WRIC-FM

Not to be confused with television station WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia.

WRIC-FM is a hot adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richlands, Virginia, serving the Richlands/Grundy/Lebanon area. WRIC-FM is owned and operated by RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.^[2]

WRIC-FM

Richlands, Virginia
Broadcast area	Richlands, Virginia Grundy, Virginia Lebanon, Virginia
Frequency	97.7 MHz
Branding	Star★FM 959 & 977
Programming
Format	Hot adult contemporary
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner	RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WSTG
History
First air date	1991
Call sign meaning	Richlands
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	12044
Class	C3
ERP	3,200 watts
HAAT	229 meters (751 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°9′4.0″N 81°53′56.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WRIC-FM Webstream
Website	WRIC-FM Online

History

Logo used by WRIC-FM until April 2009

WRIC-FM was originally on 100.7 FM, but switched frequencies with sister station WMJD in Grundy, Virginia, in 2005.

The WRIC calls were originally parked at AM 540 in Richlands, now WGTH.

In April 2009, WRIC-FM began simulcasting WSTG, located in Princeton, West Virginia, which carries a hot adult contemporary format. Around the same time, WRIC-FM's ownership changed from Peggy Sue Broadcasting Corporation to RR & WT Broadcasting, Inc.