> WMBJ-AM days, top 40 nights until about 10 sign-off
> 98.1 WCOD---------beautiful music, Richmond FM pioneer
> 102.1 WRNL-FM------beautiful music, some simucasts of
> WRNL-AM
> 103.7 WFMV---------classical and beautiful music hybrid
> 104.7 WSVS-FM------rimshot from Crewe, simucasted country
> WSVS-AM days with top 40 at night, till sign-off around 10
> 106.5 WRFK-FM------non-commercial fine-arts radio, mostly
> classical
>
> TV
>
> WTVR----CBS----channel 6
> WXEX-TV-ABC----channel 8 (had just flipped from NBC) radio
> affiliate of WLEE-AM
> WRVA-TV-NBC----channel 12(had just flipped from ABC)
> WCVE-TV-ETV----channel 23
>

 

[moedog1]

> >
> I thought that at the time WTVR radio
> was on 1380 AM. Also, Channels 8 and
> 12 swapped networks in 1965; we used to
> have Channel 8's listings in the Raleigh
> News and Observer, and I remember when
> they went to ABC.

Your're right about channel 8 and 12 swapping in 1965. I don't know what I was thinking. I had a friend in college whose father worked at WRVA and played a big part is convincing NBC to drop 8 for 12. It was an interesting story. Regarding 1380 AM---they changed from WMBG to WTVR-AM in about 1968, the same time they changed their format to "Request Radio," a fairly innovative move at the time. At the same time, WCOD changed to WTVR-FM and started airing the automated "Hit Parade" format, I guess a kind of Hot AC. Roy Parks had just bought all three stations from Havens and Martin and was making some long-overdue changes.