WYCR

WYCR (98.5 FM, "Rocky 98.5") is a commercial radio station that is licensed to serve York and Hanover, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Forever Media, through licensee FM Radio Licenses, LLC, and broadcasts a classic rock format. Its broadcast tower is located near Hanover at (39°51′26.0″N 76°56′53.0″W).^[2]

WYCR

York–Hanover, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	South Central Pennsylvania
Frequency	98.5 MHz
Branding	Rocky 98.5
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Ownership
Owner	Forever Media (FM Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WGET WGTY WHVR WPPY WRKY
History
First air date	1962
Former call signs	WHVR-FM (1960–1962)
Call sign meaning	"W"e Are "Y"ork "C"ity's Hit Music "R"adio!
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54608
Class	B
ERP	10,500 watts
HAAT	283 meters (928 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°51′26.4″N 76°56′52.9″W
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcast
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.foreveryork.com/rocky-98-5/

WYCR programming is simulcast on sister station WRKY and WRKY's translator on 92.5 MHz in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.^[3]

WYCR airs Nights with Alice Cooper on weekdays and The House of Hair with Dee Snider on Saturdays.^[4]

History

The Federal Communications Commission granted Radio Hanover, Inc. a construction permit for the station on June 15, 1960, with the WHVR-FM call sign.^[5] The station was granted its first license on December 27, 1962, by which time the call sign had been changed to WYCR.^[5]

"98.5 The Peak" logo

On December 14, 2004, the station changed formats from contemporary hit radio (CHR) to classic hits, and switched branding from "98YCR" to "98.5 The Peak".^[6][7]

On March 1, 2016, Radio Hanover Inc. sold WYCR (and WHVR) to Forever Media for $2.6 million.^[8] The new owner changed WYCR's format to classic rock and re-branded the station as "Rocky 98.5" on April 25, 2016.^[9]

Following the completion of Forever Media's purchase of WONN-FM, WLPA and WLPA's translator on October 15, 2021, WLPA and its translator began a simulcast of WYCR programming.^[3] WLPA’s call sign was subsequently changed to WRKY effective November 1, 2021.

Simulcast

One AM station simulcasts the programming of WYCR:

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID	Power W	Class	Transmitter coordinates
WRKY	1490 AM	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	25870	600	C	40°03′38.35″N 76°18′5.0″W

Signal note

WYCR is short-spaced to two other Class B stations:

WKRZ 98.5 KRZ (licensed to serve Freeland, Pennsylvania) operates on the same channel as WYCR and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 110 miles as determined by FCC rules.^[10] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.^[11]

WMZQ-FM 98.7 WMZQ (licensed to serve Washington, D.C.) operates on 98.7 MHz, a first adjacent channel to WYCR, and the distance between the stations' transmitters is 68 miles as determined by FCC rules.^[10] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on first adjacent channels according to current FCC rules is 105 miles.^[11]