WADV

Last updated
WADV
Broadcast areaLebanon
Frequency 940 kHz
Programming
Format Christian, Southern gospel
Ownership
Owner
  • Estate of Earl Kochel, Jr.
  • (Wadv Radio, Inc)
History
First air date
July 4, 1976
Technical information
Facility ID 20401
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
5 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°22′22.00″N76°21′53.00″W / 40.3727778°N 76.3647222°W / 40.3727778; -76.3647222

WADV (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by the Kochel family under holding company Wadv Radio, Inc. [1] [2] It went silent on December 5, 2019 due to problems with the transmitter. [3] After notifying the FCC in February 2020 of the shutdown (citing a transmitter failure), the Kochels ceased responding to inquiries about the station. [4] As of January 2021, WADV resumed broadcasting after replacing their transmitter. [5]

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References

  1. "WADV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WADV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. "Silent AM Broadcast Stations List". 25 May 2016.
  4. "Radio silence: FCC chides AM station WADV for failing to notify commission of intent to halt operations". 27 May 2020.
  5. "WADV back on the air after a year offline". 13 Jan 2021.