WINA (AM)

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WINA
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City of license Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area Central Virginia
Branding "1070 WINA Newsradio"
Slogan "First with Local News"
Frequency 1070 kHz
First air date 1949
Format News/Talk/Sports
Power 5,000 Watts day and night
Class B
Callsign meaning W VirgINiA
Owner Saga Communications
Sister stations WCNR, WQMZ, WVAX, WWWV
Website WINA Online

WINA is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, and serving Charlottesville and Central Virginia. WINA is owned and operated by Saga Communications.

Among the key local features of the station are broadcasts of University of Virginia sports events and the "Charlottesville, Right Now" afternoon talk show hosted by author Coy Barefoot.

[edit] History

WINA was originally on 1400 kHz. In the 1960s, it changed to 1070 in order to have a channel which was allowed more broadcasting power.

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1 Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.
2 Saga Communications operates this station owned by Liberty Productions.
Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NYSE: SGA · Website: www.sagacommunications.com