WAVA-FM
Christian talk and teaching | |
Subchannels | |
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Ownership | |
Owner |
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WAVA, WRCW, WWRC | |
History | |
First air date | August 1, 1948 |
Former call signs | |
Former frequencies | 105.5 MHz (1948–1949) |
Call sign meaning | Washington/Arlington, Virginia |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4644 |
Class | B |
Power |
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HAAT | 184 meters (604 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°53′30.0″N 77°7′55.0″W / 38.891667°N 77.131944°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WAVA-FM (105.1
Studios and offices are on North Lynn Street in Arlington.
History
WARL-FM
In 1946, Northern Virginia Broadcasters, Inc., which owned WARL (780 AM, now
In the 1950, WARL-FM switched to its current frequency at 105.1 MHz. That was coupled with a boost in power to 20,000 watts. In 1960, WARL-AM-FM were acquired by the United States Transdynamics Corporation.[11] The new owners switched the call signs to WAVA and WAVA-FM.
All-news
In the 1970s, WAVA-AM-FM decided to compete with WTOP (now WFED) as one of Washington's two all-news radio stations. Even though WAVA (AM) was still a daytime-only station, the all-news format was heard on WAVA-FM around the clock; as such, that made WAVA-FM the only all-news station on the FM dial in those days, when many home and car radios could only receive AM signals.
Meanwhile, WTOP was owned by the
Rock era
In 1977, the two stations were sold; AM 780 went to the
Top 40
On October 28, 1983, WAVA-FM switched to a
In 1986, WAVA was acquired by
Salem Media ownership
WAVA-FM was sold to the
References
- ^ "FCC History Card for WAVA".
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAVA-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WAVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to WAVA 105.1 FM - Washington, DC | 105.1 FM WAVA - Washington D.C., VA". wava.com. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.
- ^ "Welcome to WAVA 105.1 FM - Washington, DC | 105.1 FM WAVA - Washington D.C., VA". wava.com. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.
- ^ "Contact Us". 105.1 FM WAVA. Jan 24, 2017. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.
- ^ "WAVA-FM 105.1 MHz - Arlington, VA". radio-locator.com. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 306
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-242
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1978 page C-225
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-49
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993 page B-67
- ^ "The Final Hour of CHR on WAVA". Feb 12, 1992. Retrieved Sep 16, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- WAVA in the FCC FM station database
- WAVA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database