WTON-FM

WTON-FM

City	Staunton, Virginia
Broadcast area	Staunton, Virginia Augusta County, Virginia
Branding	"Star 94.3"
Slogan	"Classic Hits"
Frequency	94.3 MHz
First air date	November 1990^[1]
Format	Classic Hits^[2] Classic rock^[3]
Power	340 Watts
HAAT	680 Meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	50078
Transmitter coordinates	38°9′55.0″N 79°18′51.0″W / 38.165278°N 79.314167°W / 38.165278; -79.314167
Callsign meaning	W StaunTON
Affiliations	Dial Global's Classic Rock network WVIR-TV
Owner	High Impact Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WTON
Webcast	WTON-FM Webstream
Website	WTON-FM Online

WTON-FM (94.3 FM) is a Classic Hits and Classic rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by High Impact Communications, Inc.^[4]

The station can be heard as far away as Lexington to the South. To the North, it can be heard up to Harrisonburg. WTON-FM can also be heard as far east as Waynesboro.

History

The station first took its callsign on February 11, 1988 and officially launched in November 1990 with a Light Adult Contemporary format, branded as "Star 94.3". In mid-January 2005, WTON switched to Classic Hits and Classic rock, as "Classic Hits; Star 94.3".^[5]

Sale

In late January 2008, WTON-FM and sister WTON-AM were put up for sale on eBay.

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf
↑ http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=FA15&band=fm&callLetter=WTON
↑ http://star94radio.com/
↑ "WTON Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Pioneer Media Alliance changes station format". VARTV.com. January 18, 2005.

External links

Star 94.3 Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WTON

Radio-Locator information on WTON

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WTON

Radio stations in the Harrisonburg/Staunton market

By AM frequency	550 790 900 970 1150 1240 1300 1330 1360 1470

By FM frequency	88.7 90.7 91.7 92.1 93.1 93.7 94.3 95.1 95.5 96.1 96.9 97.5 98.5 99.7 100.7 101.3 102.9 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.7 106.3 106.5 107.1

By callsign	W221CF W236BG W267BA W293BQ WACL WAZR WBOP WBTX WCYK-FM WEMC WHBG WHFV WKCI WKCY WKCY-FM WKDW WLTK WMQR WMRA WMXH-FM WNLR WQPO WQSV-LP WRAA WSIG WSVA WSVG WSVO WTON WTON-FM WWRE WWWV WXJM WYFT

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

Classic Hits radio stations in Virginia

By frequency	610 1010 1230 1230 1330 1360 1410 1440 1580 92.1 92.9 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.7 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.9 102.3 102.7 103.9 105.1 105.7 106.9 107.3

By callsign	WABN WBBT-FM WBTM WCGX WDIC-FM WFYE WGRQ WHTU WJSR WKLV WKSK-FM WMXH-FM WRTZ WTON WUKZ WVBW WVEK-FM WWDN WWRE WWZW WXCF WXVA WZFM WZGN WZRV WZZI

By city	Abingdon Bedford Big Island Blackstone Bridgewater Buena Vista Clifton Forge Clinchco Crozet Danville Danville Fairview Beach Front Royal Galax Glade Spring Lakeside Luray Marion Narrows Powhatan Roanoke Salem Staunton South Hill Suffolk Weber City Winchester

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

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Virginia

By frequency	94.3 96.1 96.5 96.5 96.9 99.3 101.3 102.5 106.9

By callsign	W241AP W243DJ WAFX WFQX WKLR WOLD WWUZ WXJK

By city	Bowling Green Farmville Fort Lee/Richmond Front Royal Marion Midlothian Norfolk Staunton Suffolk

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

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