WNVA (AM)

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WNVA
Broadcast area Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia
Frequency 1350 kHz
BrandingESPN Radio 1350
Programming
Format Sports [1]
Affiliations ESPN Radio
MRN Radio
PRN Radio
Ownership
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WQSN
History
First air date
March 1946 (1946-03) [2]
Former frequencies
  • 1450 kHz (1946–1954)
  • 1050 kHz (1954–1956)
Call sign meaning
Norton, Virginia
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 54895
Class D
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 37 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 36°56′31.0″N82°35′48.0″W / 36.941944°N 82.596667°W / 36.941944; -82.596667
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]

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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

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-568. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WNVA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "WNVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ "85-Ft Coil Loaded Self-Supporting Whip Antenna". Valcom Manufacturing Group, Inc. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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