WFNR

For the Christiansburg, Virginia, radio station that held the call sign WFNR-FM from 1990 to 1992 and from 2000 to 2009, see WVXL.

WFNR was a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley.^[1] WFNR was last owned and operated by Monticello Media after its 2018 purchase of Cumulus Media's Blacksburg–Christiansburg cluster.^[4][5]

WFNR

Blacksburg, Virginia United States
Broadcast area	New River Valley
Frequency	710 AM kHz
Branding	710AM WFNR
Programming
Format	Defunct (was news/talk)[1]
Affiliations	WDBJ Westwood One News
Ownership
Owner	Monticello Media (WFNR AM, LLC)
Sister stations	WBRW, WVHK, WPSK, WRAD, WRAD-FM
History
First air date	1974[2]
Last air date	January 31, 2019 (2019-01-31)
Former call signs	WQBX (1974–1984) WNRB (1984)[3]
Call sign meaning	First in the New River Valley
Technical information
Facility ID	67588
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates	37°8′1″N 80°21′18″W

WFNR went off the air on January 31, 2019, due to equipment failures at its transmitter site. The station had special temporary authority to remain silent until July 31.^[6]

WFNR never returned to the air, resulting in the forfeit of its license after the one-year deadline to do so imposed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 passed. It was deleted from the FCC's database on February 11, 2022.