WNVA (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Big Stone Gap, Virginia Wise County, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 1350 kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 1350 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports[1] |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio MRN Radio PRN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
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| History | |
First air date | March 1946[2] |
Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | Norton, Virginia |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54895 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 36°56′31.0″N 82°35′48.0″W / 36.941944°N 82.596667°W |
| Translator | 107.9 W300DS (Norton) |
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Public license information | |
WNVA (1350 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norton, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap and Wise County in Virginia.[1] WNVA is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.[4][5]
History
On July 20, 2007, Radio-Wise, Inc. received a $4,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for not keeping all required documentation in WNVA's public file.[6]
In the early part of 2012, WNVA dropped their Classic Country for Sports with programming from ESPN Radio.
Radio-Wise sold WNVA and sister station WNVA-FM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $35,000, enough to settle property tax debts and outstanding FCC fines; the sale closed on January 16, 2015.
On April 5, 2016, WNVA was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to a new transmitter site.[7] Instead of using a conventional steel vertical radiator used by most stations it would use an 85-foot whip antenna.[8] The steel vertical radiator currently in use is 360 feet.
References
- ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-568. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNVA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WNVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "85-Ft Coil Loaded Self-Supporting Whip Antenna". Valcom Manufacturing Group, Inc. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 54895 (WNVA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WNVA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 201076 (W300DS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W300DS at FCCdata.org