WINA

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WINA

City	Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia
Branding	"NewsRadio 1070 and 98-9FM WINA"
Slogan	"Breaking News, Stimulating Talk"
Frequency	1070 AM kHz
First air date	September, 1949^[1]
Format	News/Talk/Sports^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts day and night
Class	B
Facility ID	10649
Transmitter coordinates	38°5′22.0″N 78°30′14.0″W / 38.089444°N 78.503889°W / 38.089444; -78.503889
Callsign meaning	W VirgINiA
Former callsigns	WINA (1949-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	Saga Communications (Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC)
Sister stations	WCNR, WQMZ, WVAX, WWWV
Webcast	WINA Webstream
Website	WINA Online

WINA is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia.^[2] WINA is owned and operated by Saga Communications.^[4]

History

WINA was founded in 1949 on 1400 kHz. In May 1957, Don Heyne, President of Charlottesville Broadcasting, announced a merger of WINA AM/FM with WJMA-AM in Orange, VA.^[5] The stations operated independently until April 1961 when WJMA was sold to WJMA Incorporated.^[6]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WINA is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[7] The translator launched on November 29, 2015.^[8]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W255CT	98.9 FM	Charlottesville, Virginia	18875	250 watts	318 m (1,043 ft)	D	FCC

References

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

External Links

NewsRadio 1070 and 98-9FM WINA Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WINA

Radio-Locator Information on WINA

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WINA

Radio stations in the Charlottesville, Virginia market

By AM frequency	840 1070 1260 1400 1450

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.1 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.5 94.1 94.7 95.1 97.5 99.7 100.1 101.3 101.9 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.5

By callsign	W231AD W256BY W285EF W294AJ WCCA-LP WCHV WCHV-FM WCNR WCYK-FM WHTE-FM WINA WJMA WKAV WKTR WMRY WNRN WPVA WPVC-LP WQMZ WTJU WUVA WVAI-LP WVAX WVTU WVTW WWWV WXRK-LP WXTJ-LP WZGN

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Virginia

Stations	WBRG – Lynchburg WBZS – Shawsville WCBX – Bassett WCHV – Charlottesville WCHV-FM – Charlottesville WCRW – Leesburg WFHG-FM – Abingdon WFIR – Roanoke WFJX – Roanoke WFNR – Blacksburg WFVA – Fredericksburg WINA – Charlottesville WINC – Winchester WIQO-FM – Lynchburg WKCI – Waynesboro WKCY – Harrisonburg WLNI – Lynchburg WLVA – Lynchburg WMAL-FM – Woodbridge WMNA – Gretna WMVA – Martinsville WNIS – Norfolk WNTX – Fredericksburg WPIN – Dublin WRCW – Warrenton WREL – Lexington WRVA – Richmond WSVA – Harrisonburg WSVG – Mount Jackson WTAR – Norfolk

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia

Saga Communications, Inc.

Radio stations	KAFE KAZR KBAI KDXY KEGI KGMI KISM KICD KICD-FM KIOA/K260AM KJBX KMIT KMRR KMYR KPSZ KPUG KRNT KSTZ KUQL WAFX WAQY WBAE WBCO WCLZ WCNR WCVQ WDBR WFEA WGAN/WGIN WHAI WHBG WHCU WHMP/WHMQ/WHNP WHQG WINA WIII WINQ WISE WIXY WJMR-FM WJOI WJYI WKBK WKFN WKLH WKNE WKVT WKVT-FM WLFZ WLRW WLZX WMGX WMLL WMQR WNAX WNAX-FM WNND/WNNP WNOR WNRG-FM WNYY WOXL-FM WPOR WPVQ WQEL WQMZ WQNY WQPO WQQL WREE WRND WRND-FM WRSI WRSY WSIG WSNI WSNY WSVA WTAX WVAX WVMX WVVR WWRE WWWV WYMG WYNZ WYSE WYXL WYXY/W221CK WZAN WZBK WZID WZZP

Radio networks	Illinois Radio Network Michigan Farm Radio Network Michigan Radio Network Minnesota Farm Radio Network Minnesota News Network

Television stations	KAVU-TV (ABC) KOAM-TV (CBS) KFJX (Fox)¹ KVCT (Fox)¹ KXTS-LD (CBS) KMOL-LD (NBC) KVTX-LP (TMD) KUNU-LP (UNI)

¹Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.

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