WZGN
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| City | Crozet, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
| Branding | "Generations 102.3" |
| Slogan | "Music for Your Generation" |
| Frequency | 102.3 MHz |
| First air date | September 1980 |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| ERP | 4,900 Watts |
| HAAT | 108 Meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 11672 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°4′47.0″N 78°44′22.0″W / 38.079722°N 78.739444°W |
| Callsign meaning | W Z GeNerations |
| Former callsigns | WCMZ-FM (1980-1983) WPED-FM (1983-1985) WJLT (1985-1988) WJLT-FM (1988-1990) WCYK-FM (1990-1996) WVAO-FM (1996-2001) WFFX (2001-2003) WSUH (2003-2007) |
| Owner | Monticello Media |
| Sister stations | WCHV, WCHV-FM, WCYK, WHTE, WKAV |
| Webcast | WZGN Webstream |
| Website | WZGN Online |
WZGN (102.3 FM) is a Classic Hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Crozet, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WZGN is owned and operated by Monticello Media.
W. Edward "Mac" McClenahan, the owner of WPED Crozet (810 kHz) since 1974, was awarded a construction permit for what would become WCMZ-FM on November 20, 1979. The station went on the air in September 1980; together the AM-FM pair were known as the "Country Twins" and produced a locally-originated country music format from studios on Hilltop Street in Crozet. Both stations were purchased in 1981 by Elting Enterprises of New York. Elting changed the FM station's callsign to WPED-FM in June 1983.
The simulcast was split in September 1985, as the newly renamed WJLT flipped to adult contemporary as "Light 102.3", with WPED continuing the country music. A translator in downtown Charlottesville was added during this time. The AM station rejoined the pairing in early 1988, taking the WJLT callsign while the FM station adjusted to WJLT-FM.
Elting sold the two stations to Dale and Calvin High's High Communications of Lancaster, Pennsylvania in July 1989. This was followed quickly in January 1990 by a flip back to country as the first incarnation of WCYK-FM, while the AM station took the WCYK callsign.
The newly formed Clark Broadcasting Corporation purchased the two stations at the end of 1993. Clark also purchased the higher-powered WANV-FM (99.7 MHz), licensed to Staunton, but with a signal large enough for local-grade coverage of Staunton, Harrisonburg and Charlottesville.
In 1996, 99.7 MHz and 102.3 MHz swapped formats and callsigns, with 102.3 MHz flipping to oldies and the WVAO-FM callsign, and the more popular country format and WCYK-FM callsign moving to the better-signaled 99.7 MHz facility, where it remains today. The AM station kept the WCYK callsign and continued relaying the new WCYK-FM.
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