WJRR
Encyclopedia
WJRR — branded 101one — is a commercial radio station
located in Maitland
, Florida
broadcasting to the Orlando, Florida
area. The station mainly airs an Active Rock
playlist.
This station was instrumental in launching the career of Larry the Cable Guy
.
The station also started Earthday Birthday (which is in its 18th year). The event has become the biggest one-day rock festival in the state. The event has generally (and for the last 5+ years) has taken place at Tinker Field, directly next to the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Downtown Orlando. Each year the event brings in around 12 to 15,000 central florida fans and fans from all over the state of Florida. The annual festival usually lasts approximately 12 hours (festivities normally begin around 11 a.m.] Past acts have included bands like Kid Rock
, Serj Tankian
, Three Doors Down, The Offspring
, Rob Zombie
, Mudvayne
, Godsmack
, Velvet Revolver
, Sevendust
, Breaking Benjamin
, Stone Sour
, Papa Roach
, WRONG, Staind
and Shinedown
. WJRR has announced that Earthday Birthday 17 will take place on Saturday, May 1 at Tinker Field
. Confirmed acts (though subject to change) will include the headliner Korn
, Papa Roach
, Sevendust
, Chevelle
, Hellyeah
, Five Finger Death Punch
, Halestorm
, Trivium
, and Soil.
s, and are a Licensed Class C FM Station by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC).
Height above Avg. Terrain 487 meters (1599 ft)
Height above Ground Level 480 meters (1576 ft)
Height above Sea level
500 meters (1641 ft)
The antenna pattern is Non-Directional and the transmitter
Location is: 28° 34' 51" N, 81° 04' 32" W, near Bithlo, Florida
. The station is on the same two-tower antenna farm along with WWKA
, WMFE
, WDBO-FM, WOMX, and WTKS
.
format as "CK101." In 1984 the station picked up the WDOQ calls after they were dropped by 101.9 FM
in Daytona Beach and the format was changed to rock
, then to adult contemporary shortly afterward. 101.1 FM adopted the new calls WSTF in 1985 and became known as Sunny 101 and later Star 101, continuing with an adult contemporary format. After a brief stint as WVRI "Variety 101" in the early 1990s, the current WJRR calls and rock format were adopted in 1993 as 101.1 WJRR.
In 2002, to compete up against former rocker WOCL
, WJRR shifted to its current modern rock
format from active rock
and changed its moniker to "Real Rock 101-One".
In January 2008, WJRR dropped the "Real Rock" moniker and reverted back to 101one WJRR, The Rock Station, just when rival WOCL
became its current classic hits
format.
On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WJRR is one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. Until it is sold, WJRR and other stations to be sold will be placed into the Aloha Stations Trust
. In December 2008, Clear Channel took back WJRR after Arbitron
reassigned the station to the Brevard County market.
The syndicated Lex & Terry program was picked up in April 2008. Mel Taylor from WOCL is now the morning show producer and mid-day talent followed by market vet Crash in afternoons. Crash is joined by LT for news and entertainment each afternoon. Rick Everett who has been with the station since 1997 was named PD in October 2007.
Alumni include Ron & Ron, Pat Lynch and Taco Bob, Buckethead, Larry The Cable Guy, Mark Samansky, Sideshow Dan, Dick Sheetz, Fish, Just Plain Mark.
On May 1, 2010; during the 17th Annual Earthday Birthday event it was announced that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has declared May 1 to be 101.1 WJRR Day. This has come about due to Earthday Birthday becoming the largest single day music event to happen in the entire state of Florida, and also possibly the southeastern United States.
On August 27, 2010, Crash and LT announced that JRR would be dropping the Lex & Terry morning program, as a response to "literally thousands of emails and phone calls" from listeners stating that they would prefer music in the morning. Starting Monday, August 30, 2010, Crash and LT will have the 6-10AM slot. Pat Lynch, former morning show co-host will return to the station for the afternoons in Crash and LT's old 3-8PM slot. Mel Taylor and Dickerman will continue in their current (10AM-3PM and 8PM-12AM, respectively) time slots.
As of 2011
, the station was added to the Nielsen BDS active rock
panel, but still considered alternative rock
despite no classic rock
artists that have not been played by alternative rock
stations. By August 2011, following the flip of Cox Radio
's classic rock
station WHTQ to news-talk as WDBO-FM, WJRR completed the move to active rock
as WJRR is now Orlando's only fulltime rock station; sister station WTKS-FM
airs a classic rock
format on weekends.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
located in Maitland
Maitland, Florida
Maitland is a suburban city in Orange County, Florida, United States, part of the Greater Metro Orlando area. The population was 12,019 at the 2000 census. As of 2006, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 14,172...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
broadcasting to the Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
area. The station mainly airs an Active Rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
playlist.
This station was instrumental in launching the career of Larry the Cable Guy
Larry the Cable Guy
Daniel Lawrence Whitney , better known by his stage name and character Larry the Cable Guy, is an American comedian, actor, and former radio personality....
.
The station also started Earthday Birthday (which is in its 18th year). The event has become the biggest one-day rock festival in the state. The event has generally (and for the last 5+ years) has taken place at Tinker Field, directly next to the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Downtown Orlando. Each year the event brings in around 12 to 15,000 central florida fans and fans from all over the state of Florida. The annual festival usually lasts approximately 12 hours (festivities normally begin around 11 a.m.] Past acts have included bands like Kid Rock
Kid Rock
Robert James "Bob" Ritchie , known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and rapper with five Grammy Awards nominations...
, Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer–songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, record producer, poet, and political activist...
, Three Doors Down, The Offspring
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
, Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
, Mudvayne
Mudvayne
Mudvayne is an American heavy metal band. Their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate visual appearance, which has included face and body paint, masks and uniforms...
, Godsmack
Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
, Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver
Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...
, Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...
, Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin
Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...
, Stone Sour
Stone Sour
Stone Sour is an American rock band from Des Moines, Iowa. Since 2006, the group has been composed of Corey Taylor , Jim Root , Josh Rand, , Shawn Economaki and Roy Mayorga . Original drummer Joel Ekman left the group in 2006...
, Papa Roach
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...
, WRONG, Staind
Staind
Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
and Shinedown
Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...
. WJRR has announced that Earthday Birthday 17 will take place on Saturday, May 1 at Tinker Field
Tinker Field
Tinker Field is a stadium in Orlando, Florida. It is primarily used for baseball, and was the home field of the Orlando Rays minor league baseball team before they moved to Cracker Jack Stadium in 2000...
. Confirmed acts (though subject to change) will include the headliner Korn
Korn
Korn is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The current band line up includes four members: Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, and Ray Luzier. The band was formed as an expansion of L.A.P.D.The band released their first demo album,...
, Papa Roach
Papa Roach
Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...
, Sevendust
Sevendust
Sevendust is an American heavy metal band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 1994 by bassist Vince Hornsby, drummer Morgan Rose and guitarist John Connolly. After their first demo, lead vocalist Lajon Witherspoon and guitarist Clint Lowery joined the group...
, Chevelle
Chevelle
Chevelle is an American alternative metal trio that formed in 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The band was originally composed of two brothers and a local friend: Pete Loeffler , Sam Loeffler , and Matt Scott . Matt was later replaced by brother Joe Loeffler...
, Hellyeah
Hellyeah
Hellyeah is an American heavy metal supergroup, consisting of Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett, Nothingface guitarist Tom Maxwell, Damageplan bassist Bob Zilla, and former Pantera and Damageplan drummer Vinnie Paul. The idea to form a supergroup originated in 2001 on the...
, Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2005, the group's name is derived from classic oriental martial arts cinema. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, guitarist Zoltan Bathory, guitarist Caleb Bingham, bassist Matt Snell,...
, Halestorm
Halestorm
Halestorm is an American rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania. The group's self-titled debut album was released on April 28, 2009 through Atlantic Records.-History:...
, Trivium
Trivium (band)
Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. Signed to Roadrunner Records, the band has released five studio albums, eleven singles, and twelve music videos...
, and Soil.
Technical information
WJRR broadcasts at 95,000 wattWatt
The watt is a derived unit of power in the International System of Units , named after the Scottish engineer James Watt . The unit, defined as one joule per second, measures the rate of energy conversion.-Definition:...
s, and are a Licensed Class C FM Station by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC).
Height above Avg. Terrain 487 meters (1599 ft)
Height above Ground Level 480 meters (1576 ft)
Height above Sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
500 meters (1641 ft)
The antenna pattern is Non-Directional and the transmitter
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which, with the aid of an antenna, produces radio waves. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating...
Location is: 28° 34' 51" N, 81° 04' 32" W, near Bithlo, Florida
Bithlo, Florida
Bithlo is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 4,626 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. For 20 years in the early 20th century, Bithlo was an incorporated...
. The station is on the same two-tower antenna farm along with WWKA
WWKA
WWKA is the callsign of K92FM, a Country radio station in Orlando, Florida. The station is owned by Cox Radio, and has had a country format since 1982. Previous owners include The Outlet Company and New City Communications....
, WMFE
WMFE-FM
WMFE-FM is a public radio station in Orlando, Florida, owned by Community Communications, Inc., the owners of WMFE-TV.The station signed on in 1980 playing a mix of public radio news/talk, jazz, and classical music, the jazz music was dropped in 1983...
, WDBO-FM, WOMX, and WTKS
WTKS-FM
WTKS-FM 104.1 is a FM radio station airing a talk radio format during the work week. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast from Cocoa Beach, Florida , and serves mainly the Orlando and Central Florida areas.Most of the programs are designed to appeal to...
.
History
WJRR began operations in 1962 as classical music station WXBR. The station was renamed WCKS in 1976 and adopted a Top 40/CHRContemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
format as "CK101." In 1984 the station picked up the WDOQ calls after they were dropped by 101.9 FM
WJHM
WJHM is a radio station that is licensed to Daytona Beach but primarily serves the Orlando and Space Coast areas of Central Florida. It is owned by CBS Radio. It was a urban-leaning rhythmic contemporary hit station with a playlist consisting of a heavy-emphasis on hip-hop and R&B...
in Daytona Beach and the format was changed to rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
, then to adult contemporary shortly afterward. 101.1 FM adopted the new calls WSTF in 1985 and became known as Sunny 101 and later Star 101, continuing with an adult contemporary format. After a brief stint as WVRI "Variety 101" in the early 1990s, the current WJRR calls and rock format were adopted in 1993 as 101.1 WJRR.
WOCL
WOCL is a radio station broadcasting in Orlando, Florida. The station airs a Classic hits format, focusing on music from 1964-1989 with the core being the 1970s. It is similar to the format used by sister station WCBS-FM in New York...
, WJRR shifted to its current modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
format from active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
and changed its moniker to "Real Rock 101-One".
In January 2008, WJRR dropped the "Real Rock" moniker and reverted back to 101one WJRR, The Rock Station, just when rival WOCL
WOCL
WOCL is a radio station broadcasting in Orlando, Florida. The station airs a Classic hits format, focusing on music from 1964-1989 with the core being the 1970s. It is similar to the format used by sister station WCBS-FM in New York...
became its current classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format.
On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WJRR is one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. Until it is sold, WJRR and other stations to be sold will be placed into the Aloha Stations Trust
Aloha Station Trust, LLC
Aloha Station Trust, LLC is a privately owned trust company that owns radio and television stations previously owned by Clear Channel Communications....
. In December 2008, Clear Channel took back WJRR after Arbitron
Arbitron
Arbitron is a consumer research company in the United States that collects listener data on radio audiences. It was founded as American Research Bureau by Jim Seiler in 1949 and became national by merging with L.A. based Coffin, Cooper and Clay in the early 1950s...
reassigned the station to the Brevard County market.
The syndicated Lex & Terry program was picked up in April 2008. Mel Taylor from WOCL is now the morning show producer and mid-day talent followed by market vet Crash in afternoons. Crash is joined by LT for news and entertainment each afternoon. Rick Everett who has been with the station since 1997 was named PD in October 2007.
Alumni include Ron & Ron, Pat Lynch and Taco Bob, Buckethead, Larry The Cable Guy, Mark Samansky, Sideshow Dan, Dick Sheetz, Fish, Just Plain Mark.
On May 1, 2010; during the 17th Annual Earthday Birthday event it was announced that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has declared May 1 to be 101.1 WJRR Day. This has come about due to Earthday Birthday becoming the largest single day music event to happen in the entire state of Florida, and also possibly the southeastern United States.
On August 27, 2010, Crash and LT announced that JRR would be dropping the Lex & Terry morning program, as a response to "literally thousands of emails and phone calls" from listeners stating that they would prefer music in the morning. Starting Monday, August 30, 2010, Crash and LT will have the 6-10AM slot. Pat Lynch, former morning show co-host will return to the station for the afternoons in Crash and LT's old 3-8PM slot. Mel Taylor and Dickerman will continue in their current (10AM-3PM and 8PM-12AM, respectively) time slots.
As of 2011
2011 in radio
The following events occurred in radio broadcasting in 2011.-Events:*January 1: 2 Knoxville stations change formats as WDLF and WYLV flip to K-LOVE and Air 1 , and a few Pittsburgh station change formats, as ESPN Radio moves from WEAE to WBGG, and Radio Disney moves from WWCS to the renamed WDDZ,...
, the station was added to the Nielsen BDS active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
panel, but still considered alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
despite no classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
artists that have not been played by alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
stations. By August 2011, following the flip of Cox Radio
Cox Radio
Cox Radio, Inc. is a division of Cox Enterprises that holds a number of radio stations. Cox Radio is headquartered at 6205 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, Georgia....
's classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
station WHTQ to news-talk as WDBO-FM, WJRR completed the move to active rock
Active rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...
as WJRR is now Orlando's only fulltime rock station; sister station WTKS-FM
WTKS-FM
WTKS-FM 104.1 is a FM radio station airing a talk radio format during the work week. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast from Cocoa Beach, Florida , and serves mainly the Orlando and Central Florida areas.Most of the programs are designed to appeal to...
airs a classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
format on weekends.