WNVA (AM)

WNVA (1350 AM) is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norton, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap and Wise County in Virginia.^[3] WNVA is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.^[7]

WNVA

Norton, Virginia
Broadcast area	Big Stone Gap, Virginia Wise County, Virginia[1][2]
Frequency	1350 AM kHz
Branding	ESPN Radio 1350
Programming
Format	Sports[3]
Affiliations	ESPN Radio MRN Radio PRN Radio
Ownership
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Sister stations	WQSN
History
First air date	March 1946 (at 1450)[4]
Former call signs	WNVA (1946–Present)[5]
Former frequencies	1450 kHz (1946–1954) 1050 kHz (1954–1956)
Call sign meaning	W Norton VirginiA
Technical information[6]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54895
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts daytime 37 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	36°56′31.0″N 82°35′48.0″W
Translator(s)	107.9 W300DS (Norton)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

On July 20, 2007, Radio-Wise, Inc. received a $4,000 fine from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for not keeping all required documentation in WNVA's public file.^[8]

In the early part of 2012, WNVA dropped their Classic Country for Sports with programming from ESPN Radio.

Radio-Wise sold WNVA and sister station WNVA-FM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $35,000, enough to settle property tax debts and outstanding FCC fines; the sale closed on January 16, 2015.

On April 5, 2016, WNVA was granted a Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to a new transmitter site.^[9] Instead of using a conventional steel vertical radiator used by most stations it would use an 85-foot whip antenna.^[10] The steel vertical radiator currently in use is 360 feet.