WTON (AM)

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WTON
Broadcast area Staunton, Virginia
Augusta County, Virginia
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingIndependent Music Radio WNRN
Programming
Format Adult album alternative
Ownership
OwnerStu-Comm, Inc.
WTON-FM, WNRN-FM
History
First air date
March 9, 1946 (at 1400) [1]
Former call signs
WSTN (1944–1945) [2]
Former frequencies
1400 kHz (1944–1956) [2]
Call sign meaning
StaunTON
Technical information
Facility ID 50077
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
38°8′30.0″N79°2′33.0″W / 38.141667°N 79.042500°W / 38.141667; -79.042500
Links
Website https://www.wnrn.org

WTON (1240 kHz) is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc., and is a full-time relay of their Charlottesville-based WNRN-FM. [3]

WTON had previously carried ESPN Radio and local and regional sports starting in 2000. Stu-Comm, Inc. purchased WTON and co-owned WTON-FM (94.3 FM) in 2023, intending to use WTON-FM as a full-powered relay of its WNRN-FM for the lower Shenandoah Valley. In April 2024, it then sold WTON and their now-redundant translators covering Staunton–Waynesboro and Harrisonburg to former WCHV talk host Joe Thomas, who plans to return WTON to local news, talk and sports programming. [4]

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References

  1. "Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. 1 2 FCC History Cards for WTON
  3. "WTON Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. Hite, Patrick (12 April 2024). "WTON sold: New owner plans to return local programming to Staunton radio station". Staunton News Leader.