WMNA (AM)

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WMNA
Broadcast area
Frequency 730 kHz
BrandingVTRN Sports
Programming
Format Sports radio
Affiliations Westwood One Sports
Ownership
Owner
  • 3 Daughters Media
  • (Burns Media Strategies)
WBLT, WGMN, WMNA-FM, WVGM
History
First air date
August 11, 1956 (1956-08-11)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 65518
Class D
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 28 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
36°55′31.0″N79°19′50.0″W / 36.925278°N 79.330556°W / 36.925278; -79.330556
Translator 104.3 W282CN (Gretna)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website virginiatalkradionetwork.com

WMNA (730 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Gretna, Virginia, United States, serving Southside Virginia and Northern Pittsylvania County. It is owned and operated by 3 Daughters Media. [2] WMNA has a sports format, simulcast with WVGM in Lynchburg.

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WMNA's transmitter is located southeast of Gretna. [3] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W282CN at 106.3 MHz.

History

WMNA signed on the air on August 11, 1956. The station was originally a daytimer, required to go off the air at sunset. It was owned by the Central Virginia Broadcasting Company. Three years later, it added an FM station, WMNA-FM at 106.3 MHz.

The two stations simulcast for their first decades on the air. They had a full service, middle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music, local news and sports. [4] WMNA-AM-FM were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WMNA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WMNA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
  4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-219, Broadcasting & Cable