WADV

Last updated
WADV
Broadcast areaLebanon
Frequency 940 kHz
Programming
Format Christian, Southern gospel
Ownership
Owner
  • Estate of Earl Kochel, Jr.
  • (Wadv Radio, Inc)
History
First air date
July 4, 1976
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 20401
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
5 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°22′22.00″N76°21′53.00″W / 40.3727778°N 76.3647222°W / 40.3727778; -76.3647222
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Public license information

WADV (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by the Kochel family under holding company Wadv Radio, Inc. [2] [3] It went silent on December 5, 2019 due to problems with the transmitter. [4] After notifying the FCC in February 2020 of the shutdown (citing a transmitter failure), the Kochels ceased responding to inquiries about the station. [5] As of January 2021, WADV resumed broadcasting after replacing their transmitter. [6]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WADV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WADV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WADV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. "Silent AM Broadcast Stations List". 25 May 2016.
  5. "Radio silence: FCC chides AM station WADV for failing to notify commission of intent to halt operations". 27 May 2020.
  6. "WADV back on the air after a year offline". 13 Jan 2021.