WMVN (FM)

WMVN
City	Sylvan Beach, New York
Broadcast area	Syracuse metropolitan area Utica-Rome metropolitan area
Branding	96.5/100.3 The Beat
Slogan	The New Beat of Syracuse
Frequency	100.3 MHz
Repeater(s)	96.5 W243AB (Syracuse)
First air date	2001 (as WBGJ)
Format	Rhythmic Contemporary
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	85534
Callsign meaning	MoViN' (previous format)
Former callsigns	WBGJ (1998-2006) WWLF-FM (2006-2009) WMVU (9/2009-12/2009)
Owner	Craig Fox (51%) (WOLF Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WNDR, WOLF, WCIO (WCIS-FM simulcast)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	965thebeat.com

WMVN (100.3 FM, "96.5/100.3 The Beat") is a Rhythmic contemporary radio station serving the Syracuse and a part of the Utica-Rome market. WMVN (licensed to Sylvan Beach, New York) operates at 100.3 MHz on the FM dial. A separate translator, W243AB, serves the city of Syracuse, New York on the 96.5 frequency (hence the "96.5/100.3 The Beat" branding). The station is located at 401 West Kirkpatrick St, in Syracuse, NY.

History

WMVN and WMVU, which previously simulcast WOLF/WWLF as Radio Disney, flipped formats on December 6, 2006. Both comprise the tenth station to adopt the MOViN' format. The AM stations continued to carry Radio Disney programming through 2014. The station has contained some big name radio stars such as Dick Clark, Don Bombard (Bob Shannon) of WCBS FM New York, Rick Gary (formerly of WSYR-TV SYRACUSE), and Ron Bee (B104.7FM)

Prior to August 2009, the stations held the call signs WOLF-FM (96.7) and WWLF-FM (100.3). This ended when sister station FM 105.1 in De Ruyter adopted a country music format known as "The Wolf" and took the call letters for itself. The WMVN call sign had been available since January 2009, when the current WXOS in St. Louis, Missouri abandoned the Movin' format and thus the call sign.

On November 30, 2009, WMVU and WMVN (the WMVN calls moving to 100.3) split their simulcast, with 96.7 flipping to country, simulcasting WOLF-FM 105.1 FM DeRuyter, NY, with new calls WWLF-FM.

WMVN is the first station with the Movin' brand that is located east of the Mississippi River.

On November 9, 2016, WMVN began stunting with the sound of a heartbeat and liners promoting a change at 4 p.m. on that date. At that time, WMVN flipped to Rhythmic CHR as "96.5/100.3 The Beat". The first song on "The Beat" was "No Problem" by Chance The Rapper. Much of the newer music in WMVN's playlist as "Movin'" remained with the transition to "The Beat."^[1]^[2]

Previous Logo

References

↑ WMVN Syracuse Flips to Rhythmic CHR The Beat Radioinsight - November 9, 2016
↑ Movin 100.3/96.5 Becomes The Beat

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMVN

Radio-Locator information on WMVN

Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York market

By AM frequency	570 620 1050 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1570

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.7 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.9

By callsign	W231CS W237AY W243AB W249BC W252AC W254CI W256AC W267AL W278AH WAER WAQX-FM WBBS WBXL WCIO WCIS-FM WCIT-FM WCNY-FM WERW WFBL WFRG WGKV WHEN WIII WJPZ-FM WKLL WKRH WKRL-FM WKVU WLZW WMHR WMVN WMVQ WNDR WNTQ WNYO WOLF WOLF-FM WOSW WRVD WRVO WSCP WSEN WSEN-FM WSGO WSIV WSKO WSYR WSYR-FM WTKV WTKW WTLA WTMI WUMX WWHT-FM WXTL WYYY WZUN

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (WVOA-LP/Ind)

Radio stations in the Utica–Rome, New York market

By AM frequency	570 950 1230 1310 1350 1420 1450

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.7 93.5 94.9 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.7 100.3 100.7 101.9 102.5 103.5 104.3 105.5 107.3

By callsign	W201BS W238CA WARW WBGK WFRG-FM WHCL-FM WHIH-LP WHMV-LP WIBX WIXT WJIV WKAL WKLL WKVU WLZW WMVN WNRS WODZ-FM WOPG-FM WOUR WPNR-FM WQBJ WRNY WRUN WRVN WSKS WSKU WSYR WTLB WUMX WUNY WUTQ-FM WVHC WXLB WXUR

Defunct stations	1150 WUTI 1480 WADR 1550 WUSP

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga See also List of radio stations in New York

Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of New York

By frequency	89.1 94.7 96.1 96.3 97.1 100.3 103.5 106.7

By callsign	WAJZ WJPZ WKGS WKTU WMVN WPKF WQHT WYUL

By city	Chateaugay Irondequoit Lake Success New York Poughkeepsie Sylvan Beach Syracuse Voorheesville

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Broadcasting stations owned by Craig Fox

All in New York state

Cram Communications, LLC (80%; Samuel J. Furco 20%)	East Syracuse WSIV Fulton WOSW

Foxfur Communications, LLC (80%; Samuel J. Furco 20%)	Camillus W252AC

Metro TV, Inc. (88%)	Rochester WHSH-LP Syracuse WBLZ-LP WVOA-LP WWLF-LP

Renard Communications Corp. (100%)	DeWitt WIXT-CD Mexico WSEN-FM Moravia WMBO-LP Syracuse WONO-CA WNNY-LP WTVU-CD WHSU-CD

Squirrel Broadcasting, LLC (50%)	Rochester WAWW-LP

WOLF Radio, Inc. (91%)	Auburn WNDR Baldwinsville WOLF-FM Sylvan Beach WMVN Syracuse WOLF (AM)

Coordinates: 43°14′46″N 75°46′24″W / 43.2462°N 75.7732°W / 43.2462; -75.7732

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