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FM Radio [87.7MHz~107.9MHz]
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WHOV 88.1 201B1 |
Format: VarietyOn-Air Positioning: 88.1 WHOV Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Hampton University HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: http://whov.hamptonu.edu/ Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 194' 8kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B1 Transmitter Site: 37° 1' 3" N 76° 20' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 25952 
Frequency Background: Owned by Hampton University. The station can be heard within an approximate 60 mile radius of the University which includes, the entire city Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, Norfolk, Emporia, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Elizabeth City, NC and areas of the Eastern Shore. WHOV broadcasts from 6AM to 1AM daily from Armstrong Hall. Although the primary musical format is jazz, they also cater to gospel and Hispanic listeners and R&B, rap and reggae listeners in their audience. The station has become a training ground for many well-known local and national celebrities. WHOV has approximately 55,000 listeners across Hampton Roads and consistently ranks as the area's #1 college station in this market. WHOV's morning drive program, the Gospel Morning Express, is the area's #1 rated program in its format beating all of the area's commercial and non-commercial stations. Their weekend "Hispanic Sounds" program ranks as the #1 radio broadcast for Latin Americans in Hampton Roads. WHOV is a non-profit, non-commercial radio station, that began in 1941 as a carrier current station whose signal was limited to designated buildings on campus. In 1964, it became the first black federally licensed educational FM radio station among historically black institutions of higher learning. WHOV was named Gavin magazine's Station of the Year in 1999 and the Station of the Year by Million Music Conference in 1998. In late 2000, they were the first non-commercial station to carry the 'Doug Banks Morning Show' but that only lasted one year. On July 1, 1992 WHOV was granted a power increase by the FCC which increased the station's power to 10,000-watts (ERP) - 8,000 vertical, 2,000 horizontal. |
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WVRL 88.3 202C2 |
Format: Christian Contemporary // WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg VAOn-Air Positioning: Victory FM Community Of License: Elizabeth City NC Owner: Liberty University HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: wrvlfm.com Internet Audio Stream:  LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 446' 50kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 18' 40" N 76° 17' 34" W FCC Facility ID: 86560
Frequency Background: Changed call letters from WGPS to WVRL on 2/1/10. Calvary Chapel (of Costa Mesa) agreed to sell four full power [WGPS/88.3 Elizabeth City (Class C2, 50kW), WPGT/91.1 Roanoke Rapids (Class A, 2kW), WJIJ/94.3 Norlina (Class A, 6kW) and WAJC/90.5 Zebulon (east of Raleigh; Class A, 1.2kW)] and two translator stations (licensed in NC) to Lynchburg-based Liberty University for $1.25M in October 2009. Included in the sale is the right that Calvary Chapel's one hour program "The Word For Today" run daily. Liberty stated it wants to use the new North Carolina properties as satellite stations to it's flagship, "Victory FM" WRVL/88.3 Lynchburg. Victory FM replaced Bible teaching / Christ-centered worship music in December 2009. Sold to Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa from CSN International late 2008 for $2.5M (26 total stations). The WGBS call letters stood for Witnessing God's Perfect Salvation. Signed on early February 2003. Can be heard in parts of Hampton Roads. |
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WJLZ 88.5 203A |
Format: Christian CHROn-Air Positioning: Positive Hit Radio, The Current Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: currentfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 108' 1.2 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 30.7" N 76° 5' 37.2" W FCC Facility ID: 69636
Frequency Background: Was known for the longest time as WODC (Open Door Chapel). Open Door "closed the door" on them in Spring 2003 so they moved a mile west on Virginia Beach Blvd to The Little Neck Towers and dropping the ODC calls for WJLZ - Jesus Lives on April 29, 2003. Relayed in Chesapeake on W279AD (103.7), Norfolk W280CX (103.9) and South Norfolk/Portsmouth W250AE (97.9). They used to broadcast out of The Open Door Chapel located just off Virginia Beach Blvd but weren't affiliated with them. They are local and live "24/7." Best heard only in the northern 2/3 of Virginia Beach, western half of Norfolk and eastern parts of Chesapeake. WJLZ and all of its translators broadcasted in mono until early 10/2003. |
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WFOS 88.7 204B1 |
Format: Various/ClassicalOn-Air Positioning: 88.7 WFOS Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: Chesapeake Public School System HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: eclipse.cps.k12.va.us/departments/radio/ Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 157' 15.5 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B1 Transmitter Site: 36° 43' 18" N 76° 18' 3" W FCC Facility ID: 10757
Frequency Background: Their studios are on Cedar Rd in Chesapeake in their own building across from the Technical College. This station used to be on 90.3 before doing a deal with WHRO so they could get a second station. This is Virginia's first high school-run radio station - started in 1955. |
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WWIP 89.1 206B |
Format: Adult Contemporary ChristianOn-Air Positioning: Word In Praise Community Of License: Cheriton VA Owner: Delmarva Educational Association HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 499' 20 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 37° 10' 53" N 75° 57' 47" W FCC Facility ID: 90265
Frequency Background: Began airing Salem's "Word In Praise" network December 26, 2005 after stunting with Christian holiday music from late November. Began testing their signal in late September 2004 and beginning broadcast operations on December 1, 2004. Originally licensed on 5/5/05. Original CP (Construction Permit) was granted on 4/13/2004. The WWIP calls letters were taken on 5/5/04. Co-owned by WAZP/90.7 Cape Charles VA. |
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WHRV 89.5 208B |
Format: News/Public Affairs/NPROn-Air Positioning: 89.5 WHRV Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association
Internet Audio Streams: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 1148' 8.8 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 25933
Frequency Background: Moved Triple A "RadioNtenna" from the HD2 channel to the HD3 to make room for the new "SpeakEasy" Talk format on WHRV-HD2 in mid-3/2008. WHRV has been broadcasting since 1974; it used to be at the 90.3 frequency. Owned by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, which also owns WHRO, FM 90.3, and TV 15. 89.5 FM was WTGM before becoming WHRO then WHRV. The WGH-FM (97.3) music library was donated to WHRO in 1983 so they could continue the classical music format in the WGH-FM tradition. Several key WGH-FM staffers moved to WHRO after losing their jobs. |
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WRVS-FM 89.9 210C2 |
Format: Urban/VarietyOn-Air Positioning: 89-9 ECSU Community Of License: Elizabeth City NC Owner: Elizabeth City State University
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..."  4/26/2004 - WRVS-FM: Urban "89-9 ECSU" - Top of the hour legal ID :10 * (Windows Media)Facilities: 230' 41 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 16' 55" N 76° 12' 44" W FCC Facility ID: 19249
Frequency Background: WRVS - Wonderful Radio Viking Style. Flipped back to mostly Urban 10/2003 after being Jazzy 89-9 for four years and now is known as 89-9 ECSU. This is a licensed Class C2 radio station broadcasting with 41kW of power and is well received in most Hampton Roads locations. WRVS is the ECSU's public full-service radio station, with studios located in Williams Hall. In 1996, there was a fire in Williams Hall on July 3rd that would knock the station off-the-air for three months. They were silent because of soot and smoke damage to equipment caused by the fire in Williams Hall. . October 3, 1996 three months to the day of the fire, they signed back on the air at 6:00 a.m. with the song "Fire" by the Ohio Players. This song (and two others) played over and over and over for the entire day. This promotional gimmick was to get the word out to our 35,000 listeners that they were back on the air. WRVS first operated on March 18, 1986, as 10,000 watts of "Wonderful Radio Viking Style" (90.7). The radio transmitter housing and a 280-foot radio tower were erected in January 1986. The station's power was increased to 41,000 watts in 1990, and its frequency changed to 89.9. Significant equipment upgrades occurred in December 1992, and in February 1994, a 3.8 meter single feed satellite dish was erected, adjacent to Williams Hall. |
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WHRO-FM 90.3 212B |
Format: ClassicalOn-Air Positioning: 90.3 WHRO Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association
Internet Audio Streams: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 1148' 8.8 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 25940
Frequency Background: Began multicasting their digital signal on 12/14/2005 simulcasting the Nostalgia "The 20's Radio Network" Internet-only radio station. Began HD Radio™ broadcasts at 4:45 p.m. on 5/18/05 using a new Nautel V-20 solid-state transmitter. Signed-on in 1990. WHRO, which used to be located at 89.5, started a classical station on this frequency at about the same time that commercial classical station, WGH, 97.3, became a country music station. The original calls for 90.3 were WFOS. |
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WZLV 90.7 214B |
Format: Christian ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: Positive & Encouraging!, K-Love Community Of License: Cape Charles VA Owner: Educational Media Foundation HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 512' 13 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 37° 10' 53" N 75° 57' 47" W FCC Facility ID: 85511
Frequency Background: Changed call letters from WAZP to WZLV on 3/1/2010. EMF agrees to buy WAZP for $4M in 9/2009 from Delmarva Educational Association. WAZP went full-power and non-directional in the Fall of 2004 when The College of William & Mary's station WCWM/Williamsburg moved from 90.7 to 90.9. LMA with Educational Media Foundation's (EMF) Christian Contemporary "K-LOVE" on December 1, 2000. Here's the history behind K-LOVE... The idea for a full-time contemporary Christian music station was conceived in San Francisco in 1980 by a popular Bay Area radio personality, Bob Anthony. Anthony thought that traditional Christian radio was not reaching the average person. His vision was to create a new, all-music station, featuring artists like Amy Grant, The Imperials, and Keith Green – a revolutionary approach in its day. Professional announcers would present the Gospel through brief vignettes, without adopting the "Christian-ese" terms and phrases. After several tries at purchasing a station in San Francisco, a small, non-commercial radio station was acquired forty-five miles north of the Bay Area in Santa Rosa, CA. The bankrupt station sold for $67,000. The dream for Bob Anthony became a reality on October 15, 1982, when "KCLB-FM, The Positive Alternative" signed on the air for the first time. In 1986, Bob Anthony moved to Portland, Oregon to start a new radio ministry, and Dick Jenkins replaced Anthony as KCLB's Station Manager. On September 12, 1988, a 9,000-acre brush fire destroyed KCLB's main transmitter building on Geyser Peak and the owner of the transmitter site was terminating the land lease. Another mountain-top location confirmed that the radio station transmitter could be relocated to 4,000-ft. Mount Saint Helena. Signal reports as far away as 125 miles from the new site were received from listeners who couldn't hear the station previously. Also in 1988, KCLB changed its name to K-LOVE. With satellite broadcasting and digital technology, K-LOVE slowly became a network of radio stations and FM translators (low-power repeater stations). K-LOVE's programming was now being delivered throughout the Western US as K-LOVE first expanded to San Francisco, Berkeley, and San Rafael, in 1987; Salinas and Monterey in 1988; San Jose and Fremont in 1989; and Redding, Los Gatos, Gilroy, Hollister, and Santa Cruz in 1990. Fresno, Chico, Merced, Portland, Salem, Klamath Falls, San Diego, and Phoenix were added during the early 1990s. Today, they have a long list of radio stations and FM translators including full-power WAZP and a translator in Danville (106.7) WKVE. |
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WCWM 90.9 215B1 |
Format: College/VarietyOn-Air Positioning: The College of William & Mary Community Of License: Williamsburg VA Owner: The College of William & Mary HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: wcwm.org Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!
Frequency Background: Moved to 90.9 with an increase in power and antenna height providing a much larger area of coverage on the Peninsula and even some eastern areas of Richmond and Petersburg. They are using the old facilities as a new booster station right near Williamsburg at 25 watts. The booster station's call letters are WCWM-FM1. WCWM was reclassified from a Class A to a Class B1. WCMW offers shows of all styles and genres: techno, dance, hip-hop, jazz, blues, classical, progressive rock, alternative, gothic, industrial, heavy metal, classic rock... you name it, they play it. They have a number of talk programs and a news program as well. WCWM also promotes local concerts every semester that they call 'Band Nights'. These events are advertised on their website, on the air, by flier, and in the campus newspaper. |
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WNSB 91.1 216B |
Format: UrbanOn-Air Positioning: Hot 91 - Your Favorite Station Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Norfolk State University
Website: hot91online.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 433' 8.1 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B1 Transmitter Site: 36° 46' 32" N 76° 23' 11" W FCC Facility ID: 49021
Frequency Background: For 19 years was known for its jazz music then in the Spring of 1999 segued to urban contemporary. WNSB is licensed to Norfolk State University Board of Visitors. Their transmission tower is located in the Deep Creek section of Chesapeake. The tower stands 450 feet with 17kW of effective radiated power. All major cities in the region are capable of receiving WNSB. A National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate. WNSB’s format is mainly urban contemporary but also features blues, oldies, gospel and reggae, with ethnically and cultural diverse news and public affairs programming. |
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WYCS 91.5 218B1 |
Format: ReligiousOn-Air Positioning: Oasis Network Community Of License: Yorktown VA Owner: Creative Educational Media Corp Inc (Oasis Network) HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: oasisnetwork.org Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 371' 20 vkW/1.3 hkW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B1 Transmitter Site: 37° 12' 17" N 76° 30' 7" W FCC Facility ID: 66672
Frequency Background: Affiliated with the Oasis Radio Network. An inter-denominational ministry that broadcasts inspirational music, Bible teaching programs, and scriptures. Was formerly owned by the York County School system as a student/volunteer station. |
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WBKU 91.7 219C2 |
Format: Christian Programming // WAFR 88.3 Tupelo MSOn-Air Positioning: American Family Radio Community Of License: Ahoskie NC Owner: American Family Association HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: afr.net Internet Audio Stream: www.afr.net Facilities: 430' 87kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 5' 45" N 77° 12' 30" W FCC Facility ID: 82838
Frequency Background: Best heard the further south and southwest from Hampton Roads. Signed on in the Spring of 2002. AFA has over 100 full-power, translator and affiliate stations around the country, four in Virginia and WBKU from North Carolina, with most relaying "American Family Radio" WAFR/88.3 Tupelo MS. A little background info on AFR... In 1987, American Family Association President Don Wildmon wanted to use satellite and the latest technology at the time to build hundreds of American Family Radio stations across America. Wildmon wanted to use these radio stations to inform Christians about what is happening. Reading 'Broadcasting' magazine in 1987, Wildmon ran across an article stating that the Federal Communications Commission would allow non-commercial FM stations to deliver their signal to local communities via satellite. He realized the vast potential and relative economic costs of such a system, AFA filed for a station in their hometown of Tupelo MS. It took four years to get a CP (construction permit) the FCC to construct the station. It was necessary this station before a signal could be transmitted to satellite. The Mississippi Authority for Educational Television, the group which is responsible for state funded radio stations, tried to block AFA from getting the station. MATA didn't want to build a station themselves, they simply didn't want AFA to be able to build the station for which AFA had applied. Four years later in February 1991, AFA received permission to build their station - WAFR. The station went on the air in August of that year. In February 1993, the first translator station went on the air in Jackson TN. Gradually the number of stations began to grow. AFR has built more stations in a shorter time than any other broadcaster in the history of broadcasting. In 1995, AFA begin their news department. AFR's schedule contains about 70% music and 30% talk. Musically, AFR is light contemporary with a mixture of older songs. |
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WCDG 92.1 221C3 |
Format: 60s-70s HitsOn-Air Positioning: Cool 92.1 Community Of License: Moyock NC Owner: Clear Channel Communications
Internet Audio Stream: Analog/HD1: LISTEN LIVE! HD2: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 1997 - WMYK-FM: Hip-Hop "92.1 The Beat" Legal ID :11 (Windows Media) 1997 - WMYK-FM: Hip-Hop "92.1 The Beat" Scoped Aircheck 11:34 (Windows Media) 2/18/2002 - WBHH-FM: Hip-Hop "92.1 The Beat" :15 * (Windows Media) 12/23/2001 - WBHH-FM: Hip-Hop "92.1 The Beat" :11 ** (Real Networks) 12/23/2001 - WBHH-FM: Hip-Hop "92.1 The Beat" :15 ** (Real Networks) 3/4/2004 - WBHH-FM: Soft AC "92-1/107-7 Lite FM" :13 (Windows Media)Facilities: 430' 14.5 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C3 Transmitter Site: 36° 37' 38" N 76° 13' 7" W FCC Facility ID: 70345
Frequency Background: Dropped Adult Standards "Vegas Gold" on 92.1-2 in favor of Country Variety "Country Mix" that was bumped from sister station 107.7-2 in early January 2007. Added HD Radio broadcasts in early 7/2006. Dropped the Soft AC "Lite FM" simulcast on 92.1/WCDG (with 107.7/WJCD) and flipped it to 60s-70s Oldies on 8/12/05 at 1:03 p.m. The first song was "What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am" by Bill Deal. "Cool" filled the void left when Max Media dumped the format in July 2005 for Classic Hits/AC "92-9 The Wave." When Lite FM, Started to carry the John Tesh Show on 3/8/2004. Tesh's first affiliate to do so in the mornings. Flipped to Soft AC "Lite FM" on 3/1/2004 at midnight and returned to a simulcast with 107.7 Windsor. Took the calls WCDG on 3/9/2004. Was urban contemporary oldies "The Vibe" until February 1, 2001 when it flipped to hip-hop '92.1 The Beat' and took new WBHH calls. Also carried the Doug Banks Morning Show. Since it first signed on in the early 1970s as WJLY doing Top 40. This station has gone through many musical incarnations. For a while it was WQZQ with a country format and Top 40 as "2Q92." In the early 80s it became WOFM with a bland pop format. By the late 80s it was called "The Border," playing punk/alternative rock. WOFM rn an on-air campaign called 'More Power To The Tower'. They were seeking from the Virginia Beach City Council to build a new tower and to increase its power from 6kW to 25kW. The City said "no." The station was losing money. Monday July 16, 1990 it switched to WTZR "Z-Rock," with a mix of satellite and local programming in a heavy metal format. It saw its highest ratings after the flip...a 2.9...good for 11th place at the time. But it only lasted 11 months. After playing urban AC for awhile (the last song was Boyz II Men's 'It's Hard To Say Goodbye'), on August 9, 1996 they became WMYK (92.1 The Beat...ironic that's what they are again today) after 93.7 gave up those calls and played dance/CHR. That didn't last long and shifted to hip-hop 'without the noise' and went by K-92, then fired the staff in July of 1997 and became urban oldies WSVV. Studios are now in Norfolk and owned by Clear Channel. * Corrected top-of-the-hour IDs. ** Illegal top-of-the-hour ID. Moyock should be stated instead of Norfolk/Virginia Beach & Norfolk. Corrected 2/2002. |
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WTYD 92.3 222A |
Format: Album Adult AlternativeOn-Air Positioning: 92.3 The Tide Community Of License: Deltaville VA Owner: Davis Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: tideradio.com Internet Audio Stream: Ended 10/2007 Facilities: 525' 2.4 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 37° 29' 37" N 76° 26' 30" W FCC Facility ID: 86175
Frequency Background: Started Internet streaming on Friday 3/10/2006. Moved the WTYD call letters from 107.9 to 92.3 (previously WSRV) on 12/9/2005 in anticipation of the breaking of the simulcast, to a single frequency, with the Triple A formatted 107.9/West Point. Davis Media, whose only station at the time was Triple A "107-9 The Tide" WYTD West Point/Williamsburg, agreed to purchase Bullseye Broadcasting's 50s-70s Oldies "Surf 92.3" WSRV Deltaville/Gloucester in August 2005 for $850,000 and immediately started a LMA (local marketing agreement). Davis Media purchased WWBR/107.9 (now WTYD) from Jim Campana's Winner Broadcasting. Bullseye Broadcasting was another company of Jim's. Jim passed away October 2004. His widow Sherry Campana took over both companies and ends up selling both stations to Davis Media. The 92.3 frequency signed on January 5, 1999 with an oldies format from Westwood One. In May, 2003, they dropped Westwood One in favor of "Local and Live" programming; continuing to program "Oldies" from the late 50s thru early 70s. Late 2002, "The One and Only Oldies Station" slogan was dropped in favor of "The Greatest Hits of All Time." They targeted a 35+ audience on the Mid-Peninsula, Newport News and Williamsburg with music, news, sports, traffic and William & Mary football and Basketball. When Hampton Roads lost their only Oldies station in January of 2001 (regained one in December 2001), this station got noticed, picked up some listeners and started to show up on Arbitron's "radar screens." WSRV built new studios in the Spring of 2003 in historic Gloucester Court House at 6558 Main Street. |
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WVBW 92.9 225B |
Format: Classic Hits/Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 92-9 The Wave Community Of License: Suffolk VA Owner: Max Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 12/16/2001 - WWSO-FM: Oldies "Oldies 92-9" - New format/imaging 1:24 * (WMA) 2003 - WWSO: "Oldies 92-9" - Extended top of the hour legal ID 1:14 (WMA) 4/27/2004 - WFOG: Oldies "92-9 WFOG" - New positioner, old legal ID :08 (WMA) 7/1/2005 - WFOG: 70s-60s Hits "FM 92.9" - New positioner, new legal ID :56 (WMA) 7/20/2005 - WFOG: 70s-60s Hits "FM 92-9" - Barry Michaels says his on-air goodbye, exits station 1:16 (WMA) 7/21/2005 - WVBW: Drops 70s-60s Hits "FM 92.9" for "92-9 The Wave" 4:17 (WMA) 9/8/2005 - WVBW: Classic Hits/AC "92-9 The Wave" - On air teaser for Dick Lamb's return :36 (WMA) 9/12/2005 - WVBW: Classic Hits/AC "92-9 The Wave" - Dick Lamb returns 3:30 (WMA)Facilities: 485' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 52' 35" N 76° 23' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 64000
Frequency Background: Dropped the 70s-60s format at 6AM Thursday, July 21, 2005. The last song on "FM 92-9" WFOG was "Catch A Wave" by The Beach Boys. The first track on The Wave was "Forever Young" by Rod Stewart. Known as "All The Hits, 92-9 WFOG" until 7/1/05. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. Dropped the moniker "Oldies 92-9" in favor of "92-9 WFOG" early 2004. Took back the calls WFOG (12/5/2003) when the Classic Country format on 100.5 shifted to AM and displaced the Standards format on 1050. Flipped to Oldies on December 16, 2001 with the Beatles belting out "`A Hard Day's Night'' as the first song. Was urban oldies 'Soul Classics 92.9' from 9/10/1999 to 12/16/2001. Started broadcasting in 1965. This was easy listening WXYW in the late 1960s. It became WFOG in the early 1970s. It eventually evolved into an adult contemporary format. WFOG used to be co-owned with WLPM, 1450 AM in Suffolk, which was a contemporary station. * Recorded the day WWSO flipped to oldies. |
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W227BR 93.3 227D |
Format: Christian Contemporary // WZLV 90.7 Cape Charles VA On-Air Positioning: Positive & Encouraging!, K-Love Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Educational Media Foundation HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: .019kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 37" N 76° 16' 59" W | Service Contours (courtesy Rec Networks)
Frequency Background: Original CP (construction permit) granted on 10/5/2004. Signed on early February 2008 relaying WAZP/90.7 Cape Charles. |
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WNOB 93.7 229C1 |
Format: Adult HitsOn-Air Positioning: 93-7 BOB FM Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: Sinclair Communications HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 1995 - WKOC: AAA "Radio 93-7 The Coast" - "Coast After Hours" intro :14 (Windows Media) 1995 - WKOC: AAA "Radio 93-7 The Coast" - Top-Of-The-Hour ID :06 (Windows Media) 1995 - WKOC: AAA "Radio 93-7 The Coast" - Station ID :02 (Windows Media) 12/3/2003 4PM - WKOC: AAA - Format flip to Country "93-7 Kick FM" WKCK 1:15 (WMA) 12/4/2003 - WKCK: Country - Joe Hoppel is heard on Kick FM :25 (Windows Media) 12/5/2003 - WKCK: Country - Sweeper, "We're almost ready, soon..." :15 (WMA) 12/5/2003 12:06PM - WKCK: Country - Alan Jackson stunting loop ends 2:00 (WMA)Facilities: 968' 100 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C1 Transmitter Site: 36° 32' 55" N 76° 11' 16" W FCC Facility ID: 73184
Frequency Background: Changed the original call letters of BOB-FM from WPYA ( 2/27/2004) to WNOB on 9/17/2009. Swapped formats and call letters with sister station BOB FM WPYA on Thursday 9/23/04. Got the WKCK-FM calls on 12/11/2003. Became Kick FM just after 4PM on 12/3/03 to fill the "hole" left when Barnstable decided to jettison the longtime Country format on WCMS-FM for Mainstream Rock as "100.5 MAX FM" WXMM. They went head-to-head with Barnstable's Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH. Kristen Croot, the last jock heard on "The Coast," was audibly upset just before the switch around 4. Nobody had a chance to say their goodbyes. Landed the legendary Country Music DJ Hall of Famer Joe Hoppel the following day. Stopped stunting at 12:06PM on 12/5/03 and introduced its regular playlist. Used to simulcast on WEXM/106.1 Exmore before the 106.1 signal was moved to Poquoson. The transmitter is in North Carolina, but the city of license is Chesapeake. This stems from a case that apparently went all the way to the US Supreme Court in the early 90s having to do with Virginia Lottery advertising. Turned out that it was illegal in North Carolina, so a change in the city of license to a Virginia locality was requested and granted. The WMYK album rock format started about 1976. They took over the progressive rock mantle from WOWI, which went to urban contemporary music in the mid 70s. K-94 was a huge station here in the late 70s and early 80s. The kids basically stopped listening to WGH (Top 40) and K-94 was one big beneficiary. About 1982, the format was altered to "Rock of the '80s," and about 1984 or 1985 it was switched to urban contemporary music. In the late 80s, they were known as Power 94, going head-to-head with 'Hot 103' (now 103 Jamz) WOWI. Later they segued to urban AC. At 3PM on June 21, 1991, the calls were switched to WKOC with the change to the "Coast" adult album alternative format. It was the first day of Summer. In the early 90s, simulcast on WKOD (94.1). May 29, 1996, it briefly became K-94 again with a hard rock format before becoming the Coast again with AAA music. WKOC is a RDS station (station moniker, track artist & title) |
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WVSP-FM 94.1 231B |
Format: SportsOn-Air Positioning: ESPN Radio 94.1 Community Of License: Yorktown VA Owner: Max Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 531' 40 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 37° 12' 33" N 76° 32' 35" W FCC Facility ID: 19836
Frequency Background: At 12:01 a.m. on 10/5/2009, the formats of AM1310 and 94.1FM were swapped with the Contemporary Inspirational format (Star 94.1/WXEZ) moving to AM1310 and 94.1FM getting the WVSP call letters. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. "Star 94.1" since July 2000. Started using "Star" for a broader audience appeal. Went by "Gospel Praise 94.1" for about 18 months. Used to be "EZ94" with an easy listening format then, until mid-2000, had an adult contemporary format. Used to be country formatted WYVA. The station was WKEZ, using the "Keys To Your Country" slogan, from 1986 until October 14, 1991, when it became WKOD, as relay of rocker WKOC, 93.7. Later they were WXEZ, EZ94. |
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WPTE 94.9 235B |
Format: Modern Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 94.9 The Point Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Entercom
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 499' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 37" N 76° 16' 59" W FCC Facility ID: 64004
Frequency Background: Started their HD2 channel (Live Rock) on October 31, 2007. Started broadcasting in HD radio in late 2/2007. Launched by Katy Watkins Payne and Charles F Payne in 1984. Used to sport the WJQI calls (starting March 3, 1987) for "Joy" when it had an easy listening and then soft adult contemporary formats. There was period from about 1994 to 1996 when the station there was known as Q94.9, with a format that can best be described as adult pop, mixing a little bit of AC with CHR, but not what we call "Hot AC" today. It maintained the WJQI call letters through that time, before flipping to "94.9 The Point" in March of 1996 (with a Hot AC format), with the call letter change soon following. Also, this station started as WNRN ("Winner 95") with an easy listening format, co-owned with WCPK at 1600 AM. This station was once the subject of a heated legal battle between Charlie Payne, owner of WCPK, and the Kellam family, owner of WVAB, over the allocation. The frequency was originally awarded to WVAB, but a court later found in favor of WCPK. |
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WVKL 95.7 239B |
Format: Urban Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 95-7 R&B Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Entercom
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 879' 40 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 56" N 76° 28' 0" W FCC Facility ID: 4672
Frequency Background: Started their HD2 channel (Blues) in late October 2007. Started broadcasting in HD radio in 3/2007. Flipped from oldies to urban AC at 11:35AM on January 9, 2001. Their direct competition is 'Vibe 105' WSVY since 'Soul Classics 92.9' blew-up their format in December 2001. This station came on in 1961 as WTAR-FM, but there was briefly another WTAR-FM in the early 50s on 96.3. Used to be AC 'Y-96' WLTY, which stood for "We Listen To You." That was dumped for Oldies 95.7 WLTY (May 1989) which 16 months later would be known as WVCL 'Cool 95.7'. 'Cool 105.3' was born the same week as Oldies 95.7. 95.7 won the oldies war. The station kept the WLTY call letters and the "Oldies 95.7" moniker until about 1997-ish, when they switched the name to "Cool 95" as WVCL as part of Barnstable. The station was swapped to Entercom (in exchange for WFOG 92.9), and Entercom changed the name to "Kool 95.7" and the call letters to WVKL. Earlier it also used to be WKEZ with an easy listening format. |
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WROX-FM 96.1 241B |
Format: AlternativeOn-Air Positioning: 96X, Everything Alternative Community Of License: Exmore VA Owner: Sinclair Communications HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 722' 23 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 37° 15' 45" N 76° 0' 45" W FCC Facility ID: 60479
Frequency Background: Dropped "106-1 Downtown, 96-1 All Around - 96X" on 3/7/2004 when sister station WPYA signed-on. Changed its COL (community of license) from Cape Charles VA to Exmore VA. Flipped to an alternative rock format, as "Extreme 96X," in July 1999. Was contemporary for a while before that and modern rock "96-X" before that. The original plan for this frequency back in the mid 80s was to take up where WGH-FM left off in 1983 with the end of its run as a classical station. The calls were to be WWGH. Instead it started as WIAV "Wave 96" with a pop format. It was then co-owned with WVAB-AM 1550. Bishop L.E. Willis later bought the two stations and then bought 92.1, later spinning off WVAB. Was known as dance/CHR 'Kiss 96' (December 1988 to May 1989) WKSV. Flipped from dance/CHR to Christian when WXRI (105.3) was sold in May 1989. Later flipped to WMYA 'Touch 96' (August 1991). When the owner of the new WKOC flipped from adult urban to Triple A, he agreed with the Bishop to preserve the urban adult format by actually running commercials on the new 'Coast' to listen to 'Touch 96'. Was sold to Sinclair Telecable from Willis Broadcasting in late October 1993. That's when 96-X ("Experimental Radio") was launched...October 25, 1993. Note: 96X has a low-powered relay in Norfolk. In 1995, they fired up their new translator [106.1 W291AE (ERP 250W)] which is best heard in downtown Norfolk to help eliminate signal dropout in the downtown area. Tidewater Communications, which owned rocker 'FM99' WNOR and '106.9 The Fox' WAFX at the time, filed a petition with the FCC to deny WROX a construction permit. WROX collected more than 3,000 signatures from listeners requesting 96X be granted the go-ahead which it was by the FCC. |
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WKJX 96.7 244C2 |
Format: Urban ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 96-7 The Block Community Of License: Elizabeth City NC Owner: East Carolina Radio Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 407' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 12' 10" N 75° 52' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 49156
Frequency Background: Blew up Soft Adult Contemporary "Mix 96" on 3/31/10 and stunted thru April Fools Day until debuting the new Hip-Hop "96-7 The Block" at 9:06 a.m. on 4/2/2010. Turned on RDS in late 5/2008. WKJX upgraded to a Class C2, increased its power to 50kW and moved its antenna further east at 407ft in May 2004. Puts in a rimshot signal into Southside Hampton Roads. Before signing-on May 26, 2004 as Mix 96, the station stunted with 80s/early 90s TV theme songs over the weekend before the launch. Previously simulcasted with WOBR/95.3 Wanchese until early May 2004. Outside of the live jocks, the station uses the Westwood One Radio Network. In 1984, Elizabeth City got it’s 2nd FM WKJX/96.7 owned by James Bond out of Chevy Chase MD. He owned the station until the mid 90’s when East Carolina Radio bought it. |
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W245BB 96.9 245D |
Format: Christian Contemporary // WZLV/90.7 Cape Charles VAOn-Air Positioning: K-Love Community Of License: Newport News VA Owner: Educational Media Foundation HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: .08kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 37° 4' 41" N 76° 26' 47" W FCC Facility ID: 143864
Frequency Background: Original CP (construction permit) granted on 10/20/2004. Signed on mid-October 2007 relaying WAZP/90.7 Cape Charles. |
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WGH-FM 97.3 247B |
Format: CountryOn-Air Positioning: 97-3 The Eagle Community Of License: Newport News VA Owner: Max Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 1988 - WGH-FM/AM: Top 40 "97 Star" MJ Kelli Top 9@9 :30 1988 - WGH-FM/AM: Top 40 "97 Star" MJ Kelli Top 9@9 5:17Facilities: 394' 74 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 57' 47" N 76° 24' 42" W FCC Facility ID: 72102
Frequency Background: Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. Was known as "New Country Eagle 97.3" for the longest time until October 1, 2002. WGH-FM actually started in August 1947. The original frequency was 96.5 MHz. The stated intention in 1947 was to shut down the AM station at sometime in the future, once the FM was well-established. They also explored starting a WGH-TV (channel 7) in the late 40s, but this never came to fruition. This FMer did a mix of simulcasting with the AM and FM-only programming, including classical music and live sports. Eventually (in the late 60s or early 70s), they decided to go with the all-classical format. That lasted until the sale on Sept 1, 1983, when it became WNSY-FM "Sunny 97" with a soft rock format. WGH was sold to new owners - Commcor - and unceremoniously pulled the plug on WGH-FM so quickly that they interrupted the final strains of Pachelbel's "Canon in D major." in the middle of the track. That lasted a year or so, then the format was flipped to Top 40 "Y-97." In 1985, Susquehanna took over, renamed it WRSR '97 Star' and kept the Top 40 format. The WGH-FM call letters came back in December of 1986. In 1990, when Susquehanna decided to kill the Top 40 format and switch to "New Country Eagle 97." Jeff Moreau signed off "97 Star." The"Eagle Country" format used to be at 105.3 FM. The WGH call letters stand for 'World's Greatest Harbor'. Also to note that in the late 1980's, while 'Z-104' WNVZ and WGH were competing for ratings, WGH is where Paul 'Cubby' Bryant got his start in commercial radio. Cubby is now at "Z100" WHTZ in New York as APD/MD. Big name MJ Kelli (Todd Schnitt) now with his own morning show at "93-3 FLZ" WFLZ Tampa FL and a syndicated talk show on several stations around the country also played a big part (evening DJ) at '97 Star' in the late 80's. He briefly jumped ship to 'Z-104' (August 1988 to October 1989) before eventually moving on to "93-3 FLZ." |
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W250AE 97.9 250D |
Format: Christian CHR // WJLZ-FM 88.5 On-Air Positioning: Positive Hit Radio, The Current Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: currentfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 52' .25 vkW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 22" N 76° 16' 1" W FCC Facility ID: 18865
Frequency Background: Best heard in Norfolk, Portsmouth, northern Chesapeake and eastern Virginia Beach. This translator is using a directional antenna because the original proposed request operation of W250AE is on a third adjacent channel and within the protected contour of WGH-FM, the W250AE proposed 117.8 dBu line of sight contour overlapped industrial buildings near the W250AE transmitter site, the application did not conform to FCC regulations and was dismissed. In the new application, they proposed 250 watts (DA) utilizing a directional transmitting antenna oriented to 270 degrees True. With this antenna and orientation, the 117.8 dBu line of sight interference contour doesn't overlap any occupied buildings. The W250AE transmitting antenna is located within the old Norfolk and Western railroad yard. Increased their power from .01kW to .25 kW in 2002. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information. |
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WNOR 98.7 254B |
Format: Active RockOn-Air Positioning: FM99 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Saga Communications
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 518' 46 kW Service Designation: FM — Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 4" N 76° 16' 11" W FCC Facility ID: 67080
Frequency Background: Added HD Radio broadcasts in early 7/2006. Since 1961. They have the very popular morning show of "Tommy & Rumble." Started playing Top 40 music in the 60s. Way back when, WNOR was a progressive music, "underground" station which evolved, over the years, into a mainstream rock station. |
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WXGM 99.1 256A |
Format: Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: Xtra 99.1 - Today's Hits And Yesterday's Favorites Community Of License: Gloucester VA Owner: WXGM Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 328' 6 kW Service Designation: FM — Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 37° 24' 36" N 76° 32' 52" W FCC Facility ID: 74209
Frequency Background: Carries the Washington Redskins football games and is the flagship station for CNU football and basketball. WXGM is LIVE 6-11AM and from 2-7PM Monday thru Friday (with Harvey King there 20+ years) with the area's only local station that has a full-time news department; headed up by Herman King since 1991. Local newscasts can be heard at the top of every hour from 6-9AM following ABC News and live newscasts at the bottom of every hour during that same time period. The rest of the dayparts are filled with ABC Radio Networks satellite feed - "Starstation." Xtra has a heavy community involvement in all of their listening area which includes all of the Middle Peninsula, West Point, York County, Williamsburg and James City County. WXGM is the official Coleman Bridge connection station. Even though WXGM primarily serves the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck, it garners listeners on the Lower Peninsula and shows-up in the Arbitron ratings. They used to simulcast on their AM side (WXGM-AM) but that was dropped on 8/1/03. Signed-on in July 1991 with an AC format currently heard. |
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W257BV 99.3 257D |
Format: American Family Radio // WBKU-FM 91.7 Ahoskie NC On-Air Positioning: American Family Radio Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Edgewater Broadcasting HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: Internet Audio Stream: Facilities: .055kW Service Designation: FX — Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 17.5" N 76° 6' 10.2" W FCC Facility ID: 149921
Frequency Background: Original CP (Construction Permit) granted on 8/19/2004. |
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WYFI 99.7 259B |
Format: ReligiousOn-Air Positioning: Bible Broadcasting Network Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Bible Broadcasting Network HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: bbnradio.org Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 5/1998 - WYFI: Religious - Unusual sign-off :30 (.wma)Facilities: 456' 50kW Service Designation: FM — Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 41" N 76° 15' 5" W FCC Facility ID: 5143
Frequency Background: 'Where You Find Inspiration'. A religious station since it first signed on October 2, 1971 at 5PM. This is the BBN's first radio station. Official incorporation of The Bible Broadcasting Network took place on March 28, 1969, when BBN purchased a radio station that had gone bankrupt and was off the air at 99.7. Broadcasts the Bible Broadcasting Network's (BBN) sacred Christian music via satellite. Studios located on Indian River Rd in Chesapeake. |
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W261CN 100.1 261D |
Format: Christian Contemporary // WRXT/90.3 RoanokeOn-Air Positioning: Spirit FM Community Of License: Williamsburg VA Owner: Positive Alternative Radio HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: spiritfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 262' .08 kW Service Designation: FX — Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 37° 19' 55" N 76° 42' 32" W FCC Facility ID: 18874
Frequency Background: Joined the Christian Contemporary "Spirit FM" WRXT/90.3 Roanoke simulcast on February 14, 2006 at 7:20 a.m. Was acquired by Positive Alternative Radio at the end of December 2005. The station stunted with Christmas music as Nick FM (January thru February 14, 2006) along with another dozen other former CSN Virginia stations and translators. Previously, simulcast with "Praise FM" WJYJ/90.5 Fredericksburg owned by CSN Virginia with a format that was 80% Inspirational Speaking, 20% Christian Contemporary. Was part of CSI International (founded in 1993, is a non-profit organization, an outreach of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa CA and Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls ID) late Summer of 2002. Best heard in the immediate Williamsburg area. |
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WVHT 100.5 263B |
Format: Mainstream CHROn-Air Positioning: Hot 100.5 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Max Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: None Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 4/10/2003 - WCMS: Country - Format flip to Classic Country :30 (.WMA) 11/25/2003 - WCMS: Classic Country - Shift listeners to Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH-FM :32 (.WMA) 11/25/2003 - WCMS: Classic Country - Shift listeners to Country "97-3 The Eagle" WGH-FM :59 (.WMA) 11/28/2003 11:30PM - WCMS: Classic Country - Format flip to Mainstream Rock 1:06 (.WMA) 11/28/2003 - WXMM: Mainstream Rock - Imaging :22 (.WMA) 1/26/2004 - WXMM: Mainstream Rock - Imaging 3:17 (.WMA) 6/16/2005 - WXMM: Mainstream Rock - Announcement to carry Alice Cooper night show 2:07.1 (.WMA) 4/27/2009 - WVHT: Mainstream CHR - Debuts after Chinese Hits "Kung Pao 100.5" stunting (.WMA)Facilities: 499' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 44" N 76° 12' 26" W FCC Facility ID: 71287
Frequency Background: Changed call lettrs from WXMM to WVHT on 5/4/2009. Dropped Chinese Hits "Kung Pao 100.5" for Mainstream CHR "Hot 100.5." Dropped Mainstream Rock "100.5 MAX FM" for Chinese Hits "Kung Pao 100.5" Thursday 4/23/2009 at 5 p.m. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. After more than 40 years of country music, the format was dropped on November 28, 2003 around 11:30PM for Mainstream Rock. The first song was AC/DC's "Shook Me All Night Long." Previously, shifted to Classic Country at 3PM on April 10, 2003. WCMS-FM had been country formatted since they first came on the airwaves in 1962. The calls originally stood for "where country music swings." However, we hear that the original slogan was "Western Country Music Station." |
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WFMI 100.9 265C2 |
Format: Contemporary & Traditional GospelOn-Air Positioning: Rejoice 100.9 Community Of License: Southern Shores NC Owner: Communications Systems HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: rejoice1009.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 485' 39 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 12' 10" N 75° 52' 23" W FCC Facility ID: 12733
Frequency Background: Signed-on Sunday January 26, 2003. "Blankets" NE NC and also puts in a rimshot signal into the Southside of Hampton Roads. |
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WWDE-FM 101.3 267B |
Format: Soft/Lite RockOn-Air Positioning: 2WD Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Entercom
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 9/30/2005 - WWDE-FM: AC "2WD" Jeff Moreau signs off 1:42 (WMA) 12/26/2006 - WWDE-FM: AC "2WD" repositions to Soft/Lite Rock 0:36 (WMA)Facilities: 499' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 41" N 76° 15' 5" W FCC Facility ID: 40753
Frequency Background: Started broadcasting a digital signal (HD Radio) the first week of November 2008 and at the same time debuted their HD2 stream on 101.3 doing "Deep Tracks." After the nationally syndicated Delilah show was over on "2WD" WWDE/101.3, at midnight on 12/26/2006, the station very quietly repositioned itself as a Soft/Lite Rock station from it's longtime Adult Contemporary format. Gone were "The Best Variety of the 80s, 90s and Today" and the newer "Four Decades, Four Songs... One Station" positioners for "Continuous Soft Rock, 101.3 2WD." The birth of Max Media's Classic Hits/AC "92.9 The Wave" WVBW on July 21, 2005 spelled the eventual death of the AC format on WWDE 18 months later. 2WD was hit hard in the mornings, losing long, longtime morning hosts Dick Lamb and Paul Richardson to The Wave and 13-year station vet Jeff Moreau exiting seven months later. The group Chicago's rendition of "O Come All Ye Faithful" was the last track heard on the old 2WD. The first songs heard on the new "2WD" were Journey's "Who's Crying Now," Counting Crows w/ Vanessa Carlton's "Big Yellow Taxi," Roxette's "It Must Have Been Love," Rascal Flatts' "Bless The Broken Road," and Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy." Dick Lamb exited the station he co-founded/owned, sold and was the morning personality for 26½ years on January 28, 2005. Longtime sidekick Paul Richardson left a month after Lamb. Lamb was the co-founder/owner of WWDE with business partner Larry Saunders and Gene Loving, starting "2WD" with an AC format back on July 31, 1978. They also purchased AM 1490. The station was always successful with Lamb, from owning it, to being behind the "mike" in the mornings. Since 1962. Used to sport the WVEC calls. The 101.3 frequency has a long history. In the 1960's and early 70's, the 101.3 MHz frequency was the FM side of WVEC. There was WVEC-AM 1490, and WVEC-FM 101.3. In the mid 1970's, the FM became WVHR, for the Voice of Hampton Roads. Eventually WWDE-AM 1490 was sold. |
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WLQM 101.7 269A |
Format: CountryOn-Air Positioning: Real Country WLQM Community Of License: Franklin VA Owner: Franklin Broadcasting HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: wlqmradio.com Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 469' 3 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 36° 41' 17" N 77° 0' 58" W FCC Facility ID: 22316
Frequency Background: WLQM serves the Western Tidewater and NE NC market with a popular country format that blends today's new country and yesterday's favorite gold. The station also offers live NASCAR race coverage of all the big three series - Winston Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series. Probably the only station within a 100 mile radius that offers all three series on FM. Programming notes also include three live local newscasts for the area each weekday, high school sports coverage. farm news and information along with heavy local community involvement, which the station has won numerous community service awards from the VAB (Virginia Association of Broadcasters) and the American Cancer Society. One of the oldest "family-owned" stations in the state. The Clark family has owned and operated Franklin Broadcasting Corp since 1956. While the station is on the fringe of the Norfolk Metro market, they do garner listeners on the Peninsula & Southside of Hampton Roads metro for their NASCAR coverage and other unique programming elements. Has an AM side at 1250 with an urban gospel format 'The Light'. |
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W269BQ 101.7 269D |
Format: Religious On-Air Positioning: Unknown Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Liberty University HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: Internet Audio Stream: Facilities: .001kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 34" N 76° 9' 27" W FCC Facility ID: 143864
Frequency Background: Original CP (construction permit) granted on 7/15/2004. Signed on September 2007. |
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WXTG-FM 102.1 271A |
Format: SportsOn-Air Positioning: 102.1 The Game Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Red Zebra Broadcasting HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: 1021thegame.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 9/2001 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" 1:37 * (WMA) 2/13/2002 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" - Legal IDs ** 1:04 (WMA) 3/19/2002 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" 27:33 (Windows Media) 3/20/2002 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" - Pezo Coconutz *** 1:03:12 (WMA) 10/16/2002 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" - Legal ID :18 (WMA) 3/29/2004 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1/107.9" - The Supreme Team debuts 2:00 (WMA) 1/5/2007 - WWHV: Urban "Hot 102.1" - Announces the station will change formats in three weeks 5:00 (WMA) 1/29/2007 - WXTG: Sports "102.1 The Game" - :60 second on-air promo 1:00 (WMA)Facilities: 328' 6 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 36° 45' 7" N 76° 8' 57" W FCC Facility ID: 14327
Frequency Background: Changed the call letters from WXTG to WXTG-FM on 12/6/2007 when the simulcast on AM1490 changed its call letter to WXTG. WTXG/102.1 started to simulcast its programming on Hampton Radio II, Inc's WLRT/1490 Hampton at 8:30 p.m. on 7/31/2007 when Red Zebra Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase the station and immediately entered into a LMA to start the simulcast. Dropped the WWHV call letters for WXTG on 1/29/2007. Dropped Urban "Hot 102.1" WWHV for Sports "102.1 FM The Game" at midnight 1/29/2007. Washington Redskins owner Daniel Synder's Red Zebra Broadcasting agreed to purchase the station from On Top Communications, Debtor-in-Possession, which was in bankruptcy since 6/2005, on Monday 7/19/2006 for a $4.25M. Signed on mid-August 2001. Dumped the Supreme Team after just one year for the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show. Dumped the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show on 3/29/2004 for the Supreme Team who were dumped by Clear Channel's "103Jamz" WOWI. WWHV covers the immediate Hampton Roads area especially Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and points south with some protection given to Norfolk because of a 34dBu signal from WRXL (102.1) Richmond but again can be heard all over the immediate Hampton Roads area. Their tower is located just over the border in Chesapeake at 100 meters with 6kW of power (Class A licensed). Their studio is located at 545 S Birdneck Rd Suite 100 in Virginia Beach. Was simulcasting on Winner Broadcasting's WWBR-FM/107.9 West Point (a TSA for $11,000/mo) from 2/2/03 to 1/7/05 and known as "Hot 102.1 & 107.9." This frequency had several owners before their sign-on in August 2001. Craig Siebert originally held the "CP" then Virginia Faith Broadcasting (Bishop L E Willis). In early 2001, Willis sold the "CP" to Steve Hegwood's On Top Communications Inc for $3M. The WANN calls were originally parked here (June 11, 1999). Rumor has it that Craig Siebert chose those calls because he lived in ANNapolis MD until changed to WWHV on July 5, 2001. * Recorded when their antenna was located atop the Dolphin Run Condominiums at the Oceanfront. ** Top-of-the-hour IDs. The first two were newer; they started using February 2002. The third is the original one used since sign-on back in mid-August 2001. *** Pezo Coconutz on 3/20/2002 @ 6PM ... it's a HUGE file (~10Mb). |
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DW271AK 102.1 271D |
Format: (was) Christian Variety // WJRX-LPOn-Air Positioning: (was) 102.5 The Rain Community Of License: (was) Grove VA Owner: David E McGovern HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: (was) wjrx.com/therain Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 259' .019 kW / / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: (was) 37° 15' 35" N 76° 38' 46" W FCC Facility ID: 148232
Frequency Background: Went dark, license holder surrendered their license April 2008. Original CP (Construction Permit) granted on March 16, 2004. Best heard SE of Williamsburg. |
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W271AD 102.3 272D |
Format: Christian Contemporary // WRXT/90.3 Roanoke On-Air Positioning: Spirit FM Community Of License: Smithfield VA Owner: Positive Alternative Radio HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: spiritfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 207' .038 kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 58' 46" N 76° 35' 26" W FCC Facility ID: 81284
Frequency Background: Joined the Christian Contemporary "Spirit FM" WRXT/90.3 Roanoke simulcast in March 2006. Was acquired by Positive Alternative Radio at the end of December 2005. The station stunted with Christmas music as Nick FM (January thru February 14, 2006) along with another dozen other former CSN Virginia stations and translators. The religious outfit CSN Virginia (now owned by Positive Alternative Radio) successfully moved this translator from 102.1 to 102.3 back in November 2005. The antenna is located on the same tower as WKGM/940 Smithfield. The translator was receiving a lot of interference from Clear Clear Alternative "102-1 The X" WRXL Richmond and some interference from On Top Urban "Hot 102.1" WWHV Virginia Beach. The pending new calls are W272CC. Best heard in the immediate Smithfield area and on parts of the Peninsula (Hampton, Newport News). Previously owned by CSN International, founded in 1993, an outreach of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa CA and Calvary Chapel of Twin Falls ID broadcasting biblical teaching and praise, and worship music. |
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WRRW-LP 102.5 265L1 |
Format: Adult Album Alternative/Public RadioOn-Air Positioning: Revolutionary Radio Williamsburg Community Of License: Williamsburg VA Owner: The Popular Assembly Of New Horizons 3000 And His Successors HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: wrrw.fm Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 140.38' .049 kW / LPFM stations are considered nondirectional Service Designation: FL – FM Low Power Application or Authorization / Class L1
Transmitter Site: 37° 16' 37" N 76° 45' 7" WFCC Facility ID: 125974 Frequency Background: Moved to 102.5 from 100.9 on 2/27/2009 at 7:15 a.m. On 10/14/2008, the FCC grantes the move from 100.9 to 102.5. In September 2008, The Popular Assembly Of New Horizons 3000 And His Successors' Adult Album Alternative/Public Radio "Revolutionary Radio Williamsburg" WRRW-LP/100.9 Williamsburg wanted to move to an abandoned LPFM frequency granted to the city. New Horizons 3000 requested to move from 100.9 to 102.5 FM, previously licensed to Christian Life Center of Williamsburg as WJRX-LP. CFC ran the station with a Christian Variety format known as "The Rain" but eventually they took the station dark and surrendered their license in April 2008. With Cox Radio moving its Alternative "Y101" WDYL/101.1 Chester to 100.9/Lakeside, the WRRW signal also on 100.9, would be greatly compromised. Changed call letters from WYOU-LP to WRRW-LP (Revolutionary Radio Williamsburg) on 2/12/2007. Original CP granted on July 10, 2003. Took the call letters of WYOU-LP on 2/23/04. Signed-on the first week of November 2004. This is the second LPFM for Williamsburg; the first was WJRX-LP/102.5. WYOU's antenna was moved to the WMBG/740 Williamsburg tower in August 2004 because the original location was no longer available. |
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DWJRX-LP 102.5 273L1 |
Format: (was) Christian Variety On-Air Positioning: (was) 102.5 The Rain Community Of License: (was) Williamsburg VA Owner: (was) Christian Life Center HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: (was) wjrx.com/therain Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 107' .083 kW / LPFM stations are considered nondirectional Service Designation: FL – FM Low Power Authorization / Class L1 Transmitter Site: (was) 37° 18' 30" N 76° 46' 0" W FCC Facility ID: 126617
Frequency Background: Went dark, license holder surrendered their license April 2008. Signed-on Monday January 27, 2003. Broadcasts in stereo and covers the immediate Williamsburg area. |
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WERX 102.5 273C2 |
Format: Classic HitsOn-Air Positioning: 102.5 The Shark Community Of License: Nags Head NC Owner: East Carolina Radio HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: 1025theshark.com Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 689' 26 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 43' 18" N 76° 18' 3" W FCC Facility ID: 36764
Frequency Background: Tweaked the format in 2007 for less 60s music and went in a Classic Hits direction. Best heard on the Southside of Hampton Roads. Was known as "102.5 The Shark - Good Times & Killer Oldies" until late September 2005 playing 60s-80s Hits and Beach music; tweaking their format along with sister "Mix 96" WKJX/96.7. This station was bought in early 1990 by Rick Loesch and his sister. On July 4, 1992 with WERX operating for two years with a hard-to-pick-up 3,000-watt signal, went big time. From a new 700-foot tower in Tyrrell County NC, the station cranked up 50,000 watts of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Metallica, Doors, Red Hot Chili Peppers and more with the 'Rock 102.5' moniker. In late 1996 they flipped to oldies using 'The Shark'. Is now owned by East Carolina Radio. |
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WOWI 102.9 275B |
Format: Urban ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 103Jamz Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Clear Channel Communications
Internet Audio Stream: Analog/HD1: LISTEN LIVE! HD2: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 1/1/1998 - WOWI-FM: Urban "103Jamz" 15:26 (.wma) 11/1/2002 - WOWI-FM: Urban "103Jamz" 4:47 (.rm)
Frequency Background: Started streaming a second digital channel in mid-July 2006 with mixes. Started broadcasting digitally with iBiquity's HD Radio™ technology in March 2005; the first station to do so in the Hampton Roads market. Since the early 1990's, WOWI had frequently been Hampton Roads' number one rated radio station until the spring 2002. They carried the nationally syndicated Doug Banks Morning Show (3/2004) after dumping the local "Supreme Team" show after 14 years on the air. But that didn't last long as ratings fell. They decided to go local again in the Fall of 2004. It has been broadcasting since 1948. Originally at 102.5 MHz as WRVC, a relay for WRVB in Richmond. The only way people in SE Virginia could hear CBS programs was via WRVA until 1952, when WTAR switched affiliation. The idea was to relay CBS network shows from Richmond, with WRVB as both a broadcast and relay transmitter. WRVC then relayed WRVB. This became unnecessary by 1952, when WTAR got CBS. WRVC later switched to 102.9. Until about 1975 it was progressive album rock (as "WOWee"). WOWI changed from AOR on a very emotional day in early 1975 with Bishop Willis’ people literally throwing people out of their studios on Colonial Avenue. It's been Urban music ever since (known earlier on as Hot 103 but changed it to 103 Jamz late in 1989) and it is a monster in the ratings. |
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WRPC-LP 103.7 279L1 |
Format: Christian ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: eXtreme Love Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Calvary Reformed Presbyterian Church HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: xl103.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 106' .085 kW / LPFM stations are considered nondirectional Service Designation: FL – FM Low Power Application or Authorization / Class L1 Transmitter Site: 37° 1' 49" N 76° 26' 11" W FCC Facility ID: 125841
Frequency Background: Is an affiliate of Christian Hit Radio Satellite Network. Took the original WRPC-LP call letters on 11/18/2005. Original CP (Construction Permit) granted April 29, 2004. Listening area is approximately 5 miles from the transmitter on Big Bethel Road in Hampton. |
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W279AD 103.7 279D |
Format: Christian CHR // WJLZ-FM 88.5 On-Air Positioning: Positive Hit Radio, The Current Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: currentfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 213' .055 kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 43' 55" N 76° 14' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 18864
Frequency Background: Best heard in Chesapeake. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information. Was owned by Educational Media Corporation which ran the Christian contemporary network 'Joy-FM' until being bought by WODC (now WJLZ) in late 1999. |
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W280CX 103.9 280D |
Format: Christian CHR // WJLZ-FM 88.5 On-Air Positioning: Positive Hit Radio, The Current Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Virginia Beach Educational Broadcasting Foundation Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: currentfm.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 115' .17 kW Service Designation: FX – Translator Station (retransmits signal, different channel than main station) / Class D Transmitter Site: 36° 52' 26" N 76° 18' 33" W FCC Facility ID: 18861
Frequency Background: Best heard in Downtown Norfolk and Downtown Portsmouth (along the Elizabeth River). Increased their power from 10 watts to 170 watts in 2001. See WJLZ-FM 88.5 for more information. |
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WCXL 104.1 281C1 |
Format: Hot Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: Beach 104 Community Of License: Kill Devil Hills NC Owner: Max Media of North Carolina HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clip: 10/8/2002 - WCXL-FM: Adult Top 40/Hot AC "Beach 104" :09 (Windows Media) Facilities: 981' 100 hkW/94 vkW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C1 Transmitter Site: 36° 8' 8" N 75° 49' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 55248
Frequency Background: Beach 104 is a 100,000 watt blowtorch that can be easily heard in most of Hampton Roads. Their studios are located in Powell's Point NC near the Outer Banks. Dropped most of their satellite programming for live and local jocks in 2004. Just recently, they have been showing up in Arbitron's ratings in the Hampton Roads market. Was owned by Ray-D-O Biz LLC. The WXAI calls were originally parked here on 11/29/91 until shortly after changed to present calls on March 29, 1992. Was previously known as "XL104." The 104.1 frequency had been tied up for eight years by three groups trying for it; East Carolina Radio, Coastal Broadcasting and Ray-D-O Biz. By the early 90s, Ray-D-O biz got the frequency. |
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WNVZ 104.5 283B |
 
Format: Rhythmic Contemporary Hit RadioOn-Air Positioning: Z104 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Entercom
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: Problems listening? Right click on link - select "Save Target As..." 1991 - WNVZ: CHR "Z104" - "Z Morning Zoo" (Chris Bailey/Ellis B Feaster) jingle :04 (WMA) 1991 - WNVZ: CHR "Z104" - "Z Morning Zoo" (Chris Bailey/Ellis B Feaster) jingle :15 (WMA) 1991 - WNVZ: CHR "Z104" - "Z Morning Zoo" (Chris Bailey/Ellis B Feaster) jingle :21 (WMA) 1996/1996 - WNVZ: CHR "Z104" - "Z Morning Zoo" (Sean Sellers/Diane Letterman) 19:18 (Real) 1997 - WNVZ: CHR "Z104" Legal ID (outtake) :07 (WMA) 10/24/2001 - WNVZ: Rhythmic CHR "Z104" Legal ID :03.7 (Real)Facilities: 479' 50 hkW/49 vkW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 37° 2' 20" N 76° 18' 30" W FCC Facility ID: 40755
Frequency Background: Started their HD2 channel, nationally syndicated All Comedy Radio Network from Hollywood CA, on 2/22/2008. Began transmitting HD radio at 2:30 p.m. on 10/13/2006, according to cluster Engineer Paul Campbell. The station was the first in the Entercom cluster (WPTE/94.9, WVKL/95.7, WWDE/101.3, WNVZ/104.5) to do so. This station started broadcasting in 1967. Used to sport the WTID calls with a country music format along with WTID-AM at 1270. Back in the 1970s this was WQRK, with adult contemporary, rock and Top 40 formats. When Top 40, was known as the “Sooper Q” (note spelling). Tried unsuccessfully to dethrone WGH-AM as a Top 40. The station sped up all the music, ran a music bed under everything, and never back announced. In the late 70s, was known as "Q-104 1/2" WQRK doing Rock. Switched to "Z-104" with Top 40 in August 1982 (took calls WNVZ on 8/11/82) with the on-air promo 'The half becomes a whole'. In the early to mid 80's went by 'Hot Hits'. Big name MJ Kelli (Todd Schnitt) now with his own morning show at '93-3 FLZ' WFLZ Tampa FL had a short stint here in the late 80's (August 1988 to October 1989) before eventually moving on to '93-3 FLZ'. Since 1999 they have leaned towards a rhythmic sound. |
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WFMZ 104.9 285C2 |
Format: Classic HitsOn-Air Positioning: Classic Hits 104-9, Classic Hits Without The Hard Rock Community Of License: Hertford NC Owner: CapSan Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: classichits1049.com Internet Audio Stream: None Audio Clips: 7/31/2002 - WFMZ-FM: Christian Contemporary: "Praise 105" :44 (Windows Media) 9/2/2003 - WFMZ-FM: Christian Contemporary to Classic Hits: "Classic Hits 104-9" 1:36.6 (Real)Facilities: 492' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C2 Transmitter Site: 36° 5' 59" N 76° 28' 31" W FCC Facility ID: 39883
Frequency Background: CapSan Media agrees to acquire the entire Convergent Broadcasting NE North Carolina cluster (WFMZ/104.9, WZPR/92.3 Nags Head, WVOD/99.1 Manteo, WYND/97.1 Hatteras) for $3.2M in Spring 2006. Flipped to Classic Hits on 9/2/03 just after 6AM. Was a Christian Contemporary station known as Praise 105. WFMZ can be heard in the Hampton Roads area. Were owned by Maranatha Broadcasting until sold to Convergent in mid-June 2003. Their studios are located at 907 B West Ehringhaus Street in Elizabeth City NC. In 1988, a CP (construction permit) was granted to Maranatha Broadcasting for WFMZ but it wouldn’t sign on until 1991. |
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WKUS 105.3 287B |
Format: Urban Adult ContemporaryOn-Air Positioning: 105.3 Kiss FM Community Of License: Windsor VA Owner: Clear Channel Communications
Internet Audio Stream: Analog/HD1: LISTEN LIVE! HD2: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 499' 50 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 43" N 76° 27' 49" WW FCC Facility ID: 69570
Frequency Background: Officially changed the COL (community of license) to Windsor from Norfolk on 10/29/2008. Dropped Smooth Jazz on 105.3-2 in early 1/2007 for Classic R&B "Classic Soul" since 107.7-1 picked up the Smooth Jazz format on 12/26/2006. Previously known as "Vibe 105.3 - Today's R&B and Jammin' Old School" until 3/19/2004 and WSVY-FM until 3/29/2004 but kept the format. Was known as "Smooth Jazz CD 105.3" until a frequency swap with 107.7 on 6/25/2001. Clear Channel wanted "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on a 50,000 watt Class B as to the 6,000 watt Class A they were on. With the 'Vibe' recently sliding from rhythmic oldies to adult urban contemporary, they are now in direct competition with Entercom's new "95-7 R&B". In the early 90's, was WMXN, "Mix 105.3," with an adult contemporary format until it flipped to jazz on March 17, 1995. Used to have a country format as "Eagle Country 105.3"; "Eagle Country has since moved to WGH at 97.3 FM. 105.3 started broadcasting in August 1962 in an abandoned garage in Chesapeake. For a while it was owned by Pat Robertson of "700 Club" fame (along with Channel 27, then WYAH) and featured a religious format with the WXRI call letters. Back in the late 40s, this station came on as WSAP-FM Portsmouth, co-owned with WSAP-AM. Eventually went dark for a number of years. In May 1989 flipped to 'Cool 105.3' WZCL and was in direct competition with 'Oldies 95.7' WLTY. Then in August 1990 it switched from oldies to Mix 105, with "Eagle Country" in between as a diversion . They were 'Eagle Country' for 6 days. This format switch happened about the same time as WGH-FM switch from Top 40 to country. Now owned by Clear Channel. |
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WRSF 105.7 289C1 |
Format: Mainstream CountryOn-Air Positioning: Dixie 105.7 Community Of License: Columbia NC Owner: East Carolina Radio Inc HD Radio™: Not Licensed RDS: No Website: dixie1057.com Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 613' 100 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C1 Transmitter Site: 35° 53' 18" N 76° 13' 50" W FCC Facility ID: 31940
Frequency Background: Usually one of the top rated stations in NE North Carolina. Well received in the southern parts of Hampton Roads. Periodically shows up in the Hampton Roads Arbitron ratings. Sister to stations WCNC, WZBO, WOBX, WOBR-FM, WKJX, WOBX-FM and WERX-FM. Campbell Broadcasting out of Wilson NC signed-on 105.7 in 1981-82 as WWOK. WRSF was bought by Jones Eastern of the Outer Banks headed by C. J. Jones from Cambell in the mid-80s. WRSF went through a brief call change to WWOK from 4/9/87 to 6/24/87 but quickly changed back to WRSF. In the late 80s and early 90s were known as "Surf106" with a Top 40 format. |
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WUSH 106.1 291A |
Format: CountryOn-Air Positioning: US106, America's Country Community Of License: Poquoson VA Owner: Sinclair Communications HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 3/7/2004 - WPYA: Adult Hits: "106-1 BOB FM" :31 (WMA) 3/7/2004 - WPYA: Adult Hits: "106-1 BOB FM" :30 (WMA) 3/8/2004 - WPYA: Adult Hits: "106-1 BOB FM" :31 (WMA) 3/9/2004 - WPYA: Adult Hits: "106-1 BOB FM" 3:45 (WMA) 2/2/2005 - WKCK: Country "Kick 106" drops format for CHR 1:00 (WMA) 2/4/2005 - WZNR: CHR: "The Zone@106.1" debuts after a stunt in a stunt 2:00 (WMA) 9/21/2005 - WNRJ: Rhythmic AC: "Energy 106-1" debuts after CHR "The Zone@106-1" is dropped 7:06 (WMA) 12/14/2007 - WNRJ: Hot AC: "Energy 106-1" drops format to stunt Country as "Garth 106" 0:45 (WMA) 12/18/2007 - WUFH: Country "US106, America's Country" formally debuts at 5 p.m. 2:10 (WMA)Facilities: 502' 1.7 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 37° 04' 24" N 76° 17' 33" W FCC Facility ID: 78447
Frequency Background: Call letters changed from WUFH to WUSH on 1/2/2008 due to a mistake (the FCC or station owners?). Changed the calls letter from WNRJ to WUFH on 12/20/2007. Formally introduced the Country format on Tuesday 12/18/2007 at 5 p.m. as "US106, America's Country." The first track was Alan Jackson's (ft Jimmy Buffett) "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere." Dropped Adult CHR on Friday 12/14/2007 just before 2 p.m. to stunt with a Country format using "Garth106." That weekend the station played long sets of Gart Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride, George Strait, etc. Segued from a Rhythmic CHR to a Adult CHR in the early morning hours of 8/27/2007, dumping all on-air personalities but keeping the Energy 106-1 moniker. Segued from a Rhythmic AC to Rhythmic CHR near the end of January 2007; about the same time Urban "Hot 102.1" WWHV Virginia Beach was dropped for Sports. Call letters changed from WZNR to WNRJ on 9/29/2006. Dropped CHR "The Zone @ 106-1, All The Hits, Not Just Some Of Them" for Rhythmic AC "Energy 106-1, Music That Makes You Move" at 12:04 p.m. on Thursday 9/21/2006. Dropped the Country format as "Kick 106" WKCK at 5PM on 2/2/05 for CHR -- "The Zone @ 106-1." The station looped Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot" until 2PM two days later on 2/4/05. Swapped formats and call letters with sister station KICK FM (93.7) just after midnight on Thursday 9/23/04. When they moved from 93.7, they started using "Kick 106" instead of "106-1 Kick FM." The brand new frequency signed-on at 6PM March 7, 2004 as "106-1 BOB FM" from Poquoson VA. BOB FM played music from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and today and some from the 60’s, with little repetition. Was known as WEXM until 12/2003 and very briefly as WKOC for January/February 2004. Changed calls to WPYA on 2/27/2004. This frequency was also home to Sinclair's translator for WROX/96.1. In 1995, they fired up the translator which was to help eliminate signal dropout in the downtown area on 96.1. The on-air positioning statement was "106-1 Downtown, 96-1 All Around - 96X." Tidewater Communications, which owned rocker 'FM99' WNOR and '106.9 The Fox' WAFX at the time, filed a petition with the FCC to deny WROX a construction permit. WROX collected more than 3,000 signatures from listeners requesting 96X be granted the go-ahead which it was by the FCC. The translator signed-off on March 7, 2004. |
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WAFX 106.9 295C |
Format: Classic HitsOn-Air Positioning: 106.9 The Fox Community Of License: Suffolk VA Owner: Saga Communications
Internet Audio Stream: Analog/HD1: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 1007' 100 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class C Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 09" N 76° 45' 19" W FCC Facility ID: 67082
Frequency Background: Shifted to Classic Hits from Classic Rock on 9/2/2008. Added HD Radio broadcasts early 7/2006. Quietly, shifted from Classic Hits to Classic Rock in late September 2004. This was in response to Barnstable Broadcasting's new rocker "100.5 MAX FM" WXMM "straddling both sides of the fence (playing Rock and Classic Rock). There were no major changes to the playlist... Became 'The Fox' in March of 1989. The format was 'classic rock' from 1989 until February 1994 usually going after FM99 WNOR listeners. When the owners of FM99 bought WAFX they shifted the Fox's playlist from classic rock to classic hits. For a couple of years they were known as 'Classic Hits 106.9' but later reverted back to '106.9 The Fox'. This frequency started broadcasting in 1983. The WTID calls used to be here when the station had a country music format. This station also sported the WKIX calls with the 'K(I)X-106' moniker just before flipping to 'The Fox'. The original CP was granted on 10/27/80. |
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WJCD 107.7 299A |
 
Format: Smooth ACOn-Air Positioning: Smooth Jazz 107.7 Community Of License: Windsor VA Owner: Clear Channel Communications
Internet Audio Stream: Analog/HD1: LISTEN LIVE! HD2: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clips: 12/26/2006 - WJCD: Soft AC: "107-7 Lite FM" flips to Smooth Jazz/NAC "Smooth Jazz 107.7" 0:42 (WMA)Facilities: 620' 1.7 kW Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 32" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 31123
Frequency Background: Format descriptor changed per Arbitron from "New Age Contemporary/Smooth Jazz" to "Smooth AC" at the end of 5/2008. Moved Country Variety format "Country Mix" on 107.7-2 to 92.1-2 in early January 2007 for Traditional Jazz "The Jazz CLUB." Dropped Soft AC "107-7 Lite FM" for "Smooth Jazz 107.7" on 12/26/06 after playing all-Christmas music since early 11/2006. The last track heard on the "new" Lite FM was Brook Benton's "This Time Of The Year." After a short top-of-the-hour ID at just after 12:02 a.m., "Smooth Jazz 107.7" was born. The first three tracks were David Benoit's M.W.A. (Musicians With Attitude), Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" and Fattburger's "Oye Como Va." Added HD Radio broadcasts in 6/2006. The "Lite FM" simulcast on 92.1/WCDG was dropped on 8/12/05 and was flipped it to 60s-70s Oldies "Cool 92.1." Flipped to Soft AC "Lite FM" on 3/1/2004 at midnight and returned to a simulcast with 92.1 Moyock. Started to carry the John Tesh Show on 3/8/2004. Tesh's first affiliate to do so in the mornings. Was known as New Adult Contemporary / Smooth Jazz "CD 107.7." Previously known as "Vibe 107.7 Hits And Jammin' Old School" until a frequency swap with 105.3 on 6/25/2001. Clear Channel wanted "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" on a 50,000 watt blow-torch to go up against Entercom Urban AC "95-7" R&B WVKL. This station dates back to the late 1980s. It started as religious WXRI on October 20, 1989. On May 1, 1992 started to simulcast with WBSK-AM and changed calls to WBSK-FM a couple of weeks later. A year after that they took the WSVY calls. In March of 1999, had the 'Jammin' Oldies' format that was sweeping the nation at the time. |
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WBQK 107.9 300A |
Format: ClassicalOn-Air Positioning: Bach FM, Williamsburg's Classical Station Community Of License: West Point VA Owner: Davis Media HD Radio™: Not Licensed
Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 328' 6 kW / Directional Antenna Service Designation: FM – Full Service FM Station / Class A Transmitter Site: 37° 27' 2" N 76° 48' 48" W FCC Facility ID: 73906
Frequency Background: Changed positionber from "W-Bach" to "BachFM" early 2009. After a two month delay, Classical "W-Bach" debuted on 5/1/2006. Changed call letters to WBQK (from WTYD) on 12/9/2005 in anticipation of the format change to Classical as "Williamsburg's Classical, W-Bach" on 3/1/2006. Became "107.9 & 92.3 The Tide" when the owners agreed to purchase Bullseye Broadcasting's 50s-70s Oldies "Surf 92.3" WSRV Deltaville/Gloucester in August 2005 for $850,000 and immediately started a LMA (local marketing agreement). Changed call letters from WWBR to WTYD 5/6/05. Sold to Davis Media, headed up by Thomas G Davis, for $1.125M. WWBR, in the Virginia Beach/Norfolk market, is the first station for Davis Media. Previous owner was Winner Broadcasting, headed by Jim Campana, who passed away. The station was run briefly by his widow Sherry; simulcasting sister station (Bullseye Broadcasting) 50s-70s Oldies "Surf 92.3" WSRV Deltaville. Jim Campana started the station back in 1989, first with Country as WPTG then satellite-fed Soft AC "107.9 FM The Breeze - Hit Music, Light as The Breeze" WWBR in April 2000. Simulcasted urban WWHV-FM/102.1 Virginia Beach VA (a TSA for $11,000/mo) from 2/2/03 to 1/7/05 and was known as "Hot 102.1 & 107.9." Best heard SE of Richmond and on the Peninsula of Hampton Roads. |
| NOTE: Depending on what part of the Hampton Roads area a person is located in, one can also receive stations from Richmond (northwest), the Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula (north), VA's Eastern Shore and NE North Carolina (south). |
AM Radio [530KHz~1710KHz]
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WNZZ263 530 |
Format: Travelers' Information Station/Highway Advisory/Public SafetyOn-Air Positioning: Resort Area Information Station Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: City of Virginia Beach Website: None Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: .01 kW / .01 kW unlimited Domestic Station Class:
Frequency Background: The travelers' information station for the Virginia Beach Resort Area. Licensed to the City of Virginia Beach. This low-powered station is used by the City of Virginia Beach to relay resort area information including to residents, visitors and tourists. Best heard at the Oceanfront. ABOUT: 'TIS' stations are very low power AM stations that share the AM broadcast band with AM broadcast stations. TIS stations are used to transmit information to motorists, such as traffic obstructions, road conditions, and airport or bus terminal information. These licensed stations are only available to governmental and park districts, not individuals or corporations. This noncommercial service was established on June 10, 1977 by the FCC. Not all commissioners at that time gave this new service a blessing. Read the entire document online. |
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WGAI 560 |
Format: Full ServiceOn-Air Positioning: NewsRadio 560 Community Of License: Elizabeth City NC Owner: Max Media of North Carolina Website: newsradio560.com Internet Audio Stream: http://wgai.dyn.ee:8000/listen.pls Audio Clip: 11/6/2002 - WGAI-AM: Full Service "NewsRadio 560 AM Stereo" :08.6 (Real Networks) Facilities: 1 kW day | .5 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 20' 16" N 76° 14' 49" W FCC Facility ID: 72731
Frequency Background: WGAI is easily heard in the Hampton Roads area. It signed on the air in 1947 as a daytime only station. In 1948 it was licensed unlimited operation at 1000-watts day and 500-watts night. WGAI sported a middle of the road format since it's beginning until 1994 when the format went news/talk/sports. WGAI carries NASCAR and East Carolina University football and basketball games. Was owned by Ray-D-O-Biz until control was transferred to NCRB in October 2002. Used to broadcast in AM Stereo in the 90s, early '00s. |
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KNJR841 610 |
Format: Travelers' Information Station/Highway Advisory/Public SafetyOn-Air Positioning: Highway Advisory Community Of License: Newport News/Norfolk VA Owner: Commonwealth of Virginia Website: None Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: .01 kW / .01 kW unlimited Domestic Station Class:
Frequency Background:  The travelers' information station for the Hampton Roads area. Licensed to the Commonwealth of Virginia. KNJR841 broadcasts from two tower locations; the I-464 & I-264 Interchange and I-64 & State Rte 17 (J Clyde Morris Blvd) Interchange both with an ERP of 40w. There have been several attempts to increase power to these sites but all have failed. Best heard on and along I-64, I-264, I-464, I-564 and I-664. ABOUT: 'TIS' stations are very low power AM stations that share the AM broadcast band with AM broadcast stations. TIS stations are used to transmit information to motorists, such as traffic obstructions, road conditions, and airport or bus terminal information. These licensed stations are only available to governmental and park districts, not individuals or corporations. This noncommercial service was established on June 10, 1977 by the FCC. CLICK ON GRAPHIC FOR LARGER SIZE. |
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WPMH 670 |
Format: Conservative Talk On-Air Positioning: Conservative Talk 670 Community Of License: Claremont VA Owner: Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp Website: 670wpmh.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 20kW day | .007 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 37° 10' 29" N 76° 53' 49" W FCC Facility ID: 68741
Frequency Background: Swapped the WRJR calls for WPMH (the ABC-owned AM 1010 had a LMA with Chesapeake-Portsmouth) on 6/17/2004. Pushed the Spanish programming to weekends only as Radio Vida in February 2004. Became Hampton Roads' first all-Spanish radio station when they flipped from Christian "Praise 670" on April 1, 2002. Was also known as 'Rejoice 670'. Used to be a business and sports news station with the calls WVNS trying to go up against powerhouses WNIS/790 and WTAR/850 but failed. |
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WMBG 740 |
Format: Nostalgia/OldiesOn-Air Positioning: Williamsburg's Golden Memories Station Community Of License: Williamsburg VA Owner: Williamsburg's Radio Station Inc Website: wmbgradio.com Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: .5 kW day | .008 kW night / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 37° 16' 37" N 76° 45' 7" W FCC Facility ID: 25021
Frequency Background: Filed with the FCC on 5/22/2006 that 100% of Williamsburg Radio Station Inc to go from Gilbert L Granger (father) to Gregory H Granger (son), prepaid in cash -- $10K. Best heard between Hampton Roads and Richmond. Was Top 40 back in the 70s and early 80s. Their station information: 5351 Richmond Road • Williamsburg, Virginia 23188 • 757-229-7400. |
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WNIS 790 |
Format: News/TalkOn-Air Positioning: NewsRadio 790 WNIS Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Sinclair Communications Website: wnis.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 5 kW unlimited / DA1 - Directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 37° 4' 25" N 76° 17' 31" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 4671
Frequency Background: The old WTAR (790 AM) was a middle-of-the-road (MOR) station for many years, but by 1983 had switched to oldies. Until about 1952 it was an NBC affiliate, then CBS. In the late 80s/early 90s it bounced around formats with all news and back to MOR before switching to news/talk. The original WTAR frequency in 1923 was 1270 - later switched to 780. In 1941, it was moved to 790 in the big nationwide frequency shift. The station made the 790/850 switch at midnight, 15 July 1997 when it signed off as WTAR on 790 and signed on WNIS. The WNIS calls stand for 'News and Information Station". |
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WTAR 850 |
Format: TalkOn-Air Positioning: WTAR 850 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Sinclair Communications Website: wtar.com Internet Audio Stream: None Audio Clips: 1/30/2006 - WTAR: "TalkRadio 850" segues to "FOX Sports Radio 850" :45 (Windows Media)Facilities: 50 kW day | 25 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 37° 3' 36" N 76° 41' 26" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 60472
Frequency Background: Dumped "TalkRadio 850" for "FOX Sports Radio 850" just after midnight on 1/30/2006 but six months later, it trashed most of the FOX Sports programming and went back to its former format -- Talk but with a brand new line-up. WTAR used to be at 790 AM. 850 used to be WNIS (which moved here from 1350), which is now at 790. The 850 frequency dates back to 1952. For many years 850 used to be soul formatted WRAP. The original call letters on 850 were WCAV, based on "Cavalier." |
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WKGM 940 |
Format: Religious On-Air Positioning: AM 940 WKGM - The Ministry Station Community Of License: Smithfield VA Owner: WKGM Inc Website: None Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 10 kW day | 3.1 kW night / DAN - Directional Antenna: Nighttime only Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 57' 16" N 76° 37' 48" W FCC Facility ID: 73160
Frequency Background: Heard best southeast of Richmond into Hampton Roads. Dates back to 1974. |
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WRJR 1010 |
 Format: Christian TalkOn-Air Positioning: Christian Talk Radio 1010 Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Radio Disney Group (LMA with Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp) Website: wrjrradio.com Internet Audio Stream: Facilities: 5 kW day | .449 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 20" N 76° 26' 38" W FCC Facility ID: 10759
Frequency Background: Owners asked the FCC for authority to go silent while the station is being sold off (this will not happen, though). Being sold to Chesa Christian Talk was moved from sister station WPMH/670 to AM1010 in 2007. Due to FCC change of rules AM1010 was able to continue to stay on the air. The station went dark on May 31, 2006 but quickly got a permanent STA to go back and stay on the air. Was Gospel "Spirit 1010" WRJR from 2/2006 thru 5/2006. The Gospel format and programming moved down the dial to AM1550. Was Spanish "Radio Vida" until 2/2006. Swapped the long-time WPMH calls for WRJR on 6/17/2004. Owned by ABC/Disney (now Radio Disney Group) who is LMA-ing programming back to the former owners Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting. Because of the sale to ABC along their expanded-band outlet 'Radio Disney' WHKT-AM (1650), WPMH will have to go dark because of the FCC's "5-year rule" at the end of 5/2006. Started out as a big band station in 1972, but eventually flipped to religion. |
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WVXX 1050 |
Format: SpanishOn-Air Positioning: Selecta 1050 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Golden Door Broadcasting (LMA with Hindlin Broadcasting) Website: selecta1050.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Audio Clip: 4/23/2002 - WFOG-AM: Nostalgia "AM 1050 The Fog" - Top-of-the-hour ID :34 (.WMA) 12/6/2004 - WVXX-AM: Sports "FOX Sports Radio 1050" - Call letter change (TOTH ID) :10 (.WMA)Facilities: 5 kW day | .358 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 44" N 76° 12' 26" W FCC Facility ID: 71286
Frequency Background: Owner Peter Davidson splits his company, Davidson Media, into two taking 12 Davidson Media stations in six markets including WVXX (for $1.06M) with him to a new company called Golden Door Broadcasting in October 2008. He’ll still be on hand as a significant shareholder and board member of Davidson Media. The new Golden Door stations will eventually be merged in to Davidson's existing Blackstrap Broadcasting. Hindlin Broadcasting entered into an LMA with Davidson Media Group late 2005. Dropped FOX Sports Radio on 2/9/05 in anticipation for "Selecta 1050." Due to technical problems with Verizon, WVXX simulcasted WFOG/92.9 until Spanish was launched on 2/26/2005 at 2PM. Changed calls from WCMS to WVXX on 12/6/04. Owned by Barnstable Broadcasting up to November 2004 until sold to Davidson Media for $975,000. Sale should close Jan/Feb 2005. Announced on 2/17/04 that they entered into an agreement with Premier Radio Networks to be the exclusive Hampton Roads broadcaster of FOX Sports Radio. The agreement became effective May 1, 2004. Hampton Roads Radio Group is the first group in the country to put ESPN Radio and FOX Sports Radio together. Previously, dumped the Standards format "AM 1050 The Fog" WFOG (MOYL) in favor of Classic Country on November 25, 2003 when WCMS-FM dropped Classic Country for a new format and calls. Previously, dropped the simulcast with black gospel WXEZ-FM 'Star 94.1' in mid-April 2002. Received new calls of WFOG late April 2001. Carries the Norfolk Tides Triple-A baseball games with sister station "ESPN Radio 1310" WGH-AM. This had been a country music station for many years since it signed on in 1954. A FM operation at 100.5 was started in 1962. Local rock 'n roll legends Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps performed on this station before hitting it big internationally with "Be Bop a Lula." Elvis Presley reportedly also performed there very early in his career. |
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WYRM 1110 |
Format: Charismatic/Pentecostal Talk /HealthOn-Air Positioning: Ministry Radio Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Word Broadcasting Network Website: wyrmradio.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 50 kW Daytime only / DAD - Directional Antenna: Daytime only Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 36° 56' 34" N 76° 31' 56" W FCC Facility ID: 29597
Frequency Background: Dropped "Where You Really Matter" for "Ministry Radio" on 4/1/2005. Previous calls of WCKO were dumped on 8/30/04 for WYRM. On July 28, 2003, Word closed on the purchase of WCKO/1110 from Metropolitan Broadcasting Co. Following the August 2000 death of Metropolitan Radio Group founder Gary Acker, the owners started to sell off some of their stations. They got $1.25M for two black gospel AMs that billed themselves as “The Power Company.” The first was AM1110 here in Hampton Roads and he other one was WOBS Jacksonville FL. Metropolitan had a LMA with FreeFall Communications to operate the station. It's format was Black Gospel Talk mixed with gospel music. The station is now operated by Word Management, the operations/management company associated with Word Broadcasting. The station went dark on July 23, 2003 after the local management agreement with FreeFall expired. Word remodeled the transmitter building and replaced the old transmitter and installed a new backup one. The on-air date was originally set for October 1, 2003. It ended up being mid-June 2004. The original format for the 1110 frequency was country-rock with the calls of WZAM when the Benns family signed it on. Featured a lot of Eagles, Marshall Tucker, Lynyrd Skynyrd and other Southern Rock mixed in with ‘outlaw’ style country. Sounded great but didn’t work. This was abandoned for album rock shortly thereafter. Used to be an oldies station and then, before that, religious WZAM. And before that it featured a modern rock format and was co-owned with 93.7 FM, WMYK. They simulcast with "K94" WMYK-FM quite a bit back in the album rock days as "Zam11" with a lot of Southern Rock (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws, etc.). Since 1976. |
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WRVA 1140 |
Format: News/TalkOn-Air Positioning: NewsRadio 1140 WRVA Community Of License: Richmond VA Owner: Clear Channel Communications Website: wrva.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 50 kW unlimited / DA1 - Directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: A Transmitter Site: 37° 24' 13" N 77° 18' 59" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 11914
Frequency Background: A 50,000 watt facility that is easily heard in Eastern Virginia and throughout much of eastern North America at night. Owned by Clear Channel with studios at the Clear Channel complex on Basie Road. It features Rush Limbaugh during the afternoons, "Coast to Coast" with George Noory overnights and airs "Ask The Governor" with Mark Warner on the last Thursday of each month. 1140 is also the Richmond home of the UVA Cavaliers Football and Men's Basketball program and Paul Harvey News and Comment. WRVA is Richmond's oldest radio station; it started broadcasting in 1925. In an interesting sidelight, WRVA used to suffer from Cuban jamming. It was actually directed at Miami station WQBA, also on 1140. Some nights WRVA was hard to hear even in downtown Richmond. |
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WJOI 1230 |
Format: Adult StandardsOn-Air Positioning: Hampton Roads' Joy Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Saga Communications
Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 1kW Unlimited / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: C Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 3" N 76° 16' 12" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 67801
Frequency Background: Used to be WNOR's AM side. Since 1949. This was one of the Tidewater area's main 'top 40' contemporary stations back in the 1960s. In the 1970s it went to a soul music format “The Big O-R” for a while and then started simply relaying WNOR-FM's (98.7) rock music signal. About 1984 on WNOR they were doing exclusively classic rock with live jocks... it was great while it lasted... before they went to full simulcast. WNOR was indeed the other 'big' Top 40 station in the area until about 1977, but with only 1,000 watts compared to WGH's 5,000 watts, they could not get the coverage. Legend has it that George Carlin once worked at WNOR many years ago. In the late 1990s it flipped to a nostalgia format. |
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WLQM 1250 |
Format: Urban Gospel On-Air Positioning: All Gospel - The Light Community Of License: Franklin VA Owner: Franklin Broadcasting Website: None Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 1 kW Daytime only / NDD - Non-directional Antenna: Daytime only Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 36° 40' 57" N 76° 55' 43" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 52368
Frequency Background: Co-owned by WLQM-FM 101.7. Broadcasts some sports events - local, regional and national. WLQM-AM is a 24 hour full service station offering an urban gospel format that serves the independent cities of Franklin & Suffolk and the counties of Southampton and Isle of Wight. |
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WTJZ 1270 |
Format: Traditional/Contemporary GospelOn-Air Positioning: The Light Community Of License: Newport News VA Owner: Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp Website: www.wtjzradio.net Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 1.5kW day | .9 kW night / DAN - Directional Antenna: Nighttime only Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 37° 1' 52" N 76° 22' 0" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 3533
Frequency Background: Reverted back to "The Light" in 2007 from "The Jesus Zone" moniker. Reverted back to "The Jesus Zone" in 2003 from "The Light" moniker. Was to become Hampton Roads' first full-time all-Spanish radio station at midnight on March 17, 2003. Instead, on May 1, 2003, the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Temple in Hampton entered into a three-year time-lease agreement with the Chesapeake-Portsmouth. This also created a new radio group - Lighthouse. WTJZ later stood for "The Jesus Zone." Carried the Norfolk Nighthawks radio broadcasts of the af2 (arena football 2) in 2002. In 1978 before the WTJZ call letters, was known as WOKT. WTJZ originally stood for “Tidewater’s Jazz Station.” In the early 1970s, this was WTID, a country music station. It was co-owned with 104.5 (WQRK, which later became WNVZ). Originally WYOU back in the 50s with a rock format that was heavy on the soul artists and included a guy on the air named Bob Smith… later known as Wolfman Jack. |
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WGH 1310 |
Format: Contemporary InspirationalOn-Air Positioning: Star 1310 Community Of License: Newport News VA Owner: Max Media Website: star1310.com Internet Audio Stream: None Audio Clip: 12/6/2002 - WCMS-AM: Sports "ESPN Radio 1310" - Call letter change (TOTH ID) :11 (.WMA)Facilities: 20 kW day | 5 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 37° 2' 43" N 76° 26' 54" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 72103
Frequency Background: At 12:01 a.m. on 10/5/2009, the formats of AM1310 and 94.1FM were swapped with the Sports format (ESPN Radio 1310) moving to 94.1FM. Changed the call letlers from WCMS to WGH on 7/1/05 when the owners move the WCMS calls to a property in Eastern NC - 94.5/Hatteras. Sold to Max Media from Barnstable Broadcasting in early 2005. The cluster (92.9/WFOG, 94.1/WXEZ, 97.3/WGH, 100.5/WXMM, 1310/WCMS) went for $80M. A sixth station in the Barnstable cluster (1050/WVXX) was sold separately. Changed the call letters to WCMS from longtime WGH (since 12/10/84) on 12/6/04. The WCMS calls came from AM1050 when the owners sold that station to Davidson Media. Carries the Norfolk Tides Triple-A baseball games. Dates way back to 1928. This used to be Tidewater's main "top 40" contemporary station in the 1960s and early 1970s. This station took to the airwaves in October 1928 as WNEW (for Newport News). Call letters were changed to WGH about six weeks later to say 'World's Greatest Harbor.' (The WNEW calls were later taken by the 1130 kHz station in New York City.) WNEW (Newport News) was apparently the descendant of a station at Virginia Beach, WSEA, which did not last long and went dark about 1927. This allocation was picked up by a fellow named Tom Little, who moved it to Newport News. The original WNEW frequency was briefly 1430, then 1310, then and 1340 after the big frequency shakeup of 1941. In January of 1949, it was moved back to 1310 with a big power increase from 250 to 5,000 watts and a brand new transmitter and studio facility in what is now Hampton, VA (city of license stayed Newport News). Station was an NBC Blue, later ABC affiliate. In the mid-late 1950s, WGH dumped the network programming for Top 40, with the name "Color Radio" or alternatively "Color Channel 131." They were still trying to compete with TV, then only black and white - so the radio had to be color! Go figure. From the 50s to the late 60s, many of their jingles said "WGH in Old Virginia." Also known as Music 131, Mighty Radio, Famous 1310, the Rock of Virginia, and 13 WGH. Station has been licensed to both Newport News and Norfolk. From 1954 until 1971, WGH was the home of Bob Calvert, a legendary local radio announcer who was the inspiration for Wolfman Jack. During the mid 50s, Bob had a nighttime weekend show in which he became "Baron Be-Bop," playing R&B music and speaking in a black-affected accent. The show was wildly popular, and part of the reason they switched to Top 40. Wolfman Jack at that time was working at 1270 WYOU in Newport News under a different name. He heard Calvert's act, decided to borrow from it, and the rest is history! WGH was the number one station in Tidewater from the late 50s until the mid-70s. The format was changed to adult contemporary in the early 80s, but that failed to recapture the station's former glory. The stations (AM & 97.3 FM) were sold in 1983. The new owners changed the call letters on both stations to WNSY. (Jokingly called "We're Not Sure Yet.") The AM format was switched to oldies. Around late 1984, the call letters were switched back to WGH on the AM after a difficult battle with the FCC. Once you give up three-letter calls, they don't like to give them back! The format was switched to "Real Country" (automated satellite format). After Susquehanna Radio took over in 1985, the AM format was switched (early 1986) to "Travelers Radio." This was automated information geared toward tourists. In late 1986, Travelers Radio was dumped and we started simulcasting with the FM (97 Star... in December 1986 they got WGH-FM calls back). The simulcasts ended about 1990 when it took CNN Headline News TV audio, syndicated and formatted for radio. This was a big hit during the Gulf War. In March 1991, that was dumped for Real Country once again. On May 30, 1992 country was dumped and Virginia's first only sports station was born using the 'Sports Entertainment Network'. |
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WGPL 1350 |
Format: Black GospelOn-Air Positioning: Your Gospel Connection Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Willis Broadcasting Website: wgpl1350.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 5 kW day | 5 kW night / DA2 - Directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 53' 0" N 76° 22' 22" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 69560
Frequency Background: Since 1942. This station has sported many call letters and many formats over the years. This was originally WSAP (We Serve All Portsmouth) at 1490 kHz from 1942 until about 1948. Later WAVY as a Top 40 in the 50’s as a competitor to WGH. Willard Scott was also on WAVY radio in the 50’s. Then became WCVU which was what we would now call a “Hot AC” station, then became WKLX from 1971 until 1977. WKLX was a rockin' Top 40 station. About 1975 or so it switched to News/Talk. In 1976, this frequency was purchased by Bob Sinclair and became WHNE "Honey Radio" (Country). In 1979 this was dropped in favor of News/Talk and the calls were changed to WNIS. The frequency swap with WRAP 850 happened in 1987. |
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WPCE 1400 |
Format: Black GospelOn-Air Positioning: Your Inspirational Leader Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Willis Broadcasting Website: wpce1400.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 1 kW Unlimited / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: C Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 45" N 76° 19' 23" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 72813
Frequency Background: Since 1954. Was once a rhythm & blues outlet known as WLOW and later as WHIH. It evolved into WWOC, which offered a mixed top 40/r&b format. The calls stood for "we will overcome." It later switched to a black gospel format as WPCE, "peace." Joe Hoppel, longtime WCMS morning man (then Kick FM)), got his start in Tidewater radio at WLOW in 1954 before moving to WCMS about a year or so later. |
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WXGM 1420 |
Format: Standards On-Air Positioning: Timeless Classics Community Of License: Gloucester VA Owner: WXGM Inc Website: None Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: .74 kW day | .058 kW night / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 29" N 76° 0' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 74208
Frequency Background: Picked up Standards format on 8/1/03 using ABC's "Stardust." Previously simulcast with FM sister "Xtra 99.1" WXGM/99.1 Best heard on the Middle Peninsula... south of Kilmarnock and SE of West Point and most of the Lower Peninsula. Since 1957. |
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WBVA 1450 |
Format: OFF AIR On-Air Positioning: Community Of License: Bayside (Virginia Beach) VA Owner: Birach Broadcasting Website: www.birach.com/wbva.htm Internet Audio Stream: Audio Clip: 3/14/2002 - WBVA-AM: Hot Talk "AM 1450 The Buzz" :50 (Windows Media)Facilities: 1 kW day | 1 kW night / ND2 - Non-directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: C Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 29" N 76° 0' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 84068
Frequency Background: Chesapeake Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC) decided not to buy WBVA/1450 Bayside (Virginia Beach, and sister WVAB/1550 Virginia Beach) in 2007 and the stations were again put into a bankruptcy court auction. CPBC had a LMA with Chapter VII Bankruptcy Trustee R. Clinton Stackhouse. In mid-November 2007, Birach Broadcasting won the bid on the two stations at $345,000. Birach's original bid was announced at $275,000. Bankruptcy judge in Norfolk on 7/12/2006 approved the sale of WBVA/1450 Bayside (Virginia Beach, and sister WVAB/1550 Virginia Beach) for $775,000 to Nancy Epperson’s Chesapeake Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC). Returned to the air on Thursday 2/23/2006 with a LMA (local marketing agreement) with Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp, simulcasting with Delmarva Educational Association's "Word In Praise" WWIP/89.1 Cheriton VA. Stopped that simulcast with WWIP in April 2006 to start a new one with Christian Talk WPMH/670 Claremont VA. Used to be "Hot Talk & Real Sports - AM 1450 The Buzz" WBVA until March 23, 2005 when the owner, Ronald J Cowan, converted his 2004 Chapter 11 bankruptcy into a Chapter 7. Was silent from March 2005 to February 2006. Previously added the "Lex & Terry" morning show in mid-April 2002. Aired FOX Sports Radio mid-January 2002 to mid-March 2002. Added several syndie 'talkers' from Premiere Radio Networks mid-February 2002. Was simulcasting "CNN Headlines News 1550" with sister station WVAB Virginia Beach from 11/2001 to mid-1/2002. Was Radio Disney from November 2000 to November 2001 until the format was pulled over contract and purchasing the station out-right disputes. Previously had a country format. A station in Suffolk VA used to be here on 1450 with the call letters WLPM, which stood for "world's largest peanut market." Apparently Planters Peanuts had a site there. The station eventually went dark. Many years later, Ronn Cowan filed for a license on 1450 for Bayside, a borough in the City of Virginia Beach. Why Bayside? WBVA's sister station's tower (WVAB) was located there -- one mile north of Town Center (Independence/VB Blvd). This was ideal, but Virginia Beach is now over 250 square miles since merging with Princess Anne County. It is almost impossible for any new stations to cover such a large area day and night with the FCC requirement -- 80% percent coverage with a city grade signal." The commission rules state that a community of license is a city, town or political subdivision. Other stations that were nothing more than residential communities or even mountain passes in the middle of nowhere were licensed in other states. The area has Bayside High, Junior High, many businesses whose name begins with Bayside -- the post office, fire station, and library. Bayside even had its own council member when the appication for a new station was made to the FCC. WBVA is digital ready. |
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WXTG 1490 |
Format: Sports // WXTG/102.1 Virginia Beach VA On-Air Positioning: 102.1FM The Game Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Hampton Radio II Inc Website: 1021thegame.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 1 kW Unlimited / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: C Transmitter Site: 37° 1' 46" N 76° 22' 35" W FCC Facility ID: 25917
Frequency Background: Changed the call letters from WLRT to WXTG on 12/6/2007. On 7/31/2007, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Synder's Red Zebra Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase the station from Hampton Radio II, Inc for $950,000 and immediately entered into a LMA to start simulcasting WXTG/102.1 Virginia Beach at 8:30 p.m. the same day. Before Sports, it did Classic Country/Racing/NASCAR and was known as "1490 The Outlaw" WLRT. Lost FOX Sports to WTAR/850 Norfolk on January 30, 2006. Dropped Oldies for Classic Country October 2005. Picked up FOX Sports Radio (2/2005) when AM1050 dropped it. Dropped Southern Rock/Racing/Classic Country on December 8, 2003 at 10PM for 50s-70s Oldies. Previously known as "America's Country 1490 The Goldmine" WBYM until July 7, 2003. Used "Classic Hit Country AM 1490 - The Gold Mine" up to September 2002. Carried the Washington Redskins football games (2002-2005). Used to be WVEC and was co-owned with Channel 13. It featured easy listening music in the 1960s and early 1970s. An FM outlet was started - WVEC-FM -, which later became WWDE. 1490 also used to be WOJY playing a country/gospel mix but flipped to contemporary Christian and took the new calls of WXRE (X15) in July 1996. In November 1997 flipped to standards 'The Bay' WBYM. The WPEX calls have also resided here when the station simulcast WWDE, 101.3 FM, and later with a country music format. This station dates back to 1948. |
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WVAB 1550 |
Format: OFF AIR On-Air Positioning: Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Birach Broadcasting Website: www.birach.com/wvab.htm Internet Audio Stream: None Facilities: 5 kW day | .009 kW night / ND2 - Non-directional Antenna: Different constants day and night Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 29" N 76° 9' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 57611
Frequency Background: Chesapeake Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC) decided not to buy WVAB/1550 Virginia Beach [and sister WBVA/1450 Bayside (Virginia Beach)] in 2007 and the stations were again put into a bankruptcy court auction. CPBC had a LMA with Chapter VII Bankruptcy Trustee R. Clinton Stackhouse. In mid-November 2007, Birach Broadcasting won the bid on the two stations at $345,000. Birach's original bid was announced at $275,000. Bankruptcy judge in Norfolk on 7/12/2006 approved the sale of WVAB/1550 Virginia Beach [and sister WBVA/1450 Bayside (Virginia Beach)] for $775,000 to Nancy Epperson’s Chesapeake Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC). Station went Gospel late April 2006 as "AM 1550 The Praise." Used to be "CNN Headline News Radio" WVAB until March 23, 2005 when the owner, Ronald J Cowan, converted his 2004 Chapter 11 bankruptcy into a Chapter 7. Was silent from March 2005 to February 2006. CNN Radio was launched on March 15, 2001. This station, which dates back to the 1950s, traces its history to WBOF, a station on 1600 AM in Virginia Beach. That station eventually moved to 1550 AM. Over the years the WKVK calls have resided here. Used to be talk/news and then religious. This was a rockin' little station in the 1970s and 1980s. It went dark and later got bought by Bishop Willis. Under its current owner (Ronald W Cowan Jr), it has been big band, religious, talk and Radio Disney. Co-owned with 1450 WBVA. Carries the Carolina Panthers football games. WVAB is digital ready. |
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WCPK 1600 |
Format: Black GospelOn-Air Positioning: Praise 1600 Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: Christian Broadcasting of Chesapeake (Willis Broadcasting) Website: wcpk.com Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!Facilities: 4.2 kW day | .023 kW night / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night Domestic Station Class: D Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 10" N 76° 16' 58" W FCC Facility ID: 64003
Frequency Background: Previous known as "The Special K." Used to be WFOG with an adult contemporary format. Katy Watkins Payne and Charles F Payne launched 1600 in 1967. In the late 60's and early 70's, 1600 featured easy listening music. It was a daytime only station and it signed off with this message: "When WCPK's beautiful music ends, even the sun goes down." This frequency used to be the location of a Virginia Beach station, WBOF, which eventually moved to 1550 AM. Old 1600 was aligned with 94.9 FM (WNRN, WJQI) for a while back when with easy listening and adult contemporary formats. This station was also aligned with 92.9 FM, WFOG, for a while. |
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WHKT 1650 |
Format: Conservative Talk // WPMH/670 Claremont VAOn-Air Positioning: Freedom 1650 Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp Website: freedom1650.com Internet Audio Stream: Facilities: 10 kW day | 1 kW night / ND1 - Non-directional Antenna: Same constants day and night / Class B Domestic Station Class: B Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 10" N 76° 16' 58" W FCC Facility ID: 87170
Frequency Background: Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC) debuted a new Conservative Talk radio station, "Freedom 1650, WHKT" on 5/6/2010 doing a simulicast with sister station WPMH/670 Claremont. Went silent mid-January 2010, dropping Family Hits "Radio Disney Hampton Roads." Owners asked the FCC for authority to go silent while the station is being sold off. Agreed to sell to Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corp (CPBC) for $350,000 in 1/2010. Changed format descriptor from "Children's Programming" to "Family Hits" in March 2009. Was nostalgic using the 'Timeless Classics' moniker until December 2001. Picked-up the Radio Disney format after it was pulled on AM1450 WBVA over contract and purchasing the station out-right disputes. ABC Radio (now Radio Disney Group) also had to purchase cousin station WPMH/1010 because of FCC rules concerning expanded-band stations. This is Virginia's first expanded band (1610-1700) station. It first signed on in late 1998. Was "Liberty Works" talk until December 2000. They also previously (when known as 'The Big Kat') carried several local sports audio broadcasts including the Norfolk Tides, AHL hockey team Norfolk Admirals and on the weekends some programs aimed at Hispanics. |
| NOTE: Depending on what part of the Hampton Roads area a person is located in, one can also receive stations from Richmond (northwest), the Northern Neck/Middle Peninsula (north), VA's Eastern Shore and NE North Carolina (south). |
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WUND-TV 2 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: PBS On-Air Positioning: UNC-TV Community Of License: Edenton NC Owner: University of North Carolina Website: unctv.org Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 1542' 100kW Transmitter Site: 35° 54' 0" N 76° 20' 45" W FCC Facility ID: 69292
Frequency Background: The FCC granted UNC-TV's (University of North Carolina) request to change the community of license (COL) WUND-TV/DT (analog 2/digital 20) from Columbia NC to Edenton NC in late summer 2005. It officially changed on 11/22/2005. That took the stations out of the Greenville/Washington/New Bern TV DMA and into the Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News TV DMA. UNC-TV requested the change to get carriage on direct broadcast services (DBS/satellite providers) for residents in NE North Carolina which are considered to be in the Norfolk DMA. The COL move to Edenton essentially forced DirecTV and DISH Network to carry WUND for ALL Norfolk DMA residents. This was a big blow to Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunication Association's (HRETA) PBS affiliated WHRO-TV/DT (15). The station requested the proposed COL move be denied. One of the arguments of WHRO was UNC-TV's move was just a smoke screen to move into the Hampton Roads TV market. WHRO feared UNC-TV's move will hinder its fund raising efforts in Hampton Roads. WUND is already seen on the area's largest cable provider, Cox Cable Hampton Roads (Southside-only), on channel 6.  WUND is part of a state-wide educational network broadcasting PBS. They are owned by the University Of North Carolina. This station in the Spring of 2001 got a power boost and a higher tower. Even though this station is more than 60 miles away from downtown Norfolk, it is well received over-the-air in this area. The WUND signal falls under the FCC's "must-carry" rules and was added to the Cox Cable system (Southside only) August 1, 2001 on channel 6. This station first signed on in 1965 and was the second TV station in the UNC state-wide PBS affiliation. CLICK ON GRAPHIC FOR LARGER SIZE. |
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WTKR 3 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: CBS On-Air Positioning: NewsChannel 3 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Local TV LLC Website: wtkr.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 981' 100 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 56" N 76° 28' 0" W FCC Facility ID: 47401
Frequency Background:Turned off its analog transmitter on 6/12/2009. On 1/4/2007, The New York Times Company had entered into an agreement to sell its Broadcast Media Group, consisting of nine network-affiliated television stations including WTKR, their associated Web sites and the Digital Operating Center, to Oak Hill Capital Partners for $575 million. Local TV LLC is the actual company name, which was been formed by investor group Oak Hill Capital Partners. The transaction closed in the first half of 2007. Revamped station look with a new logo and graphics, including new news opens, theme music, ids and banner/web graphics in 2003. This was the first logo change since 1995. Used to be WTAR-TV way back when. Originally on Channel 4 after 1950 sign-on. Moved to Channel 3 a few years later. Was originally an NBC affiliate, became CBS affiliate around 1952. In the mid 50's they had an ABC, CBS and Du Mont affiliations. For many years, this was the 800-pound gorilla of Hampton Roads television. |
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WSKY-TV 4 |
Community Of License: Manteo NCOwner: SKY Television LLC Website: sky4tv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1030' 100 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 8' 8" N 75° 49' 28" W FCC Facility ID: 76324
Frequency Background: Added NBC's Universal Sports on digital 4.2 on 10/16/2009. Changed on-air positioning from "Channel 4 Hampton Roads" to "SKY4TV" late 9/2009. The station's analog signal signed-off for good in late November 2006, as their digital signal was to sign-on from a new tower in Camden County, NC. WSKY had some challenges covering the northern most area of the Hampton Roads metro (Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton) on its analog signal; which was to be remedied with its new digital tower. Between 6 and 7 a.m. on the morning of March 2, 2007, in high winds during storms moving through the area, WSKY-DT's tower collapsed, also destroying the transmitter building. The tower was three weeks away from completion. The tower was rebuilt and finished in November 2007. WSKY-DT started broadcasting a test pattern on November 24, 2007. WSKY-DT started regular broadcasts on November 27, 2007. Dropped the original "Sky4" for "Channel 4 Hampton Roads in June 2006 with a complete new graphics and on-air package. WSKY airs a lot of local programming including local sports plus popular reruns, new syndicated programs, Big East & Big 10 college football regional college basketball. Starting in 2002, WSKY will carry 55 Baltimore Orioles games. Even though WSKY's tower is over 55 miles away from south Hampton Roads, their signal is well received over-the-air. Since this falls under the FCC's "must-carry" rules, "Sky 4" was added to the Cox Cable system on channel 4. WSKY has extensive cable coverage including Williamsburg, James City County and upper York County. Williamsburg is almost 100(!) miles (a crow's fly) away from Manteo. Took the calls of WSKY on 3/9/2001. Originally owned by DanBeth Communications. |
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WJGN-CA 5 |
Network Affiliation: FamilyNetOn-Air Positioning: Watch Jehovah's Good News Channel 5 Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: The Union Mission Website: unionmissionministries.org/serve/goodnews.html Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 3 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 39" N 76° 21' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 66549
Frequency Background: Converted to a 'Class A' television station in mid-2001. Broadcasts religious programming both from the FamilyNet and ACTS. Their tower is in Portsmouth with offices in Virginia Beach. |
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WGBS-LP 7 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: FamilyNet On-Air Positioning: TV7 Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Joan & Kenneth Wright Website: wgbs7.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 2.5 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 39" N 76° 21' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 31350
Frequency Background: Signed off on 6/12/2009 when WHRE-DT signed on the same channel. Formerly known as "Genesis TV7." Their power was an anemic 242 watts covering most of Hampton and the southern parts of Newport News. Was granted a new CP (construction permit) in July 2003 to increase its power 10 times to 2.5kW and to move their antenna to Portsmouth from Hampton. WGBS has been broadcasting since October 7, 1993 as W07CZ. It first came on the air describing itself as a multicultural, family and inspirational station. The only 100% black-run station in Virginia according to their old website. At one time, this station thrived when it was on several cable systems in the mid-90s. That all changed when Cox Communications decided to drop them from their various systems on the Peninsula in 1998. Cox stated that they were running out of room and also wanted all of their cable line-ups in the various cities to be identical. That ended "The Little Station That Could." They currently broadcast shopping, religious and some local programs. |
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WHRE 7 |
Network Affiliation: Trinity Broadcasting Network
Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Copeland Channel 21, LLC (Robert O Copeland) Website: tbn.org Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1017' 85 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 12" W FCC Facility ID: 82574
Frequency Background: Signed on their digital signal on 6/13/2009. Previous analog channel 21 history: Signed-on Monday, March 27, 2006 with religious TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Network. Took the original WHRE call letters on 6/28/05. CP was originally awarded to Winstar Broadcasting. They won the auction for channel 21 with a bid of $8,752,000 back on 9/28/99 and made an initial payment of $1,750,400. Then they were subject to a "petition to deny" from second-place bidder Robert O Copeland. Copeland charged that prior to the auction, Winstar had "engaged in a transfer of control, thereby rendering it ineligible to bid..." and that it was financially unqualified due to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings of its parent companies, WCI and Winstar New Media Inc. Although Copeland's petition was denied, Winstar at the same time failed to meet the both the deadline for paying off its balance as well as the late payment date of 8/1/01. By that time a late fee of $238,600 was tacked on. Missing these deadlines generally results in loss of the license, along with a default assessment. Winstar, seeking to retain its right to the license, argued that its "investment in acquisition and construction of the new station may not be recognized as an asset of the corporation" since it could have lost the license due to the Copeland petition, and that the same threat prevented it from recouping its investment via sale of the license. The FCC shot back, "These bare allegations, unsupported by evidence, do not justify a waiver. Moreover, even if these allegations were substantiated, rather than unsupported, they would still not warrant a waiver." The upshot is that Winstar's application is dismissed, Copeland's bid will be honored as the new high, and Winstar will have a bid deficiency payment of $796,000 and the late fee deducted from the cash it has already paid. It will get back $715,720. By the way, this is the same auction (#25) by the FCC that Danbeth Communications, owners of Independent "SKY4" WSKY Manteo NC, won their CP. They have been on the air since September 2001. It took Channel 21 four and a half years later. |
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WAVY-TV 10 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: NBC On-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 991' 316 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W FCC Facility ID: 71127
Frequency Background: Turned off its analog transmitter at 9 a.m. on 6/12/2009. WAVY-TV, Channel 10 signed on the air September 1, 1957, as the NBC affiliate in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Originally started by Tidewater Teleradio as an offshoot to their radio station, WAVY-AM, WAVY-TV was purchased in 1968 by LIN Broadcasting Inc. In March 1998, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc., a leading private investment firm headquartered in Dallas, acquired LIN Broadcasting. WAVY-TV was housed in the old Farmer's Market in downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, until April 1989, when it moved to its present Portsmouth location at 300 Wavy Street. Since its inception, WAVY-TV set the standard in Hampton Roads television. It was the first local station to broadcast in 'living color' (1957); the first to utilize a helicopter in its news gathering activities (1982); and the first to broadcast in stereo (1985). It was the first local station of offer 90 minutes of local evening news (1994); the first to broadcast a 5:30AM newscast (1992); and the first commercial station to offer a Saturday Morning newscast (1995). Original children's programming is also a part of WAVY-TV's heritage. A generation grew up with "Poop Deck Pappy" in the 1960's. Several famous faces have worked at WAVY. Most notably were NBC alumni Willard Scott (WAVY-AM) and Lloyd Dobyns (WAVY-TV). In 1995, WAVY-TV entered into a local marketing agreement with Hampton Roads' independent station, WVBT-TV now 'FOX 43' which LIN bought outright in February 2002. That same year, WAVY-TV brought the Local Weather Station to area cable operators. Now, three television signals emit from the facilities at WAVY-TV. |
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WGBS-LD 11 |
Network Affiliation: Independent
Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Joan & Kenneth Wright Website: wgbs7.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: LD — Digital Low Power Television station Facilities: 0.3 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 39" N 76° 21' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 31350
Frequency Background: Added the digital subchannel "Retro Television Network" on 5/24/2010 on 7-1. Started testing signal on 11/29/2009 with a high definition channel and two standard definition channels. |
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WVEC-TV 13 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: ABC On-Air Positioning: The Spirit of Hampton Roads Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Belo Broadcasting Website: wvec.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 1191' 178 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 0" N 76° 28' 6" W FCC Facility ID: 74167
Frequency Background: Turned off its analog transmitter on 6/12/2009. Effective January 1, 2004, WVEC re-launched "The Spirit of Hampton Roads" mantra. The on-screen graphics were the same but with the phrase added in and the "news opens" now have the new animated Spirit logo. The whole Spirit theme has been a Belo thing for years. It's thought it originated in the mid-80s at Belo's flagship station, WFAA-TV (ABC/8) in Dallas as "The Spirit of Texas." It was a big hit and it was eventually passed on to many, if not all of Belo's Texas properties, and eventually many Belo stations nationwide adopted their own localized "Spirit of..." slogans. WVEC started using it in the late 80s, but was discarded in fall 1995 when a new creative team decided to go with something different. Yet another creative team has since signed on, and they found that a lot of people around Hampton Roads still remembered the whole "Spirit of Hampton Roads" phrase and still associated it very closely with WVEC, hence its resurrection. Channel 13's music package is done with Stephen Arnold's Convergence. WVEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Belo, one of the nation's largest media companies, based in Dallas TX. Their transmitter is located in the Driver community of Suffolk. WVEC-TV's main studios and offices are located at 613 Woodis Avenue in Norfolk. They also have a studio and offices in Hampton, adjacent to the Radisson Hampton Hotel. WVEC's curvy little "13" logo debuted in time for the November 1995 sweeps, replacing the old "Spirit of Hampton Roads" logo that they used from the start of 1993 until the big change in 1995. Signed on 9/19/1953. WVEC-TV was granted a license to broadcast on UHF Channel 15 , operating as a "basic" NBC affiliate. WVEC was founded by Thomas P Chisman, a Hampton businessman who also owned WVEC-AM. In the station's early days, their main studios were on Pembroke Avenue in Hampton. Was a combo NBC/ABC affiliate until WAVY went on air with NBC. Fought hard to get a VHF allocation and on 11/13/1959, WVEC Channel 13 (VHF) signed-on from administrative offices and studio on Pembroke Avenue in Hampton. April 1 1980, Corinthian Broadcasting, a division of Dun & Bradstreet, buys WVEC from founder Tom Chisman which later on 2/10/1984 was sold to the AH Belo Corporation of Dallas TX, the station's current owner. Re-started their 5:30PM newscast on September 10, 2001 after being ditched many years before. Licensed to Hampton and Norfolk. |
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WVEC 13 |
Network Affiliation: ABC
Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Belo Broadcasting Website: wvec.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1128' 1000 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 0" N 76° 28' 6" W FCC Facility ID: 74167
Frequency Background: Changed call letters from WVEC-DT to WVEC on 6/12/2009. Moved from UHF41 to VHF13 on 6/12/2009. WVEC's digital TV station. Dropped WeatherLab Radar on 13-2 in mid-December 2006. Conducted a low-power test of their digital transmitter and related systems on Saturday, February 9 2002 from 8-11 PM. The test was conducted with regular programming provided by the ABC Network. The featured movie for the night was the James Bond movie "Goldfinger". With this test, WVEC was the second station in this market to broadcast a digital signal. The first was WAVY-DT/31 on 3/22/2001. Also on that day from 3-5 in the afternoon, WVEC hosted an "open house" at the transmitter site for the public who were interested in seeing the transmission side of this technology and discussing it with the WVEC engineering staff. Started regular broadcasting on April 3, 2002. WVEC-DT's transmitter site is located at 5225 Nansemond Pkwy (Route 337) in Suffolk VA. |
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W14DC 14 |
Network Affiliation: HSN (Home Shopping Network)On-Air Positioning: HSN Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: Ventana Television (HSN) Website: hsn.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 65.5 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 40" N 76° 18' 57" W FCC Facility ID: 49409
Frequency Background: Took new call letters W14DC on 3/31/2008. Was located on channel 56 until late 2007 when the station moved to channel 14. Also at that time, the station increased its power from 9.5kW to 65.5kW. A low-powered station licensed to Ventana Television, owned by HSN. Broadcasted America's Store, the outlet store for HSN (Home Shopping Network), until 4/3/2007 when the network was dissolved. Had the W56CS calls from 09/19/1990 to 3/30/2008. |
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WHRO-TV 15 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: PBS On-Air Positioning: Public Television for Hampton Roads Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Hampton Roads Telecommunications Ed Assoc Website: whro.org/home/publictv Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 964' 2880 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 0" N 76° 28' 6" W FCC Facility ID: 25932
Frequency Background: The station signed off permanently on February, 17, 2009. In 1961, the FCC awards license to Norfolk and Hampton School system to operate WHRO-TV, Channel 15, as Virginia's first noncommercial, educational television station. In 1963, WHRO-TV moves into studio-office facility on Hampton Boulevard in Norfolk. In 1966, utilization of instruction programs on WHRO-TV is expanded to cities of Newport News, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Nansemond, York and Isle of Wight Counties. In 1968, participating school divisions formally incorporate to own and govern the station as the Hampton Roads Educational Television Associations (HRETA), Inc., a private nonprofit educational corporation. In 1975, the Virginia Cultural Foundation formally transfers the license of WTGM-FM (89.5 FM) to HRETA to stabilize and preserve public radio in Hampton Roads. In 1976, HRETA expands and revises its charter as the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. Participation on the Board of Directors and community advisory bodies of the station is expanded and broadened. In 1978, call letters of WTGM are changed to WHRO-FM to present a more unified public broadcasting service in Hampton Roads. In 1983, the sale of WGH-FM, the commercial fine arts radio station in Newport News, prompts expansion of classical music and fine arts programming on WHRO-FM with opportunities for increased listenership and community support. Exploration of activation of a second FM station is launched. In 1984, WHRO conducts a feasibility study on developing a second FM public radio station. In 1985, an FCC "freeze" on noncommercial FM applications postpones indefinitely the approval of WHRO's plan to activate a second FM public station. But in 1988, a construction permit to activate a second FM public radio station is issued by the FCC. In 1991, WHRO activates a second non-commercial FM radio station. Public radio programming services are separated -- news and information, jazz-folk-alternative music on 89.5 FM (WHRV-FM) and classical and fine arts programming on 90.3 FM (WHRO-FM). |
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WHRO-DT 16 |
Network Affiliation: PBS
Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: Hampton Roads Telecommunications Ed Assoc Website: whro.org/home/publictv Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1192' 237.5kW 950 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 25932
Frequency Background: Dropped PBS You on 15-3 and Annenberg/CPB on 15-5 late 2005. At that time, WHRO Kids was launched on 15-3 and with 15-4 being deleted. WHRO-DT operates with 950 kW at 1192 feet (center of radiation) above sea level, which is the highest-power DTV on-the-air in the Norfolk market. WBOC-TV (16) Salisbury MD and WHRO-DT announced on 12/24/02 that they have set aside their differences and settled an interference dispute. Here's what happened, WHRO-DT agreed to cut power levels to 25% (temporarily) in order to eliminate interference caused to WBOC-TV's analog signal operating on the same channel. The dispute was one of several interference problems reported by analog stations when nearby digital stations began service. So far, all of the identified conflicts are in areas with large bodies of water. A well-known phenomenon called "ducting" boosts the range of broadcast signals when transmissions carry over water. For awhile, they operated at 237.5kW of power during the digital-TV transition. WBOC-TV licensed to Draper Communications withdrew its objection to WHRO-DT’s license application. Back in June 2002, WBOC-TV asked the FCC to cut WHRO-DT's authorized power in order to eliminate interference it created when they signed on their digital-TV service. WBOC objected to the grant of WHRO-DT’s license application to operate on channel 16 at its maximized power of 950kW. Under the compromise, WHRO-DT is able to operate at full power on channel 16 when WBOC-TV's analog signal goes dark and switches to digital-only broadcasts on a separate signal - channel 21. Signed on March 22, 2002. |
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WKTD-CD 17 |
Network Affiliation: NBC // WAVY-DTOn-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CD — Digital Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 15 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W FCC Facility ID: 71121
Frequency Background: It's believed that WKTD-CD is the first low-powered TV station (Class A and LPTV) in the country to broadcast a digital signal. Program Tests began on Saturday 1/15/05 around 8PM. The new calls officially changed from WKTD-CA to WKTD-CD. Digital low-powered TVs get a new suffix designation of "-CD" for a Class A licensed facility and a "-LD" for a LPTV. Was on channel 69 but moved to channel 17 to clear the 60~69 channel band. Had previous calls of WKTD-LP and W69CV. LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
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W18BS 18 |
Network Affiliation: JCTV On-Air Positioning: JCTV Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: National Minority TV Inc Website: None Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 20.3 kW Transmitter Site: 37° 5' 7" N 76° 25' 37" W FCC Facility ID: 47723
Frequency Background: Switched to TBN's JCTV (faith-based channel geared towards 13-29 year olds) April 2006. Previously broadcast Trinity Broadcasting Network religious programming (simulcast of KTBN/40 Santa Ana CA) until full power TBN affiliate WHRE/21 Virginia Beach came on the air. Has had these calls since 06/22/1995. National Minority TV owns and operates over two dozen TV outlets, all but one are LPTVs, throughout the country including an outlet in Richmond. All are affilaited with TBN. |
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WVBN-LP 18 |
Network Affiliation/Programming: Home Shopping Network/ShopNBC On-Air Positioning: Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: JBS Inc Website: wjhjtv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 70 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 45' 39" N 76° 7' 21" W FCC Facility ID: 32941
Frequency Background: New programming was expected first or second quarter 2008. Previously broadcasted MTV2 (formerly The Box). Was on channel 19 until late 2002. Formerly owned by the Izzo Family Trust until JBS Inc took over in December 2002. Their signal is highly directional, all of their power is pointed towards the north and northwest to cover the northern half Virginia Beach. Probably not receivable at all west and southeast of the antenna. |
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WYSJ-CA 19 |
Network Affiliation/Programming: ShopNBC On-Air Positioning: Community Of License: Yorktown VA Owner: JBS Inc Website: wjhjtv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 150 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 37° 4' 41" N 76° 26' 47" W FCC Facility ID: 35134
Frequency Background: New programming coming Fall 2007. Granted by the FCC to increase its power from 690 watts to 150,000 watts in April 2004. To protect the new Channel 19 in Charlottesville, the station uses a directional antenna and reduces its power by half towards Channel 19. Broadcasts local religious programming, ShopNBC and previously simulcast with WJHJ-LP/39 Newport News. Was on channel 31 until moving to channel 19 and being reclassified as a "Class A" television station. Had previous calls of W31BG until 8/29/03 |
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WUND-TV 20 |
Network Affiliation: PBS
Community Of License: Edenton NC Owner: University of North Carolina Website: unctv.org/unctvdtv/index.html Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1604' 543 kW Transmitter Site: 35° 54' 0" N 76° 20' 45" W FCC Facility ID: 69292
Frequency Background: The FCC granted UNC-TV's (University of North Carolina) request to change the community of license (COL) WUND-TV/DT (analog 2/digital 20) from Columbia NC to Edenton NC in late summer 2005. It officially changed on 11/22/2005. That took the stations out of the Greenville/Washington/New Bern TV DMA and into the Norfolk/Portsmouth/Newport News TV DMA. UNC-TV requested the change to get carriage on direct broadcast services (DBS/satellite providers) for residents in NE North Carolina which are considered to be in the Norfolk DMA. The COL move to Edenton essentially forced DirecTV and DISH Network to carry WUND for ALL Norfolk DMA residents. This was a big blow to Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunication Association's (HRETA) PBS affiliated WHRO-TV/DT (15). The station requested the proposed COL move be denied. One of the arguments of WHRO was UNC-TV's move was just a smoke screen to move into the Hampton Roads TV market. WHRO feared UNC-TV's move will hinder its fund raising efforts in Hampton Roads. WUND is already seen on the area's largest cable provider, Cox Cable Hampton Roads (Southside-only), on channel 6. WUND's digital TV station. Started broadcasting in November 2001. They multicast their digital signal into four channels. UNC-TV, outside of prime-time, will broadcast in SDTV giving the state-wide network to offer several channels of programming. They intend to have a kids' channel, distance learning channel, PBS or national channel and a channel devoted to local programming. |
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WHRE 21 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: Trinity Broadcasting Network On-Air Positioning: TBN Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Copeland Channel 21, LLC (Robert O Copeland) Website: tbn.org Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 1017.05' 5000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 12" W FCC Facility ID: 82574
Frequency Background: Signed off on 6/13/2009. Signed-on Monday, March 27, 2006 with religious TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Network. Took the original WHRE call letters on 6/28/05. CP was originally awarded to Winstar Broadcasting. They won the auction for channel 21 with a bid of $8,752,000 back on 9/28/99 and made an initial payment of $1,750,400. Then they were subject to a "petition to deny" from second-place bidder Robert O Copeland. Copeland charged that prior to the auction, Winstar had "engaged in a transfer of control, thereby rendering it ineligible to bid..." and that it was financially unqualified due to the Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings of its parent companies, WCI and Winstar New Media Inc. Although Copeland's petition was denied, Winstar at the same time failed to meet the both the deadline for paying off its balance as well as the late payment date of 8/1/01. By that time a late fee of $238,600 was tacked on. Missing these deadlines generally results in loss of the license, along with a default assessment. Winstar, seeking to retain its right to the license, argued that its "investment in acquisition and construction of the new station may not be recognized as an asset of the corporation" since it could have lost the license due to the Copeland petition, and that the same threat prevented it from recouping its investment via sale of the license. The FCC shot back, "These bare allegations, unsupported by evidence, do not justify a waiver. Moreover, even if these allegations were substantiated, rather than unsupported, they would still not warrant a waiver." The upshot is that Winstar's application is dismissed, Copeland's bid will be honored as the new high, and Winstar will have a bid deficiency payment of $796,000 and the late fee deducted from the cash it has already paid. It will get back $715,720. By the way, this is the same auction (#25) by the FCC that Danbeth Communications, owners of Independent "SKY4" WSKY Manteo NC, won their CP. They have been on the air since September 2001. It took Channel 21 four and a half years later. |
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WITD-CA 23 |
Network Affiliation: NBC // WAVY-TV On-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 751' 65 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W FCC Facility ID: 71119
Frequency Background: Was on channel 65 but moved to channel 23 to clear the 60~69 channel band. LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
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W24OI 24 |
Network Affiliation: JCTV On-Air Positioning: JCTV Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: Trinity Broadcasting Network Website: jctv.org Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 25.1 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 45" N 75° 58' 54" W FCC Facility ID: 67889
Frequency Background: Switched to TBN's JCTV (faith-based channel geared towards 13-29 year olds) sometime in 2008. Switched to Trinity's "Smile Of A Child" children's religious program stream in April 2006 when full-power WHRE/21 Virginia Beach started carrying Trinity's main network -- TBN. A low-powered station licensed to Trinity Broadcasting Network and broadcasts religious programming. Had calls since 08/28/1989. |
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W25CS 25 |
Network Affiliation: DaystarOn-Air Positioning: Daystar Community Of License: Chesapeake VA Owner: Word of God Fellowship (a Daystar subsidiary) Website: daystar.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 20 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 39" N 76° 16' 56" W FCC Facility ID: 586
Frequency Background: Agreed to be purchased by Word of God Fellowship (a Daystar subsidiary) from KM Broadcasting for $200,000 on December 28, 2007. Immediately went into a LMA (local marketing agreement) to affiliate and broadcast the Daystar religious network. Word of God also owns Daystar affiliate WRID-LP/48 Richmond. Dropped affiliation with VideoMix TV (Urban videos) late 2007. Started doing VideoMix TV late 2006. Was silent from 8/1/2005 to late 2006. Was to broadcast SelahTV - Community Christian Television in 2006 but it never got off the ground. A message on Selah TV's website in late January 2007 said, "Selah TV is off the air. If you have any questions call 301-526-7948." Previously broadcasted MTV2. Was on channel 60 (W60BR) before its move to channel 25 and was reclassified as a "Class A." With the new classification came new calls of W25CS on 1/28/03. |
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WGNT 27 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: The CW On-Air Positioning: CW27 Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: CBS Website: cw27.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 971' 2340 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 43" N 76° 27' 49" W FCC Facility ID: 9762
Frequency Background: Started broadcasting the DTV transition "nightlight" loop at 6 p.m. on 6/12/2009 for 30 days. Dropped UPN27 for CW27 in late August 2006. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB networks announced they would merge into a newly combined network called The CW; the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS and the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner. Since WGNT/27 was owned by CBS, it immediately got the CW affiliation in Hampton Roads. The CW launched September 20, 2006. Was owned by Viacom until it and the CBS Network (among other properties) were split into two different intenties in late 2005. What began as one of the first UHF television stations in the country has turned into a broadcasting powerhouse. UPN 27, WGNT-TV is part of the Viacom Television Stations Group (formerly Paramount Stations Group until merged with CBS when Viacom bought CBS) and currently reigns as one of the highest rated stations of its kind - but it wasn't always that way. Radio station WLOV put Norfolk's third (second UHF) station on the air on December 6, 1953. After a program where they introduced their personnel (mostly WTOV personnel) (the morning guy at WCMS was one of the employees), the first network broadcast was the Du Mont telecast of the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns. Their signature show was Captain Video. The studio was located at 539 West 21st Street in downtown Norfolk, with the transmitter site on Spratley Street in Portsmouth. It later moved to another location in downtown Norfolk (that housed a Maaco dealership until recently) that became the Norfolk home of WVEC. The original WTOV lasted only about 18 months. WTOV #2 was operated by West Virginia used car dealer Tim Brite, who showed westerns and syndicated country music shows (maybe "CMT") from a tiny building at the transmitter site in Portsmouth. He also went dark around 1958. Pat Robertson bought what was left of the dilapidated, vandalized roofless building and started WYAH. On his business cards for the Christian Broadcasting Network was WTOV original logo with the new WYAH call letters. He had one camera. As the years went on, of course, he expanded the building, added a second floor for his radio station and two studios in the back. Jim and Tammy Bakker had a two-story, three-sided house in Studio B for their kids' chow. Robertson moved CBN to Virginia Beach. WYAH showed mostly religious programming over the years until the station was sold to Centennial Communications Inc (Ray Bottom for $8 million) and began showing more general entertainment programming. Bottom held on for several years then sold WGNT to Paramount Stations Group for $45 million. Paramount gutted the building, installed all new computer systems and redesigned the look of the interior. An elevator was installed for the first time, and the equipment slowly replaced. On January 16th, 1995 the station became a charter member of the United Paramount Network, blasting off with the premiere of Star Trek: Voyager. On October 31st, 1997 WGNT completed its transition to the station that exists today when it was acquired by Viacom, Inc and became a part of the Paramount Stations Group (now Viacom Television Stations Group). |
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WVBT 29 |
Network Affiliation: Fox
Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: fox43tv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 800' 1000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W FCC Facility ID: 65387
Frequency Background: WVBT's digital TV station. Signed on March 25, 2002. Owned by LIN Television. |
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W30BV 30 |
Network Affiliation: Unknown On-Air Positioning: Unknown Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: B N Viswanath Website: None Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 25.7 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 46' 32" N 76° 23' 11" W FCC Facility ID: 3511
Frequency Background: A low-powered station licensed to B N Viswanath. Antenna is located on the WNSB/91.1 tower. Was located on channel 67 as W67CZ but moved to channel 30 to clear the 60~69 channel band. |
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WAVY-TV 31 |
Network Affiliation: NBC
Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1250' 1000 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W FCC Facility ID: 71127
Frequency Background: Started broadcasting Thursday, March 22nd at 4:00PM as the first digital TV station in Hampton Roads. Their transmitter is located in Suffolk. |
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WTVZ 33 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: MyNetworkTV On-Air Positioning: MyTVZ Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Sinclair Television Group Inc Website: mytvz.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 909' 5000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 32" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 40759
Frequency Background: Dropped "WB33" for "MyTVZ" at the end of 8/2006. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB networks announced they would merge into a newly combined network called The CW; the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS and the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner. Since WGNT/27 was owned by CBS, it immediately got the CW affiliation in Hampton Roads. WTVZ's owners (Sinclair Broadcast Group) signed an affiliation agreement with News Corp's MyNetworkTV (announced on March 2, 2006) just two weeks after the annoucement (February 22, 2006) of the formation of the new network. WTVZ signed on in 1979 and owned by TVX initially. The station was to be an alternative to TV 27 with fewer religious programs and a stronger lineup of sitcoms TV 27 would not buy. In 1989 the station was sold and changed hands again in 1993. In 1996 Sinclair bought WTVZ. They became a Fox affiliate in 1986. In 1998, the station lost the Fox affiliation to WVBT 43 and became a WB affiliate which WVBT dropped. |
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WTVZ-TV 33 |
Network Affiliation: MyNetworkTV
Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Sinclair Broadcast Group Website: mytvz.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1182' 1000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 32" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 40759
Frequency Background: Moved to their permanent digital frequency of UHF33 on 4/30/2009. WTVZ's digital TV station. Started broadcasting on April 30, 2002. Dropped The Tube Music Network at the end of December 2006. Added The Tube music channel on 33-2 in mid-July 2006. All of the HD/SD programming moved to 33-1. Dropped "WB33" for "MyTVZ" at the end of 8/2006. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB networks announced they would merge into a newly combined network called The CW; the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS and the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner. Since WGNT/27 was owned by CBS, it immediately got the CW affiliation in Hampton Roads. WTVZ's owners (Sinclair Broadcast Group) signed an affiliation agreement with News Corp's MyNetworkTV (announced on March 2, 2006) just two weeks after the annoucement (February 22, 2006) of the formation of the new network. The WB started to air four to six hours of hi-def prime-time programming in the fall 2003. WTVZ-DT started HD programming in mid-September 2004. |
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WCTX-CA 35 |
Network Affiliation: NBC // WAVY-TV On-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 23.1 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 50' 33" N 76° 7' 6" W FCC Facility ID: 71130
Frequency Background: LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
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WJHJ-LP 39 |
Network Affiliation/Programming: Independent (local/national religious programing/infomercials) On-Air Positioning: Community Of License: Newport News VA Owner: JBS Inc Website: wjhjtv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 150 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 51' 39" N 76° 21' 13" W | Service Contours (courtesy Rec Networks) FCC Facility ID: 35137
Frequency Background: Broadcasts local religious programming, ShopNBC and simulcasts with WYSJ-CA/19 Yorktown. Increased their coverage area in 2/2006 with an increase of power from 50kW (directional) to 150kW (non-directional). Previous calls were W39BW (7/24/03). |
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WTKR 40 |
Network Affiliation: CBS
Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Local TV LLC Website: wtkr.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1250' 725 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 47401
Frequency Background: On 1/4/2007, The New York Times Company had entered into an agreement to sell its Broadcast Media Group, consisting of nine network-affiliated television stations including WTKR, their associated Web sites and the Digital Operating Center, to Oak Hill Capital Partners for $575 million. Local TV LLC is the actual company name, which was been formed by investor group Oak Hill Capital Partners. The transaction closed in the first half of 2007. WTKR-DT turned on the digital switch March 11, 2002. Their transmitter is located in Driver section in northwest Suffolk VA with an antenna height of 1250' and 725,000 watts of power. They have broadcasted CBS HD programming since the first night. Local programming is in SD, all CBS HD is past though in 1080i, 16x9. CBS was only providing Dolby Digital 2.0 audio streams and updated to 5.1 in late 2002 or early 2003. |
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WVBT 43 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: FOX On-Air Positioning: FOX43 Community Of License: Virginia Beach VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: fox43tv.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 856' 5000 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 65387
Frequency Background: Turned off their analog transmitter at 9:01:30 on 6/12/2009. FOX 43 has a short, but eventful history. The station originally went on the air in 1992 by Walter Ulloa, a businessman based in Southern California. Ullou told The Virginian-Pilot in 12/1995 that WVBT lost money since the day it signed on. The stattion had limited power, not a wide reach, and broadcast the Home Shopping Network. In January 1995, LIN Television Corporation (owners of WAVY-TV 10) entered into a Local Marketing Agreement with the owners of WVBT-TV. The station was re-launched as the WB Network Affiliate in Hampton Roads. In May 1996, the combination of a powerful new transmitter (240 Kilowatt) and a higher tower (1000 feet), enabled WVBT's over-the-air signal to reach every home in Hampton Roads. In August of 1998, WVBT changed affiliations, from the WB Network to the FOX Network....and 'FOX 43' was born, complete with Hampton Roads' only broadcast 10:00pm news. Finally, in February of 2002, WVBT was purchased by LIN Television Corporation. |
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WNLO-CD 45 |
Network Affiliation: FOX // WVBT-DT On-Air Positioning: FOX43 Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: myfoxhamptonroads.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CD — Digital Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 139 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 14" N 76° 30' 41" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 13060
Frequency Background: It's believed that WNLO-CD is the second low-powered TV station (Class A and LPTV) in the country to broadcast a digital signal. The first was sister station WKTD-CD/17 Portsmouth. Program Tests for WNLO began on Sunday 1/16/05 just after 5PM. The new calls officially changed from WNLO-CA to WNLO-CD. Digital low-powered TVs get a new suffix designation of "-CD" for a Class A licensed facility and a "-LD" for a LPTV. Granted an antenna move to the same tower as several other WAVY properties January 2004 (WAVY-TV/10, WITD-CA/23 Chesapeake, WAVY-DT/31, WBTD-LP/52 Suffolk) and an increase of power. LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
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WPXV-TV 46 |
Network Affiliation: Ion
Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: ION Media Networks Website: ionline.tv/stations Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 1181' 1000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W / MapQuest FCC Facility ID: 67077
Frequency Background: Started HD broadcasts on 4/15/2009. Changed call letters from WPXV-DT to WPXV-TV on 6/15/2009. Finally dropped the two (over-the-air cable alternative) USDTV streams (Fox News Channel and Lifetime Movie Network) it was leasing its bandwidth out to for the bankrupted service on 3/17/2007. At the same time, the station added the recently launched "Ion Life" on 49-3 and moved the Worship Network to 49-4 from 49-3. Owners, Ion Media Networks, rebranded its flagship on-air network with its corporate brand identity: Ion Television. The rebranding became effective next Monday 1/29/2007. "Backed by popular, classic television series, movies and our new relationship with RHI Entertainment, we want to underscore the growth prospects of our flagship Ion Television Network with a positive and fresh on-air identity," said Brandon Burgess, President and CEO of Ion Media Networks. The move from "i" to Ion Television was driven by the network's decision to expand from independent programming to content for broader audiences across various age groups. In connection with the new on-air brand, the network also moved to "Ion" as a consistent identification across all TV listings, including cable and satellite programming guides. The network's new contemporary look and logo was prominently featured on-air through a consumer-oriented promotional campaign over the first few months. Tagged "Ion Television: Television in Motion," the on-air campaign kicked off with a series of promotions and image spots, as well a new on-screen network bug logo. The viewer campaign launched on Monday 1/29/2007 with "What's Your Ion?," a web-based promotion that invited viewers to submit creative photos of themselves donning the new Ion logo that were featured on the network's website, www.ionline.tv, and also on-air. Dropped PAX programming on 49-2 late 2006 to add the children's network "qubo" that launched on 1/8/2007. Dropped Worship (previously called at the time "Faith Network") Network on 49-4 in Spring 2006 to lease that extra bandwidth to over-the-air cable alternative USDTV. Dropped PAX West on 49-2 for PAX East when PAX programming was dropped from the main channel feed in late 2005. Dropped its PAX name on 7/1/2005 for "i" and changed its programming direction to independent producers. From their website... "PAX TV will no longer be the brand name for our primary television network, however you will continue to see the PAX brand and many of its series on the new i during the transition period. After the transition period is complete, we will continue to air our PAX TV programming over the air on one of our digital channels in those markets where our stations have begun digital multicasting." Started broadcasting early May 2002. |
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WPXV 49 SIGNEDOFF |
Network Affiliation: Ion On-Air Positioning: Ion Television Community Of License: Norfolk VA Owner: Ion Media Networks Website: ionline.tv/stations Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TV — Full Service TV Station - Analog Facilities: 1233' 5000 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 31" N 76° 30' 13" W FCC Facility ID: 67077
Frequency Background: Turned off their analog transmitter between 7-9 a.m. on 6/12/2009. Owners, Ion Media Networks, rebranded its flagship on-air network with its corporate brand identity: Ion Television. The rebranding became effective next Monday 1/29/2007. "Backed by popular, classic television series, movies and our new relationship with RHI Entertainment, we want to underscore the growth prospects of our flagship Ion Television Network with a positive and fresh on-air identity," said Brandon Burgess, President and CEO of Ion Media Networks. The move from "i" to Ion Television was driven by the network's decision to expand from independent programming to content for broader audiences across various age groups. In connection with the new on-air brand, the network also moved to "Ion" as a consistent identification across all TV listings, including cable and satellite programming guides. The network's new contemporary look and logo was prominently featured on-air through a consumer-oriented promotional campaign over the first few months. Tagged "Ion Television: Television in Motion," the on-air campaign kicked off with a series of promotions and image spots, as well a new on-screen network bug logo. The viewer campaign launched on Monday 1/29/2007 with "What's Your Ion?," a web-based promotion that invited viewers to submit creative photos of themselves donning the new Ion logo that were featured on the network's website, www.ionline.tv, and also on-air. Dropped its PAX name for "i" and changed its programming direction to independent producers. From their website... "PAX TV will no longer be the brand name for our primary television network, however you will continue to see the PAX brand and many of its series on the new i during the transition period. After the transition period is complete, we will continue to air our PAX TV programming over the air on one of our digital channels in those markets where our stations have begun digital multicasting." Used to be WJCB, which stood for "Jesus Christ Broadcasting," owned by Tidewater Christian Communications. WJCB went on the air on Memorial Day 1989, mixing infomercials with local and national religious broadcasts and home-shopping shows. Late 1997 was acquired by Paxson Communications for $15M. On August 31, 1998 it became WPXV, affiliated with the seventh largest broadcast network, PAX TV. Entered a LMA with WAVY-TV and Channel 10's newscasts are now rebroadcast on PAX 49 at 7PM and 11:30PM. NBC has minority ownership in PAX TV... several rebroadcasts of popular NBC shows can now be found on PAX. |
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WGNT 50 |
Network Affiliation: The CW
Community Of License: Portsmouth VA Owner: CBS Website: cw27.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: DT — Full Service TV Station - Digital Facilities: 866' 800 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 48' 43" N 76° 27' 45" W FCC Facility ID: 9762
Frequency Background: WGNT's digital TV station. Started broadcasting July 15, 2002. Was granted an extension to build and sign-on. Owned by CBS. Dropped UPN27 for CW27 in late August 2006. On January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB networks announced they would merge into a newly combined network called The CW; the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS and the Warner Brothers unit of Time Warner. Since WGNT/27 was owned by CBS, it immediately got the CW affiliation in Hampton Roads. The CW launched September 20, 2006. |
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W51DO 51 |
Network Affiliation: FamilyNet // WJGN-CA 5 On-Air Positioning: Watch Jehovah's Good News Channel 5 Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: The Union Mission Website: unionmissionministries.org/serve/goodnews.html Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: TX — Translator (Retransmitting) Facility Facilities: 50 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 37° 4' 41" N 76° 26' 47" W FCC Facility ID: 66547
Frequency Background: FCC granted the move from channel 21 (W21AQ) to 51 (W51DO). Since full-power Channel 21/Virginia Beach will displace them, hence the move. |
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WBTD-LP 52 |
Network Affiliation: NBC // WAVY-TV On-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Suffolk VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 12.8 kW Transmitter Site: 36° 49' 15" N 76° 30' 40" W FCC Facility ID: 711240
Frequency Background: Was on channel 66 but moved to channel 52 to clear the 60~69 channel band. WNLO-CA 45 and WBTD-LP are located on the same tower. LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
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WTTD-LP 53 |
Network Affiliation: NBC // WAVY-TV On-Air Positioning: 10 On Your Side Community Of License: Hampton VA Owner: LIN TV Corp Website: wavy.com Internet Audio/Video Stream: None Service Designation: CA — Class A Television Service Station Facilities: 7 kW / Directional Antenna Transmitter Site: 37° 1' 36" N 76° 20' 33" W FCC Facility ID: 71122
Frequency Background: Was on channel 59 but moved to channel 53 and reclassified as a Class A TV station. LIN TV Corp runs a total of seven LPTVs (low-power TV stations) and held a CP for an eighth throughout the area from near the state line on the Eastern Shore to Elizabeth City NC. They are WKTD-CD 17 Portsmouth, W22BG Elizabeth City (a CP since 1992; presumed to have expired in 1999 after several extension requests), WITD-CA 23 Chesapeake, WCTX-CA 35 Virginia Beach, WPMC-CA 36 Mappsville, WNLO-CD 45 Norfolk, WBTD-LP 52 Suffolk and WTTD-LP 53 Hampton. |
| NOTE: Depending on what part of the Hampton Roads area a person is located in, one can also receive stations from Richmond (northwest), VA's Eastern Shore and NE North Carolina (south). |
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NOAA Weather Radio [162.400MHz~162.550MHz]
162.550 KHB37 Norfolk VA
Internet Audio Stream:
LISTEN LIVE!This is the main frequency for the greater Hampton Roads area. Broadcasts at 1,000 watts of power 24 hours/day. Their antenna is located on the WTKR-TV tower in Suffolk with WVKL-FM. The NWS office in Wakefield is responsible for programming. Background on NOAA Weather Radio... NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) is a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information direct from a nearby National Weather Service office. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day. Working with the FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) new Emergency Alert System (EAS), NWR is an "all hazards" radio network, making it the single source for the most comprehensive weather and emergency information available to the public. NWR now broadcasts warning and post-event information for all types of hazards - both natural (such as earthquakes and volcano activity) and technological (such as chemical releases or oil spills). Known as the "Voice of the National Weather Service," NWR is provided as a public service by the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NWR network has more than 480 transmitters, covering the 50 states, adjacent coastal waters, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Pacific Territories. NWR requires a special radio receiver or scanner capable of picking up the signal. Broadcasts are found in the public service band between 162.400 and 162.550 megahertz (MHz) on seven NWR frequencies which are: 162.400 MHz, 162.425 MHz, 162.450 MHz, 162.475 MHz, 162.500 MHz, 162.525 MHz, and 162.550 MHz. Broadcast range from the weather radio transmitter is approximately 40 miles. The effective range depends on terrain, quality of the receiver, and indoor/outdoor antennas. Before you buy a receiver, make sure your area is covered by one of the transmitters. For the latest list of frequencies and transmitter locations, check the NOAA Weather Radio web site -- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr. Believe it or not, several automobile manufacturers (BMW, Mercedes, Range Rover and Saab) equip their cars with radios capable of receiving NWR broadcasts. Several manufacturers of car radios (Audiovox, Clarion, and Panasonic) sell in-dash units capable of receiving NWR broadcasts. Manufacturers of citizen band radios with NWR channels include Cobra, Maxon, Midland, Radio Shack and Uniden.
162.425 WWH26 Mamie NCThis frequency serves the most southern parts of Hampton Roads, eastern North Carolina and northern Outer Banks. Broadcasts at 300 watts of power 24 hours/day. The NWS office in Morehead City NC is responsible for programming. The antenna is located on the same tower as WSKY-TV and WCXL-FM. |
162.450 WWG33 Margaretsville NC Internet Audio Stream: LISTEN LIVE!This frequency serves the most western parts of Hampton Roads and NW parts of eastern North Carolina. Broadcasts at 100 watts of power 24 hours/day. The NWS office in Wakefield is responsible for programming. |