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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1550 <a href="/wiki/Kilohertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilohertz">kHz</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birach_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Birach Broadcasting Corporation">Birach Broadcasting Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1954<span class="noprint">; 71 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1954</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">September 7, 2018<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2018-9-7</span>)</span> (date of license surrender)<sup id="cite_ref-fcc-wvabdefunct_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcc-wvabdefunct-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>WBPA (1954)</li><li>WAVA (1954)</li><li>WBOF (1954–64)</li><li>WKVK (1964–66)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former frequencies</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1600 kHz (1954–60)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Virginia Beach</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">57611</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">D</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transmitter_power_output" title="Transmitter power output">Power</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>5,000 watts (daytime)</li><li>9 watts (nighttime)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Transmitter coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WVAB&params=36_51_29.5_N_76_9_26.8_W_type:landmark_region:US-VA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°51′29.5″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°9′26.8″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.858194°N 76.157444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.858194; -76.157444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WVAB</b> was a commercial radio station licensed to serve <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a>, at 1550 <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a>, and serviced parts of the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> region. The station broadcast from 1954 to 2018, ceasing operations when owner <a href="/wiki/Birach_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Birach Broadcasting Corporation">Birach Broadcasting Corporation</a> voluntarily turned their <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_license" title="Broadcast license">license</a> back to the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) for cancellation. The license surrender had followed an investigation by the commission into a decade of limited operations for it and co-owned <a href="/wiki/WBVA_(AM)" title="WBVA (AM)">WBVA (1450 AM)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WVAB&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WVAB had a long history in Virginia Beach, moving from a <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">popular music</a> station to strictly <a href="/wiki/News_radio" class="mw-redirect" title="News radio">news</a> and finally <a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">gospel</a> programming.<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sidney Kellam, a scion of political and economic power in <a href="/wiki/Princess_Anne_County,_Virginia" title="Princess Anne County, Virginia">Princess Anne County</a> and Virginia Beach during mid-20th century, and members of the Kellam family, were the original owner and founders of WVAB. The studio and offices were long-located over the Jewish Mother Restaurant on Pacific Avenue, its headquarters for the first 34 years of its existence. WVAB had been a <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock music</a> station, relying on a series of itinerant disc jockeys to purvey their various musical tastes to a limited local audience. Don Beckstrom was a constant figure on WVAB both on the air and as <a href="/wiki/Program_director#Broadcasting" title="Program director">program sirector</a> during this period. </p><p>Eventually, advertising revenues trickled to a halt at the end of the 1980s. A succession of new owners followed beginning in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since March 19, 2008, the station was <a href="/wiki/Dark_(broadcasting)" title="Dark (broadcasting)">off the air</a>, following financial problems and an apparent vandalism incident of March 16. The Norfolk <i><a href="/wiki/Virginian-Pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginian-Pilot">Virginian-Pilot</a></i> newspaper reported that both WVAB—which had carried local gospel programming—and <a href="/wiki/WBVA_(AM)" title="WBVA (AM)">WBVA</a> were off the air, with was no word on when or if they would return.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Virginia Beach police, on March 16, 2008, someone felled the stations' 200-foot (61-meter) <a href="/wiki/Radio_masts_and_towers" title="Radio masts and towers">tower</a>. Margie Long with the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach_Police_Department" title="Virginia Beach Police Department">Virginia Beach Police Department</a> was quoted in local media as saying "The tower, approximately 200 ft. of it, collapsed to the ground. It appears there were numerous lines, support lines that were cut. We are investigating this as a destruction of property. There are no suspects, he said, but the investigation is ongoing." The tower stood in the 500 block of de Laura Lane, just off North Witchduck Road and north of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach_Boulevard" title="Virginia Beach Boulevard">Virginia Beach Boulevard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WVAB was in bankruptcy and the station was sold to <a href="/wiki/Birach_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Birach Broadcasting Corporation">Birach Broadcasting Corporation</a> on April 1, 2008, according to FCC records. </p><p>On January 22, 2018, the FCC designated WVAB and WBVA's license renewals for a hearing.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the commission's records, WVAB operated for a total of 357 days in the two license terms between April 1, 2008, and November 30, 2017, and was silent for the remaining period of nearly nine years. When it did operate, in order to avoid automatic deletion of its license after one continuous year of silence, it was at 6 watts from a temporary transmitter site at the western edge of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a>; the FCC estimated that WVAB covered two percent of its licensed service area from that site. Birach claimed since acquiring the stations that it had been unable to get zoning approval for a new tower. The full board of five commissioners would have determined whether renewing WVAB and WBVA's licenses would serve the public interest.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fd_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fd-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before the FCC came to a decision, Birach attempted to donate WVAB's license and audio equipment—but not any transmission equipment or facilities—to two different nonprofits.<sup id="cite_ref-fd_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fd-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When both donations fell through, Birach surrendered the WVAB license on September 7, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-fcc-wvabdefunct_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fcc-wvabdefunct-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FCC cancelled the station's license on September 10, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WVAB&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 10,</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=CDBS+Public+Access&rft.atitle=Re%3A+Surrender+of+Radio+Station+License+WVAB+%28AM%29+Virginia+Beach%2C+VA+%28Fac+Id.+57611%29&rft.aulast=Trent&rft.aufirst=John+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdbs.recnet.com%2Fcorres%2F%3Fdoc%3D87722&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWVAB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=68155">FCC History Cards for DWVAB</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WVAB">"WVAB Facility Record"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>, audio division</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Federal+Communications+Commission%2C+audio+division&rft.atitle=WVAB+Facility+Record&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftransition.fcc.gov%2Ffcc-bin%2Famq%3Fcall%3DWVAB&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWVAB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wtkr.com/Global/story.asp?S=8027058">WTKR NewsChannel 3: News, Weather and Traffic in Hampton Roads and North Carolina | Two AM Radio Stations Now Silent In Virginia Beach</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged July 2016">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pilotonline.com/2008/03/16/wvab-am-and-sister-beach-station-off-air-after-tower-felled">WVAB-AM and sister Beach station off air after tower felled</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20110608090311/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941030/10280262.htm">"Archived copy"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941030/10280262.htm">the original</a> on June 8, 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Beach</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged November 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2018/db0122/FCC-18-2A1.pdf">"Hearing Designation Order"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">November 24,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Federal+Communications+Commission+Licensing+and+Management+System&rft.atitle=License+Cancelled&rft.date=2018-09-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fenterpriseefiling.fcc.gov%2Fdataentry%2Fpublic%2Ftv%2FpublicFacilityDetails.html%3FfacilityId%3D57611&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWVAB" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WVAB&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=57611">Facility details for Facility ID 57611 (WVAB)</a> in the FCC Licensing and Management System</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=68155">"History Cards for WVAB"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=History+Cards+for+WVAB&rft.pub=Federal+Communications+Commission&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcdbs.recnet.com%2Fcorres%2F%3Fdoc%3D68155&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWVAB" class="Z3988"></span> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Radio Stations/History Cards">Guide to reading History Cards</a>) (covering 1954–1981)</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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id="Radio_stations_in_the_Hampton_Roads,_Virginia,_metropolitan_area953" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Radio stations in the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, metropolitan area</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>This area includes the cities <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WRJR" title="WRJR">670</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBG" title="WMBG">740</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNIS" title="WNIS">790</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAR" title="WTAR">850</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKGM" title="WKGM">940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVXX" title="WVXX">1050</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTJZ_(AM)" title="WTJZ (AM)">1110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZU" title="WJZU">1250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPMH" title="WPMH">1270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH_(AM)" title="WGH (AM)">1310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGPL" title="WGPL">1350</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPCE" title="WPCE">1400</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXGM_(AM)" title="WXGM (AM)">1420</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXTG_(AM)" title="WXTG (AM)">1490</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCPK" title="WCPK">1600</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFV" title="WJFV">1650</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcasting" title="FM broadcasting">FM frequency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WMTO-LD_(Virginia)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WMTO-LD (Virginia) (page does not exist)">87.7</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHOV" title="WHOV">88.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJLZ" title="WJLZ">88.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFOS" title="WFOS">88.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWIP" title="WWIP">89.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRV" title="WHRV">89.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRO-FM" title="WHRO-FM">90.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZLV" class="mw-redirect" title="WZLV">90.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCWM" title="WCWM">90.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNSB" title="WNSB">91.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCS" title="WYCS">91.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFR" class="mw-redirect" title="WAFR">91.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHBT-FM" title="WHBT-FM">92.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTYD" title="WTYD">92.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTWV-FM" title="WTWV-FM">92.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOB" title="WNOB">93.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVSP-FM" title="WVSP-FM">94.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPTE" title="WPTE">94.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVKL" title="WVKL">95.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WROX-FM" title="WROX-FM">96.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH-FM" title="WGH-FM">97.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOR" title="WNOR">98.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXGM-FM" title="WXGM-FM">99.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFI" title="WYFI">99.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBW-FM" title="WVBW-FM">100.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWDE-FM" title="WWDE-FM">101.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLQM-FM" title="WLQM-FM">101.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXTG-FM" title="WXTG-FM">102.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWI" title="WOWI">102.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNVZ" title="WNVZ">104.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOH" title="WNOH">105.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSH" title="WUSH">106.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFX" title="WAFX">106.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMOV-FM" title="WMOV-FM">107.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBQK" title="WBQK">107.9</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting" title="Low-power broadcasting">LPFM</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WRPC-LP" title="WRPC-LP">103.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEPV-LP" title="WEPV-LP">104.1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W223CT" class="mw-redirect" title="W223CT">92.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W227BR" class="mw-redirect" title="W227BR">93.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W228DX" class="mw-redirect" title="W228DX">93.5</a></li> <li>96.5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W243DJ" class="mw-redirect" title="W243DJ">W243DJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W243EK" class="mw-redirect" title="W243EK">W243EK</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W245BB" class="mw-redirect" title="W245BB">96.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W249CT" class="mw-redirect" title="W249CT">97.7</a></li> <li>97.9 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W250AE" class="mw-redirect" title="W250AE">W250AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W250BQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W250BQ">W250BQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252CB" class="mw-redirect" title="W252CB">98.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W256DH" class="mw-redirect" title="W256DH">99.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W257BV" class="mw-redirect" title="W257BV">99.3</a></li> <li>100.1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W261CN" class="mw-redirect" title="W261CN">W261CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W261DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W261DI">W261DI</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W270DA" class="mw-redirect" title="W270DA">101.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W279AD" class="mw-redirect" title="W279AD">103.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W280CX" class="mw-redirect" title="W280CX">103.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W285FM" class="mw-redirect" title="W285FM">104.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W289CI" class="mw-redirect" title="W289CI">105.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W297BH" class="mw-redirect" title="W297BH">107.3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a><br />frequency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHB37" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB37">162.55</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">Digital radio</a><br />by frequency & subchannel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WHRO-FM" title="WHRO-FM">90.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRO-FM" title="WHRO-FM">90.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRVL" title="WRVL">90.3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHBT-FM" title="WHBT-FM">92.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTWV-FM" title="WTWV-FM">92.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVSP-FM" title="WVSP-FM">94.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH_(AM)" title="WGH (AM)">94.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPTE" title="WPTE">94.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVKL" title="WVKL">95.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVKL" title="WVKL">95.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH-FM" title="WGH-FM">97.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH-FM" title="WGH-FM">97.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOR" title="WNOR">98.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWDE-FM" title="WWDE-FM">101.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWI" title="WOWI">102.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOH" title="WNOH">105.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZLV" class="mw-redirect" title="WZLV">105.3-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSH" title="WUSH">106.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAR" title="WTAR">106.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFX" title="WAFX">106.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMOV-FM" title="WMOV-FM">107.7-1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">call sign</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHB37" class="mw-redirect" title="KHB37">KHB37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W223CT" class="mw-redirect" title="W223CT">W223CT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W227BR" class="mw-redirect" title="W227BR">W227BR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W228DX" class="mw-redirect" title="W228DX">W228DX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W243DJ" class="mw-redirect" title="W243DJ">W243DJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W243EK" class="mw-redirect" title="W243EK">W243EK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W245BB" class="mw-redirect" title="W245BB">W245BB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W249CT" class="mw-redirect" title="W249CT">W249CT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W250AE" class="mw-redirect" title="W250AE">W250AE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W250BQ" class="mw-redirect" title="W250BQ">W250BQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252CB" class="mw-redirect" title="W252CB">W252CB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W256DH" class="mw-redirect" title="W256DH">W256DH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W257BV" class="mw-redirect" title="W257BV">W257BV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W261CN" class="mw-redirect" title="W261CN">W261CN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W261DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W261DI">W261DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W270DA" class="mw-redirect" title="W270DA">W270DA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W279AD" class="mw-redirect" title="W279AD">W279AD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W280CX" class="mw-redirect" title="W280CX">W280CX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W285FM" class="mw-redirect" title="W285FM">W285FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W289CI" class="mw-redirect" title="W289CI">W289CI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W297BH" class="mw-redirect" title="W297BH">W297BH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFX" title="WAFX">WAFX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAFR" class="mw-redirect" title="WAFR">WBKU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBQK" title="WBQK">WBQK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCPK" title="WCPK">WCPK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCWM" title="WCWM">WCWM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEPV-LP" title="WEPV-LP">WEPV-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFOS" title="WFOS">WFOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH_(AM)" title="WGH (AM)">WGH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGH-FM" title="WGH-FM">WGH-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WGH-FM" title="WGH-FM">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGPL" title="WGPL">WGPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHBT-FM" title="WHBT-FM">WHBT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHOV" title="WHOV">WHOV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRO-FM" title="WHRO-FM">WHRO-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WHRO-FM" title="WHRO-FM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRVL" title="WRVL">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHRV" title="WHRV">WHRV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJFV" title="WJFV">WJFV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJLZ" title="WJLZ">WJLZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZU" title="WJZU">WJZU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKGM" title="WKGM">WKGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLQM-FM" title="WLQM-FM">WLQM-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBG" title="WMBG">WMBG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMOV-FM" title="WMOV-FM">WMOV-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WMTO-LD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WMTO-LD (page does not exist)">WMTO-LD</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNIS" title="WNIS">WNIS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOB" title="WNOB">WNOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOH" title="WNOH">WNOH</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WZLV" class="mw-redirect" title="WZLV">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOR" title="WNOR">WNOR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNSB" title="WNSB">WNSB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNVZ" title="WNVZ">WNVZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOWI" title="WOWI">WOWI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPCE" title="WPCE">WPCE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPMH" title="WPMH">WPMH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPTE" title="WPTE">WPTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRJR" title="WRJR">WRJR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WROX-FM" title="WROX-FM">WROX-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRPC-LP" title="WRPC-LP">WRPC-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAR" title="WTAR">WTAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTJZ_(AM)" title="WTJZ (AM)">WTJZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTWV-FM" title="WTWV-FM">WTWV-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTYD" title="WTYD">WTYD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSH" 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