WNVA
Broadcast areaBig Stone Gap, Virginia
Wise County, Virginia[1][2]
Frequency1350 AM kHz
BrandingESPN Radio 1350
Programming
FormatSports[3]
AffiliationsESPN Radio
MRN Radio
PRN Radio
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
WQSN
History
First air date
March 1946 (at 1450)[4]
Former call signs
WNVA (1946-Present)[5]
Former frequencies
1450 kHz (1946-1954)
1050 kHz (1954-1956)
Call sign meaning
W Norton VirginiA
Technical information
Facility ID54895
ClassD
Power5,000 watts daytime
37 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates
36°56′31.0″N 82°35′48.0″W / 36.941944°N 82.596667°W / 36.941944; -82.596667
Translator(s)107.9 W300DS (Norton)

WNVA (1350 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norton, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap and Wise County in Virginia.[3] WNVA is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.[6]

History

On July 20, 2007, Radio-Wise, Inc. received a $4,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for not keeping all required documentation in WNVA's public file.[7]

In the early part of 2012, WNVA dropped their Classic Country for Sports with programming from ESPN Radio.

Radio-Wise sold WNVA and sister station WNVA-FM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $35,000, enough to settle property tax debts and outstanding FCC fines; the sale closed on January 16, 2015.

On April 5, 2016 WNVA was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to a new transmitter site.[8] Instead of using a conventional steel vertical radiator used by most stations it would use an 85-foot whip antenna.[9] The steel vertical radiator currently in use is 360 feet.

References

  1. ↑ "WNVA-AM 1350 kHz - Norton, VA - Daytime Coverage". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  2. ↑ "WNVA-AM 1350 kHz - Norton, VA - Nighttime Coverage". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-568. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "WNVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. April 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  9. ↑ "85-Ft Coil Loaded Self-Supporting Whip Antenna". Valcom Manufacturing Group, Inc. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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