Signed-on Sunday, May 14, 2007. Took the original call letters "WRIH" on March 7, 2005. Original CP (construction permit) granted on February 18, 2005. AFA has over 100 full-power, translator and affiliate stations around the country, four in VA, with most relaying "American Family Radio" WAFR/88.3 Tupelo MS.

A little background info on AFR... In 1987, American Family Association President Don Wildmon wanted to use satellite and the latest technology at the time to build hundreds of American Family Radio stations across America. Wildmon wanted to use these radio stations to inform Christians about what is happening. Reading 'Broadcasting' magazine in 1987, Wildmon ran across an article stating that the Federal Communications Commission would allow non-commercial FM stations to deliver their signal to local communities via satellite. He realized the vast potential and relative economic costs of such a system, AFA filed for a station in their hometown of Tupelo MS. It took four years to get a CP (construction permit) the FCC to construct the station. It was necessary this station before a signal could be transmitted to satellite. The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, the group which is responsible for state funded radio stations, tried to block AFA from getting the station. MATA didn't want to build a station themselves, they simply didn't want AFA to be able to build the station for which AFA had applied. Four years later in February 1991, AFA received permission to build their station - WAFR. The station went on the air in August of that year. In February 1993, the first translator station went on the air in Jackson TN. Gradually the number of stations began to grow. AFR has built more stations in a shorter time than any other broadcaster in the history of broadcasting. In 1995, AFA begin their news department. AFR's schedule contains about 70% music and 30% talk. Musically, AFR is light contemporary with a mixture of older songs.

Dumped the 80's Hits formatted "My 80s" on WRVQ-HD2 for New CHR "Hot Spot" at 2 p.m. on 1/22/2008 with Loverboy's "When It's Over" as the last track heard on My 80's and "Wanna Be Startin' Something" by Akon/Michael Jackson as the first on Hot Spot.

Doubled the music library of locally programmed 80's Hits on WRVQ-HD2 early 4/2007 with a station name change from "The Cube" to "My 80's." Started broadcasting digitally with iBiquity's HD Radio™ technology around 10 a.m. on 6/18/05 and started its HD2 channel in late 10/2006 as 80s Hits "The Cube." A longtime Top 40/CHR format. Focused on more mainstream CHR (less Hip-Hop and R&B), dropped "Today's Hit Music..." for "All The Hits...," and brought back the Q Morning Zoo all on May 3, 2004. Studios on Basie Road in Richmond. WRVQ dates back to 1948 when it was WRVB. For a while 94.5 also sported the WRVA calls. 94.5 was WRVA-FM and in the 60's & early 70's it simulcasted with WRVA-AM from 5:30a to 7p and then played automated country until signing off at midnight. On weekends it would sign on at 6A and play automated country until 2a. (All in mono).

Announced in early 2/2007 the sale from Radio Assist Ministry to Liberty University. 20 translators were to be sold by Radio Assist Ministry/Edgewater Broadcasting to Liberty U for $260,000. All translators were valued at $15,000 each with one exception -- W235AI/Richmond -- valued at $25,000. Came on the air in mid-1/2007 relaying American Family Association's AFR (American Family Radio) WBKU/91.7 Ahoskie NC. Original CP (Construction Permit) granted on 1/8/2004. Radio Assist Ministry is one of several companies owned by CSN International. Their antenna is located just east of the University of Richmond.

A crane arrived in the morning of March 15, 2007 to hoist the new broadcast antenna and mast in the air onto the roof of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s Frederic A Fay Towers (1202 North First Street) approximately 1.7 miles from WRIR’s operating facility at 1621 West Broad St. The new signal was tested for two weeks before becoming the permanent signal for WRIR/97.3

Original CP granted on July 1, 2003. Took WRIR-LP calls on 8/1/03. Renamed "Richmond Indie Radio" on 1/1/2004 from "Radio Free Richmond." Signed-on July 2004.

WMXB dumped the "Soft & Contemporary" format it had been running for months for Hot AC -- "The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s and Today" in mid-4/2007 but still as "Mix 103-7." The station was jockless for 30 days with no talk (but commercials) including the morning show. The "Jack and Jen in the Morning" show returned 5/14/2007.

The first station in the Cox Radio cluster (WKHK/95.3, WKLR/96.5, WDYL/101.1, WMXB/103.7) to go digital. Dumped the Hot AC format as "B103" at 12 midnight on 3/22/2004 for Soft AC. The last songs heard on B103 were "Goodbye To You" by Michelle Branch and "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by R.E.M. The new Mix 103-7 kicked off with "A New Day Has Come" by Celine Dion.

Their current studios are on Moorefield Park Drive in Richmond. 103.7 started out in 1961 as WFMV 'Fine Music in Virginia,' with 10,000 watts operated by Professional Broadcasting, Inc. They were the first stereophonic station in Virginia. Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Company bought the station in 1964 and moved it to their 5001 West Broad Street headquarters. Jess Duboy was contracted to staff the station. His connection was that he managed Sergeant and Major Reynolds AM station, WGOE (1590); the Reynolds brothers were on the board of Fidelity Bankers Life. He brought in youthful button-pushers and contracted with the legendary Carl Stutz and Frank Batters (Brooks) to record voice tracks. Tired of financial losses, the insurance company sold the station to Ben Thomas, a manufactured housing magnate from Greencastle, Pennsylvania, who moved the station into two trailers, bearing his marquee, at the transmitter site in the woods (which was inaccessible during wet or snowy weather except on foot). Thomas wanted to flip the station religious, but unknown to him the staff, then led by C. G. Massie, Jr. (Bill) continued the classical music format, instead. Thomas's finances became somewhat embarrassed and he sold the station to EZ Communications of Northern Virginia for about $50,000 in stock in 1969 or 1970. Fearing loss of Richmond's only classical voice, a group of loyal listeners then formed the 'Save Fine Music' committee which lobbied EZ Communications to keep the classical format for another year or until arrangements could be made with Union Theological Seminary to upgrade their station, WRFK, to full-time with the WFMV format on 106.5. This worked out and 103.7 became WEZS-FM, a very profitable station under the management of Connie Golden. The WFMV library was donated to WRFK. Grete Dollitz's program, 'An Hour With the Guitar,' was originally on WFMV and, after more than 30 years, is still heard on WCVE-FM. In the mid 80s, Richmond's number one station at that time in the 25-54 demo, as well as ranking usually top 3 (12+ demo) was EZ Communications' "EZ104" WEZS.