WTAR

WTAR
City Norfolk, Virginia
Broadcast area Hampton Roads
Branding "AM 850 WTAR"
Slogan "News, Sports, Information"
Frequency 850 AM kHz
First air date September, 1952
Format Talk/Sports
Power 50,000 Watts daytime
25,000 Watts nighttime
Class B
Facility ID 60472
Transmitter coordinates 37°3′36.0″N 76°41′26.0″W / 37.060000°N 76.690556°W / 37.060000; -76.690556
Former callsigns WRAP (19??-October 19, 1987)
DWRAP (October 19, 1987-July 15, 1997)[1]
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Owner Sinclair Communications
(Sinclair Telecable, Inc.)
Sister stations WNIS, WNOB, WROX-FM, WUSH, WUSH-HD2
Webcast WTAR Webstream
Website WTAR Online

WTAR is a Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.[2] WTAR is owned and operated by Sinclair Communications.[3]

History

On July 6, 1934, WTAR dropped its affiliation with CBS and became an affiliate of NBC. At that time, the station was owned and operated by the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Virginian-Pilot.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Call Sign History - WTAR". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  3. "WTAR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  4. "WTAR Joins the NBC" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 15, 1934. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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