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WUSH is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Poquoson, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads and Northeastern North Carolina. The station is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WUSH Facility Record )〕 ==History== WUSH originally signed on the air in 2001 as WEXM in Exmore, Virginia on the Eastern Shore. It used to simulcast 93.7 WKOC (later WKCK) in Chesapeake, VA which would last until early 2004, when the FCC granted them the green light to move the signal to a transmitter site in Hampton, VA despite objections by Saga Communications, who filed a petition to keep Sinclair from making the signal move-in official (which the FCC later denied). WEXM briefly had the WKOC calls from December 2003 to February 2004. This frequency was also home to Sinclair's translator for Alternative rock music outlet WROX-FM. In 1995, they fired up the translator which was to help eliminate signal dropout in the downtown area on 96.1. The on-air positioning statement was "106-1 Downtown, 96-1 All Around - 96X." Tidewater Communications, which owned rocker 'FM99' WNOR and '106.9 The Fox' WAFX at the time, filed a petition with the FCC to deny WROX a construction permit. WROX also had a petition to the FCC, which collected more than 3,000 signatures from listeners requesting 96X be granted the go-ahead, which it was by the FCC. The translator signed-off on March 7, 2004. On March 7, 2004, the 106.1 signal would debut as Adult Hits WPYA "106.1 Bob-FM".〔 This format was very popular with listeners, and fared much better than sister station WKCK (now WPYA)'s Country format. The two stations swapped signals and formats and became "Kick 106" on September 23, 2004.〔 That would last until February 2, 2005, when the format, which never had high ratings, was dropped and the station began stunting with Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" for two days straight. The Top 40/CHR format known as WZNR, "The Zone @ 106.1,"〔 debuted on February 4, with Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" being the first song. The station was hoping to fill the market's Mainstream Top 40 void that was left open by WNVZ in 1993 by giving listeners "All The Hits, Not Just Some Of Them." The station also carried the syndicated morning show, "The Playhouse", which is based out of Portland, Oregon (the reasoning behind this was most likely that the show's host (PK)'s hometown was Norfolk). Even though the format was well received in the area, the station had low ratings. On September 21, 2006, at 12:04 pm (ET), WZNR exited the "Zone" by segueing from the All-American Rejects' "''Move Along''" to an introduction to the new "Energy 106.1, Music That Makes You Move" followed by its first song in the new format, Bob Sinclar's "''Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)''." WNRJ's format, branding and logo are also extremely similar to that of (Alan Burns' ) Movin' format. Although this station was billing themselves as a "Rhythmic Hot AC," WNRJ was expected to lean slightly towards a Dance direction (as evidenced by the Sinclar track they launched with). In January 2007, Energy's playlist began to shift towards Rhythmic Contemporary by incorporating more current R&B/Hip-Hop product into the mix and lessening on Dance and Old School tracks as a way to boost ratings and because of WWHV's flip from Urban to Sports (now WXTG). During this time, the station was still suffering from dismal numbers in the Arbitron ratings. On August 27, at Midnight (ET), Energy shifted formats to Adult Top 40, with the current Hot AC Pop/Rock fare mixed in with some of the Rhythmic crossovers that were held over from the previous format. At the same time, the station dismissed their entire air staff. The Rhythmic AC format would later return to Hampton Roads in March 2011, when WKUS dropped its simulcast of WKSA to become "MOViN 107.7". Unlike Energy, MOViN concentrates on more classic dance, hip-hop, and R&B tracks, as well as playing very few currents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WUSH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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