WZGN
Encyclopedia
WZGN is an Oldies
/Classic rock
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Crozet, Virginia
, serving Charlottesville
and Albemarle County, Virginia
. WZGN is owned and operated by Monticello Media.
On July 10, 2007, VARTV.com reported that Kalil and Company Inc announced that it brokered a deal for Clear Channel to sell its entire Charlottesville cluster to George Reed's Sistema 102 LLC for $7.75 Million. Sistema 102 LLC changed its name to Monticello Media on September 1, 2007.
On November 26, 2007, WSUH changed its call sign to WZGN to reflect its new format and branding.
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
/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...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
radio station
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...
licensed to Crozet, Virginia
Crozet, Virginia
Crozet is a census-designated place in Albemarle County in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is situated along the I-64 corridor approximately west of Charlottesville and east of Staunton. Originally called "Wayland's Crossing", it was renamed in 1870 in honor of Colonel Claudius Crozet, the...
, serving Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville is an independent city geographically surrounded by but separate from Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of King George III of the United Kingdom.The official population estimate for...
and Albemarle County, Virginia
Albemarle County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 79,236 people, 31,876 households, and 21,070 families residing in the county. The population density was 110 people per square mile . There were 33,720 housing units at an average density of 47 per square mile...
. WZGN is owned and operated by Monticello Media.
History
The station was originally put on the air in 1982 by the owner of WPED-AM, McClanahan Broadcasting. It simulcast that station's programming, which was a country format originating from studios at the end of Hilltop Street in Crozet. The stations were known as the "Country Twins" at the time. Both stations were purchased in 1983 by Elting Enterprises of New York; the format did not change.Sale
Format Flip
WZGN, then known as WSUH, changed to a less rigid "era based" Oldies and Classic Rock under the name "Generations 102.3 & 94.1" to go along with their slogan, "Music for Your Generation".On November 26, 2007, WSUH changed its call sign to WZGN to reflect its new format and branding.