Radio station in Norton, Virginia
| Broadcast area | Big Stone Gap, Virginia Wise County, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 1350 AM kHz |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 1350 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio MRN Radio PRN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WQSN |
| History | |
| First air date | March 1946 (at 1450) |
| Former call signs | WNVA (1946–Present) |
| Former frequencies | 1450 kHz (1946–1954) 1050 kHz (1954–1956) |
| Call sign meaning | W Norton VirginiA |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54895 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts daytime 37 watts nighttime |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°56′31.0″N 82°35′48.0″W / 36.941944°N 82.596667°W / 36.941944; -82.596667 |
| Translator(s) | 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. WNVA is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
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.
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. Instead of using a conventional steel vertical radiator used by most stations it would use an 85-foot whip antenna. The steel vertical radiator currently in use is 360 feet.
References
- "WNVA-AM 1350 kHz - Norton, VA - Daytime Coverage". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- "WNVA-AM 1350 kHz - Norton, VA - Nighttime Coverage". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. 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.
- "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
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