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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	"York City Radio"
Technical information
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 / 39.857333°N 76.948028°W
Repeater(s)	See § Simulcast
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.foreveryork.com/rocky-98-5/

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 / 39.857222°N 76.948056°W / 39.857222; -76.948056).^[2]

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]

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 / 40.0606528°N 76.301389°W / 40.0606528; -76.301389 (WRKY)

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]