WNIS

WNIS

City	Norfolk, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	"AM 790 WNIS"
Frequency	790 kHz
First air date	1923
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Power	5,000 watts day and night
Class	B
Facility ID	4671
Transmitter coordinates	37°4′25.0″N 76°17′31.0″W / 37.073611°N 76.291944°W / 37.073611; -76.291944
Callsign meaning	W News Information Station
Former callsigns	WTAR
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Sinclair Telecable, Inc. (Commonwealth Radio, LLC)
Sister stations	WTAR, WROX-FM, WUSH, WNOB, WUSH-HD2
Webcast	WNIS Webstream
Website	WNIS Online

WNIS is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WNIS is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc.^[1]

History

WNIS began on AM 1350, then moved to 850 in the early '90s (the old WRAP, classic R&B station frequency), before trading frequencies with sister station WTAR 790, in July 1997.

The first talk radio host to launch the new format was Gordon Hammett, a New York veteran with more than 40 years in the industry with stints that included WNBC, WMCA, and WNEW. He started the Tidewater Talkers for his loyal listeners while introducing a wide variety of guests that ranged from Sen. John Warner to Al Goldstein.

WNIS features syndicated programming from Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Neal Boortz, as well as Coast to Coast with George Noory, news reports from Fox News Radio, and business reports from The Wall Street Journal.

Local programming includes "Macrini's Morning News Team", "Ask The Expert", and "The Dave Parker Show."

References

↑ "WNIS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

AM 790 WNIS Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WNIS

Radio-Locator Information on WNIS

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNIS

Radio stations in the Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Newport News market

By AM frequency	560 670 740 790 850 940 1010 1050 1110 1230 1250 1270 1310 1350 1400 1420 1450 1490 1550 1600 1650

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.3 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.9 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.7 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.7 97.9 98.7 99.1 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.5 103.7 103.7 103.9 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.9 107.7 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

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