WINA

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WINA
City Charlottesville, Virginia
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 / 38.089444; -78.503889
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
W255CT 98.9 FM Charlottesville, Virginia 18875 250 watts 318 m (1,043 ft) D FCC

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-561. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  4. "WINA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  5. "WJMA Merges With Station WINA In Charlottesville". RadioHistory.net. May 16, 1957. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  6. "Orange Radio Station Sold Friday". RadioHistory.net. March 23, 1961. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  7. "W256BY Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  8. Venta, Lance (November 29, 2015). "WINA Charlottesville Adds FM Signal". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 29, 2015.


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