WINA
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City | Charlottesville, Virginia |
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Broadcast area |
Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
Branding | "NewsRadio 1070 and 98-9FM WINA" |
Slogan | "Breaking News, Stimulating Talk" |
Frequency | 1070 AM kHz |
First air date | September, 1949[1] |
Format | News/Talk/Sports[2] |
Power | 5,000 Watts day and night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 10649 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°5′22.0″N 78°30′14.0″W / 38.089444°N 78.503889°W |
Callsign meaning | W VirgINiA |
Former callsigns | WINA (1949-Present)[3] |
Affiliations | CBS Radio News |
Owner |
Saga Communications (Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC) |
Sister stations | WCNR, WQMZ, WVAX, WWWV |
Webcast | WINA Webstream |
Website | WINA Online |
WINA is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia.[2] WINA is owned and operated by Saga Communications.[4]
History
WINA was founded in 1949 on 1400 kHz. In May 1957, Don Heyne, President of Charlottesville Broadcasting, announced a merger of WINA AM/FM with WJMA-AM in Orange, VA.[5] The stations operated independently until April 1961 when WJMA was sold to WJMA Incorporated.[6]
Translator
In addition to the main station, WINA is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[7] The translator launched on November 29, 2015.[8]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | ERP W | Height m (ft) | Class | FCC info |
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W255CT | 98.9 FM | Charlottesville, Virginia | 18875 | 250 watts | 318 m (1,043 ft) | D | FCC |
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-561. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "WINA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "WJMA Merges With Station WINA In Charlottesville". RadioHistory.net. May 16, 1957. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Orange Radio Station Sold Friday". RadioHistory.net. March 23, 1961. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "W256BY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (November 29, 2015). "WINA Charlottesville Adds FM Signal". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
External links
- NewsRadio 1070 and 98-9FM WINA Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WINA
- Radio-Locator Information on WINA
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WINA
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