WMNA-FM

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WMNA-FM
Simulcast of WIQO-FM, Forest, VA
Broadcast area Lynchburg metropolitan area
Northern Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Frequency 106.3 MHz
Branding100.9 WIQO
Programming
Format Talk radio
Affiliations CBS Radio News
Ownership
Owner
  • 3 Daughters Media
  • (Burns Media Strategies)
WBLT, WGMN, WMNA, WVGM
History
First air date
February 28, 1959 (1959-02-28)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 9985
Class A
Power 6,000 watts
HAAT 79 meters (259 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°55′31.0″N79°19′50.0″W / 36.925278°N 79.330556°W / 36.925278; -79.330556
Translator 93.3 W227BG (Timberlake)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wiqoradio.com

WMNA-FM (106.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Gretna, Virginia, United States, serving Northern Pittsylvania County and the suburbs of the Lynchburg metropolitan area. WMNA-FM is owned by 3 Daughters Media, [2] [3] simulcasting a talk radio format with WIQO-FM in Forest, Virginia.

Contents

Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W227BG 93.3 MHz in Timberlake, Virginia.

History

WMNA-FM signed on the air on February 28, 1959. It was originally powered at 3,000 watts and was a full-time simulcast of co-owned WMNA 730 AM. At the time, WMNA 730 was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. So listeners with an FM radio could continue to hear programming on 106.3 FM. [4] The two stations were owned by the Central Virginia Broadcasting Company and were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

WMNA-FM was a country music station, before being bought by Gary Burns. The station became a simulcast of Lynchburg's WLNI to extend the signal along Route 29 from Danville to Nelson County. When Burns sold WLNI to Centennial Broadcasting, he split WMNA and sold it to Three Daughters Media. It became a sports radio station as an ESPN Radio affiliate.

In November 2013 WMNA-FM switched from sports to talk radio. [5] It began sharing programming with co-owned WIQO-FM 106.3 MHz.

Programming

Janet Rose hosts the station's morning show, also simulcast on co-owned WGMN. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WMNA-FM is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. [6]

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W227BG93.3 FM Timberlake, Virginia 152090250 watts94  m (308  ft)D LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WMNA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WMNA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ FCC.gov/WMNA-FM
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-219, Broadcasting & Cable
  5. ↑ Lynchburg Talker Expands to Trimulcast - Radio Insight (released November 11, 2013)
  6. ↑ "W227BG Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
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