WZZI
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WVMP is an Adult Album Alternative
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Vinton, Virginia
, serving Metro Roanoke
. WVMP is owned and operated by Centennial Broadcasting.
station for Roanoke along with WJLM and WYYD
. On September 18, 1995, WAJB switched its callsign to WZZI. The station was sold and switched to modern rock
in 1999, separating itself from mainly classic rock
WROV-FM and WBRW
in Blacksburg. On February 9, 2004, the station became an oldies
station calling itself Oldies 101.5 and later, in November 2004, the station was sold and started calling itself Bob FM. The station performed marginally along with 97.9 in Lynchburg, and in 2006 the new owners attempted a broader-based rock format similar to WWWV
in Charlottesville
and WNOR in Norfolk
. Om October 12, 2009, WZZI became WVMP with an Adult Album Alternative format as "101.5 The Music Place".
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
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 Vinton, Virginia
Vinton, Virginia
Vinton is a town in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,782 at the 2000 census. It hosted teams by three names in the ECHL in a custom built facility known as the LancerLot; after the roof collapsed during the Blizzard of 1993, the franchise moved to the Roanoke Civic...
, serving Metro Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
. WVMP is owned and operated by Centennial Broadcasting.
History
The station was first launched on October 14, 1994 with the callsign WAJB, which began broadcasting as Real Country 101.5, providing a third country musicCountry music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
station for Roanoke along with WJLM and WYYD
WYYD
WYYD is a country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, serving Roanoke, Lynchburg, Bedford, and Lexington. WYYD is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
. On September 18, 1995, WAJB switched its callsign to WZZI. The station was sold and switched to modern rock
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
in 1999, separating itself from mainly 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...
WROV-FM and WBRW
WBRW
WBRW is an Active Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WBRW is owned and operated by Cumulus Media.-External links:*...
in Blacksburg. On February 9, 2004, the station became an oldies
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....
station calling itself Oldies 101.5 and later, in November 2004, the station was sold and started calling itself Bob FM. The station performed marginally along with 97.9 in Lynchburg, and in 2006 the new owners attempted a broader-based rock format similar to WWWV
WWWV
WWWV is an Active Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, and serves Central Virginia and the Central Shenandoah Valley...
in 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 WNOR in Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
. Om October 12, 2009, WZZI became WVMP with an Adult Album Alternative format as "101.5 The Music Place".