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WHCY
WHCY (106.3 MHz), known as 106.3 The Bear, is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Blairstown, New Jersey and serving the Sussex, Warren, and Morris County areas of North Jersey plus East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It airs a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WHCY carries syndicated programs from co-owned Premiere Networks, including The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After Midnight with Granger Smith overnight.
WHCY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 460 watts as a Class A station. The transmitter is off Millbrook Road in Hardwick Township, New Jersey. The studios and offices are shared with sister stations WNNJ and WSUS in a state-of-the-art facility at 45 Ed Mitchell Avenue in Franklin, New Jersey.
The station signed on the air in October 1973. The call sign was WFMV and the format was Oldies. The studios were in the former DL&W Blairstown railroad station. From 1973 to 1977, Warren Broadcasting Corporation owned WFMV, along with WCRV 1580 AM in Washington, New Jersey, now silent.
The station tagline was "Golden FMV," and featured DJs Sy Marsh, Chucky B, Wayne Scott, Scott O'Connor, Tommy John, Rod Baumann, Dave Garey, Tony Dee, Geoffrey Kevin Doll, Bill Reilly, and others. WFMV also used the moniker "Tri-State Goldmine," since its signal banged into a sliver of New York State, although the Warren County/Poconos NJ-PA region was the station's primary target. The music followed a 50's, 60's, 70's, and "Future Gold" four-category rotation. FMV had a generous list of Future Gold songs, jumping on records such as "Emma" by Hot Chocolate, "L-O-V-E" by Al Green, John Lennon's "#9 Dream," Chaka Khan's "Once You Get Started," Ben E. King's "Supernatural Thing," Sammy John's "Chevy Van," Sugarloaf's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" and War's "Low Rider." Even if listeners weren't into the oldies, which weren't that old then, Golden FMV's current song category rivaled the playlists of any New York, Philly, or Allentown top forty station at the time.
WFMV became very promotions-oriented during this period, tying in with venues such as The Still in Tranquility for contests like "Kissable Lips," in which female listeners were invited to send in a lipstick imprint of their lips for a chance to win a blind date with an 'FMV disc jockey, dinner and drinks included. The station was unique among suburban/smaller market stations for being extremely personality-driven, with GM Chuck Bettyeman, to his credit, holding regular staff meetings at which the disc jockeys – mostly on their first or second jobs in radio – were encouraged to have fun on the air, add humor, and be themselves. As Chucky put it, "You can be as good as anyone on WABC if you want to."
In January 1977, Kurt Gebauer, who had done mornings at the station in 1975 as Scott O'Connor before going to co-owned WCRV as Sales/Operations Manager, was hired as VP/General Manager and the station became "FM 106", retaining the oldies format, but updating to a more 1960s-centric sound. The DJs at the time were Mark Austin, Steve Altemus, Tommy John, George Fuller, Rod Baumann, Ron Kaplan, Bill Chamberlain, Patty Martene and others.
In 1980, with Russ Long as GM, the station switched to a Top 40/Rock hybrid format. WFMV was sold to Clearview Broadcasting in 1981. In 1984, after Russ Long left for WVPO and WSBG, under a new GM Bill Dimmick, WFMV evolved into more of a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Ratings were always mediocre to below average. At the time advertising tended to be from the Stroudsburg and Pocono area. With Stroudsburg-based WSBG switching to a similar format in 1984, WFMV lost more advertising but survived. In 1986, Barbara Perry took over as GM.
In the summer of 1988, due to environmental issues and drought, the station was forced to leave the air from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily for several summer months. Eventually, that problem was resolved. By then, the station format was mostly gold-based adult contemporary. On-air staff members included Rockin' T Tom Rocco, Allen Garrett, Paul Maason, Kevin Roe, Doctor J, Corey Hansen, Chris Maget, Mark West, Gerrie Burke, Paul LaFever, Chris DeBello, Jo-Ann (Holden) George and Sean O'Casey, and Bill Reilly (Sunday mornings).
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WHCY
WHCY (106.3 MHz), known as 106.3 The Bear, is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Blairstown, New Jersey and serving the Sussex, Warren, and Morris County areas of North Jersey plus East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It airs a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WHCY carries syndicated programs from co-owned Premiere Networks, including The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After Midnight with Granger Smith overnight.
WHCY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 460 watts as a Class A station. The transmitter is off Millbrook Road in Hardwick Township, New Jersey. The studios and offices are shared with sister stations WNNJ and WSUS in a state-of-the-art facility at 45 Ed Mitchell Avenue in Franklin, New Jersey.
The station signed on the air in October 1973. The call sign was WFMV and the format was Oldies. The studios were in the former DL&W Blairstown railroad station. From 1973 to 1977, Warren Broadcasting Corporation owned WFMV, along with WCRV 1580 AM in Washington, New Jersey, now silent.
The station tagline was "Golden FMV," and featured DJs Sy Marsh, Chucky B, Wayne Scott, Scott O'Connor, Tommy John, Rod Baumann, Dave Garey, Tony Dee, Geoffrey Kevin Doll, Bill Reilly, and others. WFMV also used the moniker "Tri-State Goldmine," since its signal banged into a sliver of New York State, although the Warren County/Poconos NJ-PA region was the station's primary target. The music followed a 50's, 60's, 70's, and "Future Gold" four-category rotation. FMV had a generous list of Future Gold songs, jumping on records such as "Emma" by Hot Chocolate, "L-O-V-E" by Al Green, John Lennon's "#9 Dream," Chaka Khan's "Once You Get Started," Ben E. King's "Supernatural Thing," Sammy John's "Chevy Van," Sugarloaf's "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" and War's "Low Rider." Even if listeners weren't into the oldies, which weren't that old then, Golden FMV's current song category rivaled the playlists of any New York, Philly, or Allentown top forty station at the time.
WFMV became very promotions-oriented during this period, tying in with venues such as The Still in Tranquility for contests like "Kissable Lips," in which female listeners were invited to send in a lipstick imprint of their lips for a chance to win a blind date with an 'FMV disc jockey, dinner and drinks included. The station was unique among suburban/smaller market stations for being extremely personality-driven, with GM Chuck Bettyeman, to his credit, holding regular staff meetings at which the disc jockeys – mostly on their first or second jobs in radio – were encouraged to have fun on the air, add humor, and be themselves. As Chucky put it, "You can be as good as anyone on WABC if you want to."
In January 1977, Kurt Gebauer, who had done mornings at the station in 1975 as Scott O'Connor before going to co-owned WCRV as Sales/Operations Manager, was hired as VP/General Manager and the station became "FM 106", retaining the oldies format, but updating to a more 1960s-centric sound. The DJs at the time were Mark Austin, Steve Altemus, Tommy John, George Fuller, Rod Baumann, Ron Kaplan, Bill Chamberlain, Patty Martene and others.
In 1980, with Russ Long as GM, the station switched to a Top 40/Rock hybrid format. WFMV was sold to Clearview Broadcasting in 1981. In 1984, after Russ Long left for WVPO and WSBG, under a new GM Bill Dimmick, WFMV evolved into more of a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Ratings were always mediocre to below average. At the time advertising tended to be from the Stroudsburg and Pocono area. With Stroudsburg-based WSBG switching to a similar format in 1984, WFMV lost more advertising but survived. In 1986, Barbara Perry took over as GM.
In the summer of 1988, due to environmental issues and drought, the station was forced to leave the air from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily for several summer months. Eventually, that problem was resolved. By then, the station format was mostly gold-based adult contemporary. On-air staff members included Rockin' T Tom Rocco, Allen Garrett, Paul Maason, Kevin Roe, Doctor J, Corey Hansen, Chris Maget, Mark West, Gerrie Burke, Paul LaFever, Chris DeBello, Jo-Ann (Holden) George and Sean O'Casey, and Bill Reilly (Sunday mornings).