WVTS

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WVTS
Broadcast area
Frequency 1240 AM kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1240 WVTS
Programming
Format News/talk [1]
Ownership
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company
WBES, WQBE-FM, WVSR-FM, WYNL
History
First air date
November 4, 1946 [2]
Former call signs
  • WTIP (1946–1988)
  • WVSR (1988–2000)
  • WBES (2000–2010) [3]
Call sign meaning
"West Virginia's Talk Station"
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 2682
Class C
Power 1,000 watts day and night
Transmitter coordinates
 38°23′8.34″N81°42′50.46″W / 38.3856500°N 81.7140167°W / 38.3856500; -81.7140167
Translator(s) 95.7 W239CH (Charleston)
Links
Public license information
Website www.bristolbroadcasting.com/charlestonmkt.shtml

WVTS is a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Nitro in West Virginia. [1] WVTS is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company. [5]

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W239CH95.7 FM Charleston, West Virginia 188692500  m (0  ft)D 38°21′26.3″N81°40′4.5″W / 38.357306°N 81.667917°W / 38.357306; -81.667917 (W239CH) LMS

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVTS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "WVTS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.


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