WRVC (AM)

WRVC
City	Huntington, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Huntington, West Virginia Ashland, Kentucky Ironton, Ohio
Branding	ESPN Huntington 94.1 FM and AM 930
Frequency	930 kHz
Translator(s)	94.1 W231BS (Huntington)
First air date	1923
Format	Sports
Power	5,000 watts (daytime) 1,000 watts (nighttime)
Class	B
Facility ID	21435
Callsign meaning	W RiVer Cities
Affiliations	Cincinnati Bengals Radio Network Cleveland Cavaliers Radio Network Pittsburgh Pirates Radio Network ESPN Radio
Owner	Fifth Avenue Broadcasting Company, Inc. (dba Kindred Communications)

WRVC is the oldest operating radio station in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was originally called WSAZ Radio (see WSAZ), the same call letters used for Channel 3 TV when it came into being in the late 1940s, and the television station still uses that long-time call. WRVC AM & FM is located in Huntington, West Virginia and is West Virginia's oldest continually licensed station. It began operations on October 16, 1923 as WSAZ in Pomeroy, Ohio at the Chase Electric Shop. The station was moved to Huntington, W.V. in 1927, moved to 930 AM in 1941 and has been there ever since, changing to WGNT in the 1970s and to WRVC in the 1990s. Currently it markets itself as "ESPN 94.1/93.3 FMs and AMs 930/1340" since March 2016 and before that, the addition of an FM translator and change of the format to talk/sports (as "Supertalk 94.1 FM and AM 930" was first made in May 2009.

WRVC is currently owned by Kindred Communications, and was the primary AM station in the market for many years. Nationally owned competitor Clear Channel moved Rush Limbaugh and the Cincinnati Reds to WVHU, whereupon WRVC 930 AM joined Air America Radio network in 2004. The result was a disastrous decline to a 0.6 local rating. In November 2006, WRVC became an almost 24/7 sports station for about three years, but also carried local music and church on weekends and daily local talk. "Supertalk" was a mix of news, talk and sports on May 18, 2009, the approximate of lineup mix the station had prior to 2006.

In 2014, the station once again went back to ESPN as its main programming, with MetroNews providing state talk, the Statewide Sportsline and other sports programming from ESPN, Westwood One, the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Cavaliers and Pittsburgh Pirates. Eventually, 94.1 FM and AM 930 may stand alone as ESPN Huntington and WCMI AM 1340 and its 93.3 FM (translator) will become ESPN Ashland. Programming also includes the "First Sentry Bank Sportsline" a daily local sports talk show that has run on the station continuously since April 1997, with Woody Woodrum and Paul Swann (since 2013) hosting.

WRVC also carries many local sports including Marshall football, men's basketball and baseball, as well as high school sports from Huntington High School, since 2013. It also carries nationally syndicated games from Major League Baseball, the National Football League and playoffs up to and including the Super Bowl and the National Basketball League, as well as NCAA Basketball and "March Madness" Championships along with many college bowl games, including the BCS Championship and other BCS Bowls.

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Radio-Locator Information on WRVC

Radio stations in the Huntington / Ashland, WV–KY–OH market

By AM frequency	800 930 1080 1110 1200 1230 1340 1340 1370 1420 1520 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 89.1 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.3 92.7 93.7 94.9 96.1 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.7 100.5 100.9 101.5 102.7 103.3 104.1 104.5 105.1 105.7 106.3 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

By callsign	KIH39 WAMX WASP-LP WBVB WCMI WCMI-FM WDGG WEKV WEMM-FM WGOH WHKU WIRO WKAO WKEE-FM WKLC-FM WKWS WLGC WLGC-FM WLRX WMGA WMKY WMUL WMUX WOKE WONS WOUB WOUL WNKE WQBE-FM WRVC WXBW WTCR WTCR-FM WUGO WVSR-FM WVHU WVWV WZAQ WZPS WZZW

Defunct	WPAY

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA Kentucky radio markets Ashland Cincinnati, OH Lexington–Fayette Louisville Other Kentucky radio regions Bowling Green Hopkinsville Owensboro Paducah Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in West Virginia List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Ohio

Sports Radio Stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations:	WBES - Charleston WEPM - Martinsburg WJAW - Saint Marys WJYP - St. Albans WMON - Montgomery WMRE - Charles Town WRVC - Huntington WSWW - Charleston

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

ESPN Radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Full-time affiliates	Charleston WSWW

Part-time affiliates	Charleston WRVZ Huntington WRVC Charleston WCHS Logan WVOW Morgantown WAJR Salem WAJR-FM Martinsburg WEPM

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

Coordinates: 38°24′03″N 82°29′42″W / 38.40083°N 82.49500°W / 38.40083; -82.49500

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