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WJRR is a commercial radio station located in Maitland, Florida, broadcasting to the Orlando, Florida area on 101.1 FM. WJRR mainly airs a modern rock playlist. This station was instrumental in launching the career of Larry the Cable Guy. The station also started Earthday Birthday (which is in its 16th year). The event has become the biggest one-day rock festival in the state. The event has generally (and for the last 5+ years) has taken place at Tinker Field, directly next to the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Downtown Orlando. Each year the event brings in around 12 to 15,000 central florida fans and fans from all over the state of Florida. The annual festival usually lasts approximately 12 hours (festivities normally begin around 11 a.m.] Past acts have included bands like Kid Rock, Serj Tankian, Three Doors Down, Offspring, Rob Zombie, Mudvayne, Godsmack, Velvet Revolver, Sevendust, Breaking Benjamin, Stone Sour, Papa Roach, Staind and Shinedown. WJRR has announced that Earthday Birthday Sweet 16 will take place on Saturday, April 25 at Tinker Field. Confirmed acts (though subject to change) will included the headliner 311, Chevelle, Static X, All That Remains, Cold, Hed PE, Candlebox and Pop Evil. [edit] Technical informationWJRR broadcasts at 95,000 watts, and are a Licensed Class C FM Station by the FCC. Height above Avg. Terrain 487 meters (1599 ft) Height above Ground Level 480 meters (1576 ft) Height above Sea level 500 meters (1641 ft) The antenna pattern is Non-Directional and the transmitter Location is: 28° 34' 51" N, 81° 04' 32" W, near Bithlo, Florida. The station is on the same two-tower antenna farm along with WWKA, WMFE, WHTQ, WOMX, and WTKS. [edit] HistoryWJRR began operations in 1962 as classical music station WXBR. The station was renamed WCKS in 1976 and adopted a Top 40/CHR format as "CK101." In 1984 the station picked up the WDOQ calls after they were dropped by 101.9 FM in Daytona Beach and the format was changed to rock, then to adult contemporary shortly afterward. 101.1 FM adopted the new calls WSTF in 1985 and became known as Sunny 101 and later Star 101, continuing with an adult contemporary format. After a brief stint as WVRI "Variety 101" in the early 1990s, the current WJRR calls and rock format were adopted in 1993 as 101.1 WJRR.  In 2002, to compete up against former rocker WOCL, WJRR shifted to its current alternative rock format and changed its moniker to "Real Rock 101-One". In January, 2008 WJRR dropped the "Real Rock" moniker and reverted back to 101one WJRR, The Rock Station. On January 25, 2008, it was announced that WJRR is one of several Clear Channel radio stations to be sold, in order to remain under the ownership caps following the sale of Clear Channel to private investors. Until it is sold, WJRR and other stations to be sold will be placed into the Aloha Stations Trust. ([1], [2]) In December 2008, Clear Channel took back WJRR after Arbitron reassigned the station to the Brevard County market. The syndicated Lex & Terry program was picked up in April 2008. Mel Taylor from WOCL is now the morning show producer and mid-day talent followed by market vet Crash in afternoons. Crash is joined by LT for news and entertainment each afternoon. Rick Everett who has been with the station since 1997 was named PD in October of 2007. Alumni include Ron & Ron, Pat Lynch and Taco Bob, Buckethead, Larry The Cable Guy, Mark Samansky, Sideshow Dan, Dick Sheetz. [edit] External links
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