WINC-FM
City | Winchester, Virginia |
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Broadcast area |
Shenandoah Valley Northern Virginia Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia Potomac Highlands of West Virginia Central Maryland Metro Washington, D.C. |
Branding |
"92-5 WINC-FM" pronounced as "Wink FM" |
Slogan | "Playing Better Songs" |
Frequency | 92.5 FM MHz |
First air date | November 18, 1946[1] |
Format | Hot Adult Contemporary[2] |
Power | 22,000 Watts |
HAAT | 434 meters (1,424 ft) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 41810 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°57′21.0″N 78°1′28.0″W / 38.955833°N 78.024444°W |
Callsign meaning | WINChester[3] |
Former callsigns |
WRFL (1946-1979) WQUS (1979-1981) WINC-FM (1981-present)[4] |
Affiliations | AccuWeather |
Owner |
Centennial Broadcasting[5][6] (Centennial Licensing II, LLC) |
Sister stations | WINC, WXBN, WZFC |
Webcast | WINC-FM Webstream |
Website | WINC-FM Online |
WINC-FM is a Hot Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia.[2] WINC-FM is owned and operated by Centennial Broadcasting.[5]
Coverage Area
With the station's transmitter located atop a mountain, WINC-FM's signal can be heard throughout the Shenandoah Valley, Central and Northern Virginia, the Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, parts of Central and Western Maryland and Metro Washington, D.C.[7]
References
- ↑ 1947 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). Broadcasting Publications. 1947. p. 236. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins: The List". Bob Nelson/Barry Mishkind. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- 1 2 "WINC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "Centennial Broadcasting". Centennial Broadcasting. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ↑ "54 dBu Service Contour for WINC-FM, 92.5 MHz, Winchester, VA". Federal Communications Commission/Bing Maps. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
External links
- 92-5 WINC-FM Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WINC
- Radio-Locator information on WINC
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WINC
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