Broadcast area | Pennington Gap, Virginia Lee County, Virginia |
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Frequency | 1570 AM kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Country Music |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | 1959 |
Former call signs |
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Technical information | |
Facility ID | 36893 |
Class | B |
Power | 2,300 Watts daytime 191 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°44′2.0″N83°2′34.0″W / 36.733889°N 83.042778°W |
Translator(s) | 101.9 MHz W270CB (Pennington Gap) |
Links | |
Webcast | WSWV Listen Live |
Website | Official Website |
WSWV is a Country Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pennington Gap, Virginia, United States, serving Pennington Gap and Lee County, Virginia. [3] WSWV is owned by Cumberland Broadcasting LLC. [4]
WSWV was assigned that call sign originally by the Federal Communications Commission on November 6, 1959. The station changed its call sign to WHNQ on December 31, 2022, and back to WSWV on February 7, 2024. [1] [2]
In addition to the main station, WSWV is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area. [5]
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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W270CB | 101.9 FM FM | Pennington Gap, Virginia | 2474 | 200 watts | 95.7 m (314 ft) | D | LMS |
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