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{{about|the Ramapo, New York radio station at 1700 AM|the carrier current college radio station|WRCR (college radio)|the radio station in Indiana formerly called WRCR|WIFE-FM}}
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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WRCR
| name = WRCR
| image = wrcr1700.png
| logo = wrcr1700.png
| city = [[Ramapo, New York]]
| city = [[Haverstraw, New York]]
| area = [[Rockland County, New York]]
| area = [[Rockland County, New York]]
| slogan = "Radio Unscripted"
| branding = ''AM 1700 Radio Rockland''
| branding = ''AM 1700 Radio Rockland''
| frequency = 1700 [[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]]
| frequency = 1700 [[Hertz|kHz]] (silent)
| repeater =
| repeater =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1965|9|1|p=y}}
| airdate = September 1, [[1965 in radio|1965]], as WRRC
| format = [[Adult contemporary music]] and [[news/talk]]
| share =
| power = {{ubl|10,000 [[watt]]s (day)|1,000 watts (night)}}
| share as of =
| haat =
| share source =
| class = B
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| facility_id = 64556
| format = [[Adult Contemporary]] and [[Talk radio|News-Talk]]
| coordinates = {{coord|41|11|22.3|N|74|00|53.5|W|display=inline,title}}
| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s daytime <br />1,000 watts nighttime
| callsign_meaning = Rockland County Radio
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| haat =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WRRC (1965–1968)|WKQW (1968–1977)|WGRC (1977–1987)|WLIR (1987–2000)}}
| class = B
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| former_frequencies = 1300 kHz (1965–2015)
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| facility_id = 64556
| coordinates =
| owner = Alexander Broadcasting, Inc.
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| licensee =
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''R'''ockland '''C'''ounty '''R'''adio
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| former_callsigns = WLIR (1987-2000)<br>WGRC (1977-1987)<br>WKQW (1968-1977)<br>WRRC (1965-1968)
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| sister_stations =
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| former_frequencies = 1300 kHz (1965-2015)
| owner = Alexander Broadcasting, Inc.
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://www.wrcr.com}}
| licensee =
| website = {{URL|https://www.wrcr.com}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]]|[[New York Boulders]]}}
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| sister_stations =
| webcast = [http://www.wrcr.com listen live]
| website = [http://www.wrcr.com wrcr.com]
| affiliations =
}}
}}


'''WRCR''' is a webcast station. It previously operated for 52 years as a commercial [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]], before going silent when their landlord unexpectedly cut off the utilities on August 7, 2017.<ref name=OffAirwaves/> At that time, WRCR was broadcasting an [[Adult Contemporary]] format with weekday [[Talk radio|News-Talk]] shows. WRCR’s FCC [[City of license|license]] was assigned to [[Ramapo, New York]] and served [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]]. The station is owned by Alexander Broadcasting, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WRCR |title=WRCR Facility Record |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WRCR|title=WRCR Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref>
'''WRCR''' (1700 [[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]]) is a [[commercial broadcasting|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio broadcasting|radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Haverstraw, New York]], and serving [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]]. WRCR broadcasts an [[adult contemporary music]] format with weekday [[Talk radio|talk]] and [[brokered programming]] shows. The station is owned by Alexander Broadcasting, Inc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WRCR|title=WRCR Facility Record|work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WRCR|title=WRCR Station Information Profile|publisher=[[Arbitron]]}}</ref> Studios and offices are at 144 Ramapo Road in [[Garnerville, New York|Garnerville]].

By day, WRCR is powered at 10,000 [[watt]]s [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional]]. But to avoid interference with other stations at night, it reduces power to 1,000 watts at sunset. The [[transmitter]] site is at South Mountain Park in Haverstraw.

==Programming==
Weekdays on WRCR feature a local news and call-in program, ''The Morning Show with Jeff and Will,'' in AM [[drive time]]. The rest of the day, WRCR plays [[adult contemporary music]] and has a schedule of [[brokered programming]] during the day. It is an [[network affiliate|affiliate]] of [[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]]. It also broadcasts [[New York Boulders]] [[minor league baseball]] games. WRCR is the only radio station providing English-language news and information specifically for Rockland County, as [[WRKL]] [[910 AM]] in nearby [[New City, New York|New City]], [[simulcast]]s the [[Spanish-language]] [[Christian radio]] programming of [[WNYG]], [[Patchogue, New York]].

For several years, WRCR carried a local morning talk show co-hosted by Steve Possell. Possell had been heard on Rockland's airwaves (previously on WRKL New City) for nearly 50 years. He retired in 2021.


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
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WRCR's roots date to September 1, 1965, when the station signed on as WRRC at 1300 AM from Broadcast House on Route 59. The station used its original transmitter site in [[Nanuet, New York]], for its entire 52-year history, although a new tower was erected in 2015 for the operation at 1700 AM.
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on September 1, 1965. The original [[call sign]] was WRRC, and later WKQW and WGRC. It had several different owners and formats including Soft [[Oldies]] and [[Adult Standards]] as a "[[Music of Your Life]]" station.


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It was a [[daytimer|daytime-only]] station, on 1300 kHz in [[Spring Valley, New York]], with studios at the Broadcast House on Route 59. The station used its original transmitter site in [[Nanuet, New York]], for 52 years, although a new [[radio masts and towers|tower]] was erected in 2015 for the operation at 1700 AM.
In its final years as a broadcast station, WRCR split its broadcast day 50-50 with Radio India Ltd., so that WRCR’s English-language programming was heard half of the day with the remainder of the time being filled by Radio India Ltd., under a [[local marketing agreement]]. Radio India serves the South Asian community in the New York City metropolitan area with music, news and public affairs programming in the Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu languages.


The station used the call letters WLIR from late 1987 until 2000. WLIR had been the call sign for a popular [[modern rock]] [[WLIR#Dare to be different (1982–1991)|FM station]] operating at 92.7 [[Hertz#SI multiples|MHz]] on [[Long Island]]. When that station lost its FCC license, management brought the WLIR call sign to this co-owned Rockland County station. In 2000, WLIR changed its call sign to WRCR.
The first indication of problems for WRCR occurred on November 15, 2016, when Radio India took over the entire broadcast schedule, though WRCR did continue its English programming online.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2016/11/18/wrcr-radio-web-only/94019106/|title=Rockland's WRCR radio station goes exclusively online|work=lohud.com|access-date=2017-03-04|language=en}}</ref> Several weeks later, on February 1, 2017, WRCR's English-language programming returned to 1700 AM.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://patch.com/new-york/nyack/morning-show-steve-patrick-returns-air-wrcr-am-1700|title=The Morning Show with Steve & Patrick Returns On-Air on WRCR AM 1700|work=patch.com|access-date=2017-04-01|language=en}}</ref>


===Move to 1700 AM===
The station aired a local morning talk show co-hosted by Steve Possell. Possell was being heard on Rockland's airwaves (previously on WRKL-New City, New York) for nearly 50 years. Since November 2011, WRCR's studios and offices have been located within Palisades Credit Union Park, in Pomona, New York. The Park is the home stadium of the Rockland Boulders, of the Can-Am Baseball League. Previously the studios were located on the upper level of the former [[Nanuet Mall]].
On March 17, 1997, the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "[[AM expanded band#United States|Expanded Band]]" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700&nbsp;kHz. One of the authorizations was for [[WPKX (AM)#Expanded Band assignment|WZNN]] in [[Rochester, New Hampshire]], to move from 930 to 1700&nbsp;kHz.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.</ref> However, the 1700 AM operation in New Hampshire was never built, and its [[construction permit]] was cancelled on December 22, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=87163|title=Station Search Details (DWAYU)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=February 16, 2010}}</ref>


The abandonment of the New Hampshire assignment left 1700 AM unoccupied by any stations in the [[Northeastern United States]]. Normally the FCC did not allow any stations not included in its May 17, 1997 authorization list to apply for operation on an expanded band frequency. However, in 2006 the commission granted a request allowing WRCR to move from 1300 to 1700&nbsp;kHz, stating that a "waiver is warranted to permit the licensing of a station that could provide full-time local emergency radio service to Rockland County residents who would be at great risk in the event of a radiological emergency at the [[Indian Point Energy Center|Indian Point]] facility".<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435081489569&view=1up&seq=509 "In The Matter of Alexander Broadcasting, Inc."] (FCC 06-125), Adopted: August 17, 2006, Released: August 22, 2006, pages 9968-9973.</ref>
From 1999 until it ceased radio broadcasting, WRCR was the only radio station providing English language news and information specifically for Rockland County, as [[WRKL]] [[910 AM]] in nearby [[Pomona, New York]], had switched to an [[Poland|all-Polish]] format on March 19, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wrkl.org/images/jn32099.jpg|title=WRKL Back - In Polish}}</ref>


On July 13, 2015, WRCR moved from 1300 to 1700 kHz in the [[AM expanded band]], increasing its power from 500 to 10,000 [[watt]]s by day and 1,000 watts at night. The higher power allowed the station to be heard over a wider area of the lower [[Hudson Valley]] and Northern [[New Jersey]]. Along with the facility upgrade, the station's [[City of license|City of License]] was changed from [[Spring Valley, New York|Spring Valley]] to [[Ramapo, New York|Ramapo]]. Both are communities in Rockland County.
On July 13, 2015, WRCR moved from 1300 to 1700 kHz, increasing its power from 500 to 10,000 [[watt]]s by day and adding night service at 1,000 watts. The higher power allowed the station to be heard over a wider area of the lower [[Hudson Valley]] and Northern [[New Jersey]]. Along with the facility upgrade, the station's [[City of license|City of License]] was changed from [[Spring Valley, New York|Spring Valley]] to [[Ramapo, New York|Ramapo]]. Both are communities in Rockland County.


===Station goes silent===
WRCR operated with the call letters WLIR, from late 1987 until 2000. WLIR had been the call letters for a famous and [[WLIR#Dare to be different (1982–1991)|successful FM station]] operating in [[Garden City, New York]]. When the operator of that station lost their FCC license, they brought their WLIR call letters to this Rockland County station. In 2000, WLIR changed its call letters to WRCR, which were the dormant call letters of a former college carrier current radio station at [[Rockford College]] in [[Rockford, Illinois]] operating from 1962 until 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.wrcr.radiohistory.net/|title=WRCR History|publisher=Rockford College Alumni|accessdate=2008-09-04}}</ref>
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On August 7, 2017, management announced via the station's website that WRCR would be forced to go [[dark (broadcasting)|silent]] for an unknown amount of time.<ref name=OffAirwaves>[https://www.wrcr.com/2017/08/07/temporary-shutdown-on-am-1700-due-to-equipment-move/ WRCR temporary shutdown notice] (Retrieved September 29, 2017, via wrcr.com website)</ref> The station would be off-the-air on its 1700&nbsp;kHz frequency until further notice due to an emergency relocation of the transmitter and tower equipment. On August 29, 2017, Alexander Broadcasting Inc. filed a "Notice of Suspension of Operations" with the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]].<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101765359&formid=910&fac_num=64556 Alexander Broadcasting Inc. licensee of WRCR (Facility ID: 64556) filed a Notice of Suspension of Operations] (Retrieved September 29, 2017, via FCC.gov website)</ref>


The station sought consent to go silent on the 1700 kHz frequency. It stated that the owner of the land where WRCR's transmitter and tower were located had opted not to renew the station's lease. The landlord had the electrical power and other vital utilities to the property shut off without notifying the station. In the notice on the station's website, management stated that WRCR would continue to broadcast via live streaming on the website and also via the [[TuneIn]] app and [[Amazon Echo]] devices.
==Station goes silent/dispute with transmitter landowner==
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On August 7, 2017 WRCR management announced via the station's website<ref name=OffAirwaves>[http://www.wrcr.com/2017/08/07/temporary-shutdown-on-am-1700-due-to-equipment-move/ WRCR temporary shutdown notice] (Retrieved 29 September 2017 via wrcr.com website)</ref> that the station will be off-the-air on its 1700&nbsp;kHz frequency until further notice due to an emergency relocation of their transmitter and tower equipment. On August 29, 2017 Alexander Broadcasting Inc. filed a '''Notice of Suspension of Operations''' with the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101765359&formid=910&fac_num=64556 Alexander Broadcasting Inc. licensee of WRCR-AM (Facility ID: 64556) filed a Notice of Suspension of Operations] (Retrieved 29 September 2017 via FCC.gov website)</ref> requesting the consent to go silent on the 1700&nbsp;kHz frequency stating that the owner of the land where WRCR's transmitter and tower was located opted not to renew the station's land lease and consequently the land owner had the power and other vital utilities to the property shut off without notifying station management causing WRCR to go dark.


The station resumed radio broadcasting on April 27, 2019. It began using a new transmitter site in South Mountain Park in the town of [[Haverstraw, New York]]. The station was authorized to move its [[community of license]] to Haverstraw, effective October 21, 2021.
In the same notice on their website station management did announce that they will continue to broadcast via their live stream on their website and also via the [[TuneIn]] on their website and using the [[Amazon Echo]] devices.


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
==External links==
{{AM station data|WRCR}}
{{AM station data|64556|WRCR}}
* [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=59393 FCC History Cards for WRCR] (covering 1960-1981 as WRRC/WKQW/WGRC)


{{Hudson Valley Radio}}
{{Hudson Valley Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in New York}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in New York}}


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Revision as of 08:16, 23 July 2024

This article is about the Haverstraw, New York radio station at 1700 AM. For the carrier current college radio station, see WRCR (college radio). For the radio station in Indiana formerly called WRCR, see WIFE-FM.

WRCR
Broadcast areaRockland County, New York
Frequency1700 kHz
BrandingAM 1700 Radio Rockland
Programmierung
FormatAdult contemporary music and news/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerAlexander Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
September 1, 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-09-01)
Former call signs
  • WRRC (1965–1968)
  • WKQW (1968–1977)
  • WGRC (1977–1987)
  • WLIR (1987–2000)
Former frequencies
1300 kHz (1965–2015)
Call sign meaning
Rockland County Radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID64556
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts (day)
  • 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
41°11′22.3″N 74°00′53.5″W / 41.189528°N 74.014861°W / 41.189528; -74.014861
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wrcr.com

WRCR (1700 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Haverstraw, New York, and serving Rockland County. WRCR broadcasts an adult contemporary music format with weekday talk and brokered programming shows. The station is owned by Alexander Broadcasting, Inc.[2][3] Studios and offices are at 144 Ramapo Road in Garnerville.

By day, WRCR is powered at 10,000 watts non-directional. But to avoid interference with other stations at night, it reduces power to 1,000 watts at sunset. The transmitter site is at South Mountain Park in Haverstraw.

Programmierung

Weekdays on WRCR feature a local news and call-in program, The Morning Show with Jeff and Will, in AM drive time. The rest of the day, WRCR plays adult contemporary music and has a schedule of brokered programming during the day. It is an affiliate of USA Radio News. It also broadcasts New York Boulders minor league baseball games. WRCR is the only radio station providing English-language news and information specifically for Rockland County, as WRKL 910 AM in nearby New City, simulcasts the Spanish-language Christian radio programming of WNYG, Patchogue, New York.

For several years, WRCR carried a local morning talk show co-hosted by Steve Possell. Possell had been heard on Rockland's airwaves (previously on WRKL New City) for nearly 50 years. He retired in 2021.

History

Early years

The station signed on the air on September 1, 1965. The original call sign was WRRC, and later WKQW and WGRC. It had several different owners and formats including Soft Oldies and Adult Standards as a "Music of Your Life" station.

It was a daytime-only station, on 1300 kHz in Spring Valley, New York, with studios at the Broadcast House on Route 59. The station used its original transmitter site in Nanuet, New York, for 52 years, although a new tower was erected in 2015 for the operation at 1700 AM.

The station used the call letters WLIR from late 1987 until 2000. WLIR had been the call sign for a popular modern rock FM station operating at 92.7 MHz on Long Island. When that station lost its FCC license, management brought the WLIR call sign to this co-owned Rockland County station. In 2000, WLIR changed its call sign to WRCR.

Move to 1700 AM

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz. One of the authorizations was for WZNN in Rochester, New Hampshire, to move from 930 to 1700 kHz.[4] However, the 1700 AM operation in New Hampshire was never built, and its construction permit was cancelled on December 22, 2000.[5]

The abandonment of the New Hampshire assignment left 1700 AM unoccupied by any stations in the Northeastern United States. Normally the FCC did not allow any stations not included in its May 17, 1997 authorization list to apply for operation on an expanded band frequency. However, in 2006 the commission granted a request allowing WRCR to move from 1300 to 1700 kHz, stating that a "waiver is warranted to permit the licensing of a station that could provide full-time local emergency radio service to Rockland County residents who would be at great risk in the event of a radiological emergency at the Indian Point facility".[6]

On July 13, 2015, WRCR moved from 1300 to 1700 kHz, increasing its power from 500 to 10,000 watts by day and adding night service at 1,000 watts. The higher power allowed the station to be heard over a wider area of the lower Hudson Valley and Northern New Jersey. Along with the facility upgrade, the station's City of License was changed from Spring Valley to Ramapo. Both are communities in Rockland County.

Station goes silent

On August 7, 2017, management announced via the station's website that WRCR would be forced to go silent for an unknown amount of time.[7] The station would be off-the-air on its 1700 kHz frequency until further notice due to an emergency relocation of the transmitter and tower equipment. On August 29, 2017, Alexander Broadcasting Inc. filed a "Notice of Suspension of Operations" with the FCC.[8]

The station sought consent to go silent on the 1700 kHz frequency. It stated that the owner of the land where WRCR's transmitter and tower were located had opted not to renew the station's lease. The landlord had the electrical power and other vital utilities to the property shut off without notifying the station. In the notice on the station's website, management stated that WRCR would continue to broadcast via live streaming on the website and also via the TuneIn app and Amazon Echo devices.

The station resumed radio broadcasting on April 27, 2019. It began using a new transmitter site in South Mountain Park in the town of Haverstraw, New York. The station was authorized to move its community of license to Haverstraw, effective October 21, 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRCR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WRCR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "WRCR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
  5. ^ "Station Search Details (DWAYU)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  6. ^ "In The Matter of Alexander Broadcasting, Inc." (FCC 06-125), Adopted: August 17, 2006, Released: August 22, 2006, pages 9968-9973.
  7. ^ WRCR temporary shutdown notice (Retrieved September 29, 2017, via wrcr.com website)
  8. ^ Alexander Broadcasting Inc. licensee of WRCR (Facility ID: 64556) filed a Notice of Suspension of Operations (Retrieved September 29, 2017, via FCC.gov website)
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