WNVZ

WNVZ

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Broadcast area	Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Frequency	104.5 (MHz) (HD Radio)
Branding	"Z104"
Programming
Format	Rhythmic Top 40
Ownership
Owner	Entercom
History
First air date	1967
Call sign meaning	We're Norfolk Virginia's Z104
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	50,000 watts
Links
Website	Z104's homepage

WNVZ, also known as Z104, is a Rhythmic Top 40 outlet serving the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Portsmouth-Hampton-Newport News radio market. The Entercom communications outlet broadcasts at 104.5 MHz with an ERP of 50 kW. Its COL and studios are in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

History

WNVZ originally signed on the air in 1967 as a simulcast of Country music outlet 1270 WTID, (which is now separately owned Religious outlet WTJZ ) but by 1973 they would break off the simulcast and become WQRK, broadcasting a Top 40 format with custom made jingles, sped up records, and a lot of on air audio processing (Then known as "QRK" and "Super Q" at the time).In 1975 WQRK went from live to automated Top 40,in the late 70s and early 80s they evolved into a Live Adult Contemporary format.

But that would all change in August 1982 when they returned to a mainstream Top 40 format as Z104,and debuted the WNVZ calls and Z104 name. (The station marked the retiring of the "Q104 1/2" moniker and hailed the return of the CHR format on the air with the slogan "The Half Has Become a Whole.") About a year later they were using Mike Joseph's "Hot Hits" format, which had been done in several larger markets, but dropped Joseph by summer of 1985 By 1993 they would evolve into a Rhythmic Top 40 direction. Today, it uses the slogan "Today's Best Music" to describe its broad-based mix of Hip-Hop/R&B and Rhythmic Pop hits. This pits the station against its urban contemporary hip hop/R&B competitor WOWI.

WNVZ HD2

On April 25, 2006 Entercom announced that WNVZ's HD2 subchannel will offer an all-comedy format, which debuted in June.

Trivia

The station flipped its format and positioning several weeks before acquiring its new call letters in late 1982, which meant that for a short period of time the station was using a new nickname (Z104) that was completely unrelated to its call letters (which were still WQRK). This resulted in a very curious-sounding top-of-the-hour station IDs that went something like: "Z-104 is WQRK, Norfolk"

The following is the history of Shaggy Rosenthal, Z104's most popular air personality...

The station's morning show, "The Z Morning Zoo" consisted of Nick, Tricia, and Shaggy until Monday, August 20th, 2007 when Shaggy announced he was leaving the show because of his off-air love affair with actor David Hasselhoff. After the announcement, there was a huge party, and Shaggy disappeared. His whereabouts are still not known. Shaggy had considered preisthood in the late 1990s after reading a few pages of the Bible, however after traveling to Suffolk, Virginia, he realized corn-farming was his calling. Shaggy (aka Shaggy Rosenthal) found true love raising crops such as green beans, corn, butternut squash and baby lima beans. Naturally, after becoming a farmer, he began to grow all kinds of plants. Without being limited to all of those lame vegetables, he began to grow the real moneymaker, Cannabis sativa. Shaggy, not being the smartest tool in the shed, grew this along the road on his farmland, where everyone could see. All of the stoners of the virgnia beach area began traveling to Suffolk to see shaggy, the new largest producer of marijuana in the area. Shaggy became a multimillionaire, but not before some troubles arose...shaggy had a terrible car accident because he had a pink corvette all the ladies wanted it so they attacked his pink car and shaggy ended up in the hospital. He was fine, but unfortunately his car reeked of ganga. This turned out beneficial, however, as the actress Lindsay Lohan bought the car at twice its worth.That night,Shaggy watched High school musical with Trisha and Nick because they love it so much.

Shaggy's life partner, David, put them in the poor house with his obessive "Knight Rider" collecting. Shaggy, being the responsible one, took up a job at a local hobby shop selling metal detectors to tourists. It wasn't much fun but he felt good after putting in a hard days work. And that he could live with. Their love would see them though these tough times as it had many times before. But a hard days work just wasnt enough... he wanted to do more. So Shaggy and David decided to go to Oklahoma on their camel to help out with the tropical storm damage. While shopping at a supply center a very uncomfortable situation began. Shaggy and David ran into a former co-worker, "Some Guy Named Tias". David knew this was trouble for Tias and Shaggy shared many more personal moments than he could imagine. Life was about to change!

Before Shaggy and David were able to leave for Oklahoma, David's ex confronted Shaggy and told him he just wasnt enough woman for David and the two of them got into a physical confrontation which was interupted by the FBI, where shaggy was put in custody for his little marijuana farm......the farm has reportedly been sold to problematic actress Lindsay Lohan, who accidentally ran her car through the entire farm. She apparently thouth that it was Promises rehab center and has been staying there since.

While in FBI costody Shaggy got "accidentily" sucked into an paralell universe where he grew black cat ears and a long sliky tail which apparently attracted alot of female attention.In the village he arrived the women kept him as a pet.

After Lindsay Lohan purchased Shaggy's farm, she filed a deed to change the name of the farm to "Fire Crops" and Shaggy became hostile when he learned of this and asked David for help. David returned the farm, he then set flame to all the crops and in turn, Lindsay Lohan passed out from the marijuana fumes and her mother, Dina, came to her rescue. But by the time Dina had arrived, she realized what type of crops were on the farm and decided to open her own business and advertised it as such, "Save my daughter so I can send her back to Rehab as I have spent all of her money, buy some fire crops!!"

Shaggy was found in the village by ninja and they took pity on him and helped him escape. They took him back to there village where they trained him to be a ninja.

Since birth Shaggy has been struggling with congenital hypertrichosis terminalis, normally known as wolf man's disease. Congenital hypertrichosis terminalis is a condition where excessive amounts of hair grow all over the body. Although he has suffered from this condition since birth, his partners on the Z Morning Zoo never knew, as Shaggy has always kept his hair growth in check through constant daily fully body shaving and/or waxing. After a trial separation with his life partner David, Shaggy decided to grow the hair. After several months of growing the hair problems arose as he was mistakenly identified as Big Foot while he was taking a walk in the woods. This photograph was taken:

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After winning his libel lawsuit against Lindsay Lohan, Shaggy fulfilled his lifelong desire to have a mega sports complex in the Princess Anne section of Virginia Beach. It included a 60,000 seat baseball stadium, a 75,000 seat football stadium, a 1 mile speedway with 200,000 seats, an expansion of the existing Sportsplex, as well as a multiuse arena for basketball, hockey, and concerts. As a result, the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS, and NHL established expansion franchises in the city.

To complement his vision, he also created the University of Virginia Beach, which joined with Sentara to begin a medical college. To appease the farming tradition of the area (and Shaggy’s preoccupation with growing things), the main focus of the college was horticulture. Another major focus was equine science, which resulted in the construction of a world-class horse track and subsequently the Virginia Beach Derby, the fourth installment of the new Quadruple Crown.

Most recently, Shaggy signed a contract with the Jones Institute in Norfolk, Virginia to be the first man to carry a child to full term. His decision to participate in the paid study was heavily influenced by his financial debts, upcoming wedding, and salary at Z104, as he is the lowest paid member of the Z Morning Zoo. On September 20th, 2007, Shaggy will undergo the first surgery in which a man will be transplanted with female reproductive organs. The surgery will be conducted by the Eastern Virginia Medical Students of the class of 2009. This will be their first surgery, ever, thanks to Shaggy's willingness to assist the progression of science. The female reproductive organs will come from a local woman who is undergoing an elective hysterectomy. The surgery will be followed by an ovum implantation that will be made via in vitro fertilization. The ovum will be donated by Shaggy's fiance Nikkie. They are thrilled to welcome their first child into their life. The couple has already began to set up the baby room in their new house. Plans to finish the baby room have been put on hold until their air conditioning unit is repaired, as it is too hot to work in the house. Shaggy is also hoping that this transition, including female hormones, will help to treat his Congenital Hypertrichosis Terminalis. Although, he is worried, that the hormones will give him a high pitched voice, in which he will lose his signature raspy voice, however he is looking foreward to growing a large set of breasts. To learn more about the hormonal replacement process and surgery taking place on September 20th, 2007, look to wikipedia or z104.com for the latest news. Also, stay updated for the date of Shaggy's baby shower, which, is rumored to be bigger than Trisha Delisha's!

Because of his generosity and attention to the city of Virginia Beach, he replaced The Penguin as mayor in 2008.

Shaggy's ninja skills soon came in handy as debt collectors and the IRS cased him for failure to pay what he owed. His location is currently unknown.

Shaggy has also started production of "The Butt Scratcher" which was rated #1 by JD Power and associates.

Shaggy's Filmography

Shaggy's filmography includes Joe Dirt, where he was the stand-in for David Spade, and as the voice of Sebastian the Crab in "The Little Mermaid." He is currently in negotiations to perform the voice of Ariel in the upcoming "Little Mermaid 3 : more Disney milking it." Shaggy is also talking to Mel Brooks to play Adolph Hitler in the new movie "History of the World Part 2" which has been on hiatus, and to replace him as Yogurt in "Spaceballs 2 : The Search For More Money" as Brooks claimed the role hurt his knees and noone really cares about Shaggy's comfort. Shaggy has also stunt doubled as the waxer in 40yr old virgin. If you've ever been to his house, you'll see what happened with the used wax strips.

No one really knows why Shaggy's voice is so raspy? Could it be that he is? Hmmm. Maybe the truth will come out on a Torture Tuesday. He feels trapped and must reveal his true self. Shaggy is best known for his role in "Scooby-Doo" and "Scooby-Doo 2". It was rummored that Shaggy was having a affair with co-star Freddie Prinze Jr. {Fred}.Shaggy was re-placed when he sold "The Mystery Machine" to surport his weed habit. and purchase illegal amounts of Cheetos.

Unknown to the general public, the movie "A Beautiful Mind" was actually a protrayal of Shaggy Rosenthal's life -- minus the Nobel Peace Prize. Instead of creating mathamatical equations, Mr. Rosethal would write lyrics already copyrighted on the walls of his house. In actual, he actually threw his 8-track player out of a third story room at Old Dominion Univeristy, instead of a desk. In the part of the movie where Russel Crowe was committed really occurred for Shaggy. Stuck with white padded wall and a very cumberson white jacket, Shaggy would rock back and forth singing "It's hard out here for a pimp...." Only once doctors realized the cost to rehabilitate Shaggy did they release him.

Also, Shaggy is rumored to star in the remake of the 1982 cult classic, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Set to play Jeff Spicoli. The role was orignially played by Sean Penn.

External links

• Z104, TODAY'S BEST MUSIC!
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• Steve McVie's Hot Hits tribute, with airchecks of "Z104" during its "Hot Hits!" phase in 1983-1984