WSVO

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WSVO
Broadcast area Staunton, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Augusta County, Virginia
Frequency 93.1 MHz
BrandingMix 93-1
Programming
Format Adult contemporary [1]
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WACL, WAZR, WKCI, WKCY, WKCY-FM, WKDW
History
First air date
May 29, 1959 [2]
Former call signs
WSGM (1959–1992)
WKDW-FM (1992–1996) [3]
Call sign meaning
WShenandoah Valley Oldies
former format
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 11665
Class A
ERP 2,800 watts
HAAT 103 meters (338 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°10′32.0″N79°4′12.0″W / 38.175556°N 79.070000°W / 38.175556; -79.070000
Links
Public license information
Webcast WSVO Webstream
Website WSVO Online

WSVO (93.1 FM) is an adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia and serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WSVO is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. [5]

Contents

History

WSVO first launched with the callsign WSGM on May 29, 1959, and carried a mainstream rock format.

The station became country on February 13, 1992, and changed the callsign to WKDW-FM, becoming a sister station of WKDW at 900 AM, which was also carrying a country format. WKDW-FM remained a sister station of WKDW until March 28, 1994, when the callsign for 900 AM was switched to WBGT. It was also around this time that the station's format was switched from a Country format to Oldies, branded as "Oldies 93.1".

On January 31, 1996, the WKDW callsign was reassigned to 900 AM, while 93.1 FM became WSVO. The station continued to carry its oldies format [6] until 11:00 P.M. on April 3, 2005, when the format was changed to adult contemporary, branded as "Mix 93.1; The 80s to Now". [7]

The station broadcasts in an all-Christmas format from mid-November through Christmas day.

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References

  1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". www1.arbitron.com.
  2. American Radio History [ dead link ]
  3. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. "Facility Technical Data for WSVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. "WSVO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. American Radio History [ dead link ]
  7. "As the dominos fall, SVO goes AC". VARTV.com. April 4, 2005.