WTON (AM)
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|---|---|
| Branding | Independent Music Radio WNRN |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult album alternative |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Stu-Comm, Inc. |
| WTON-FM, WNRN-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | March 9, 1946 (at 1400)[1] |
Former call signs | WSTN (1944–1945)[2] |
Former frequencies | 1400 kHz (1944–1956)[2] |
Call sign meaning | StaunTON |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 50077 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°8′30.0″N 79°2′33.0″W / 38.141667°N 79.042500°W |
| Links | |
| Website | https://www.wnrn.org |
WTON (1240
radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by Stu-Comm, Inc., and is a full-time relay of their Charlottesville-based WNRN-FM.[3]
WTON had previously carried ESPN Radio and local and regional sports starting in 2000. Stu-Comm, Inc. purchased WTON and co-owned WTON-FM (94.3 FM) in 2023, intending to use WTON-FM as a full-powered relay of its WNRN-FM for the lower Shenandoah Valley. In April 2024, it then sold WTON and their now-redundant translators covering Staunton–Waynesboro and Harrisonburg to former WCHV talk host Joe Thomas, who plans to return WTON to local news, talk and sports programming.[4]
References
- ^ "Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Retrieved 2023-09-13.
- ^ a b FCC History Cards for WTON
- ^ "WTON Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Hite, Patrick (12 April 2024). "WTON sold: New owner plans to return local programming to Staunton radio station". Staunton News Leader.
External links
- WTON in the FCC AM station database
- WTON in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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