WMVA (AM)

This article is about the radio station. For the video codec, see VC-1.

WMVA was an oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Martinsville, Virginia, serving Martinsville and Henry County, Virginia. WMVA was last owned and operated by Martinsville Media, Inc.^[1]

WMVA

Martinsville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Martinsville, Virginia Henry County, Virginia
Frequency	1450 kHz
Programming
Format	Defunct (was Oldies)
Ownership
Owner	Martinsville Media, Inc.
Sister stations	WHEE, WYAT-LD
History
First air date	1941
Last air date	January 28, 2019
Call sign meaning	W Martinsville VirginiA
Technical information
Facility ID	40510
Class	C
Power	1,000 Watts day and night
Transmitter coordinates	36°42′0.0″N 79°51′7.0″W

History

In October 2005, William D. Wyatt, Jr. purchased WMVA, which had an adult contemporary and sports radio format, from Billy D. Wilson and Linda R. Wilson. whom purchased it from founder Hans Peter Blume ^[2]

The station went silent on January 28, 2019, and it never returned to the air.^[3] Its license was surrendered on July 23, 2021 and was cancelled on July 27, 2021.^[3][4]

Past personalities

• Charles F. Adams, newscaster (1942–1947, 1948, 1955)^[5]
• Pete Bluhm
• Barry Michaels, radio personality, seven p.m. until midnight