WINC (AM)
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| City of license | Winchester |
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| Broadcast area | Winchester/Frederick County, Virginia |
| Branding | "AM 1400 WINC" |
| Slogan | "The Right Side of the AM Dial" |
| Frequency | 1400 AM |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power | 1,000 Watts |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | WINChester |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Owner | Mid-Atlantic Network, Inc. being sold to Centennial Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WINC-FM, WWRE, WWRT |
| Website | am1400winc.com |
WINC is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia. WINC features mostly "right-leaning" talk and news updates from FOX News Radio. The AM station uses the slogan "The Right Side of the AM Dial", but this is not in reference to its programming, as AM1400 is actually on right side of a dial radio. WINC carries sports from the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Ravens.
[edit] History
WINC is owned by Mid-Atlantic Network, Inc., a family owned corporation and licensee of six radio stations in Winchester and Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Richard F. Lewis, Jr. began the operation in 1939 when he, as a California resident, answered an advertisement in "Broadcasting Magazine", in which the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce requested a radio station operator for the community. He formed the Fredericksburg Broadcasting Corporation, and founded station WFVA.
Two years later, Mr. Lewis moved to Winchester and built station WINC. WINC went on the air on June 26, 1941. Lewis would later launched sister station WINC-FM.
In the early 2000s, WINC began featuring mostly "right-leaning" talk and news updates from FOX News Radio. The AM station uses the slogan "The Right Side of the AM Dial", but this is not in reference to its programming, as AM1400 is actually on right side of a dial radio.
WINC carries extensive live sports coverage from the Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Ravens, University of Virginia and Virginia Tech college football, ACC football and basketball, NFL "Games of the Week", NFL and MLB playoff games, BCS Bowl Games, the World Series, and the Super Bowl.
[edit] Mid-Atlantic Sale
On April 13, 2007, media websites DCRTV in Washington DC and SVRTV in Winchester, VA reported that WINC-FM, along with sisters WINC, WWRE-FM, and WWRT-FM in Winchester and WBQB-FM and WFVA-AM in Fredericksburg, VA, had been sold to Centennial Broadcasting based in Roanoke, VA. No further information has been released.
On May 17, 2007, it was finally reported and confirmed that Centennial Broadcasting had bought the stations for $36 Million. According to a Winchester Star article, no changes would be made at any of the stations in format or staff.
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