WFNR (AM)

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WFNR
City of license Blacksburg, Virginia
Broadcast area Blacksburg area
Branding The Voice of Virginia
Frequency 710 kHz
First air date 1973
Format News/Talk
Power 10,000 watts (daytime only)
Class D
Facility ID 67588
Transmitter Coordinates 37°08′01″N 80°21′18″W / 37.13361, -80.355
Callsign meaning W First in the New River Valley
Former callsigns WQBX, WNRB
Owner Cumulus Media
(Cumulus Licensing LLC)
Sister stations WBRW, WFNR-FM, WPSK, WRAD, WWBU

WFNR (710 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format to the Blacksburg, Virginia, USA area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media and licensed to Cumulus Licensing LLC.[1] The weekday lineup features Rush Limbaugh from Noon-3pm followed by Sean Hannity until 6pm with hourly CBS news updates.

During daytime broadcast hours, WFNR uses three towers in a directional array that concentrates the signal toward the northwest. All three towers are 105 m (340 ft) tall. The towers are located by Christiansburg, Virginia near Interstate 81.

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The station was originally licensed as WQBX and changed callsigns to WNRB on August 6, 1984. Three months later on November 19, 1984, the station changed its call sign to the current WFNR.[2]

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