area worcester massachusetts branding 98.9 nash icon frequency 98.9 mhz first air date april 8 1994 1994 04 08 as wxxw format country erp 1 870 watts haat 125 meters class a facility id 50231 transmitter coordinates 42 2 11.00 n 71 59 22.00 w 42.0363889 n 71.9894444 w 42.0363889 ; 71.9894444 worc fm callsign meaning former fm sister station of worc former callsigns wxxw 1994 1998 owner cumulus media radio license holding cbc llc sister stations wwfx wxlo webcast listen live website www.orcfm.com worc fm is a radio station serving worcester county and most of eastern massachusetts with a country music format . it broadcasts on 98.9 mhz and is under ownership of cumulus media . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 previous logo 4 references 5 external links history edit the station signed on april 8 1994 as wxxw though it did not formally launch its initial format a blend of hot talk and oldies until april 11 in the interim the station stunted by continuously playing bob seger s old time rock and roll . 1 following original owner alan okun s death on december 31 1996 2 the station along with am sister station wgfp was sold to bengal atlantic communications in 1997 3 who in turn sold them to chowder broadcasting soon afterward . 4 chowder switched wxxw to a classic rock format in 1998 ; 5 this was followed by a call change to worc fm reflecting its newly common ownership with worc that september . 6 montachusett broadcasting owner of wxlo acquired worc fm in 1999 ; 7 several months later the stations were sold to citadel broadcasting . 8 citadel subsequently acquired competing classic rock station wwfx and as a result reverted worc fm to oldies this time on a full time basis on may 26 2000 . 9 citadel merged with cumulus media on september 16 2011 . 10 on october 31 2014 at 10 am worc fm changed their format to country branded as nash icon . 11 programming edit worc fm used to broadcast american top 40 the 70s with casey kasem on saturdays at 7 a.m. and sundays at 7 p.m. 12 previous logo edit references edit fybush scott d. april 12 1994 . new england radio watch . rec.radio.broadcasting google groups . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott january 8 1997 . wrko shakeup . new england radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott july 24 1997 . remembering walt dibble . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott march 5 1998 . loss of two legends . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott may 20 1998 . north country changes . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott september 4 1998 . one shoe drops in maine ... . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott april 30 1999 . fuller jeffrey sells out . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott december 10 1999 . john otto dies at 70 . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . fybush scott june 9 2000 . laquidara says aloha . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 3 2010 . cumulus now owns citadel broadcasting . atlanta business journal . september 16 2011 . retrieved september 16 2011 . nash icon enters worcester http www.oldies989.com showdj.asp djid 50004 external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for worc radio locator information on worc query nielsen audio s fm station database for worc v t e radio stations in the worcester massachusetts market by am frequency 580 760 830 940 970 1230 1310 1440 1490 by fm frequency 88.1 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.9 94.9 96.1 98.9 100.1 104.5 107.3 by callsign w235av waaf wbpr wchc wcrn wcuw weso wgfp wicn wmrc wneb worc worc fm wsrs wtag wvei wvne wwfx wxlo wyqq nearby radio markets boston hartford new britain middletown manchester providence springfield see also list of radio stations in massachusetts v t e country radio stations in the state of massachusetts by frequency 940 95.3 98.1 98.9 100.9 101.7 102.5 103.9 by callsign wbwl wctk wgfp wklb fm wkpe fm worc fm wpvq wrnx by community of license amherst greenfield lynn new bedford south yarmouth waltham webster webster see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in massachusetts v t e cumulus media am radio stations kaay kabc kaok karn kbed kbgg kboi kcmo kcsf kcub kesp kfay kfnz kfru kgo kikr kkat kkob kkoh klif klik kmaj kmj knbr knek knml knsh kpur kpzk krmd kruz kscr ksfo ktbl ktck ktct ktik ktop ktuc kugn kven kvor kwpn kxzz kyng waav wabc walg wapi warm ways wbap wbbf wbbw wbmq wcoa wduz wfas wfnc wfnr wftw wgld wgoc wgok wgow wgpc whbt whgb whld whll whsc wibr wicc wiov wisw wjbc wjcw wjlg wjox wjr wjrw wklq wky wlby wls wlti wlwi wlzr wmac wmal wmsp wnam wnml wosh wpic wpro wprv wrad wrie wsba wsko wsom wsso wtka wtma wtod wtrx wump wvel wvlk wvnn wwck wxlm wxok wxqw wxsm wymb wynn fm radio stations k279bi kamo fm karn fm karx katc fm katm katt fm kayd fm kbbm kbbq fm kbby fm kbcy kbee kber kbiu kbul fm kbxr kbzu kcdd kcfx 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