WVTS
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| City of license | Dunbar |
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| Broadcast area | Charleston |
| Branding | Supertalk 94.5 |
| Slogan | "West Virginia's Talk Station" |
| Frequency | AM:1240 kHzFM:94.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1975 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power |
AM:1,000 watts (daytime) 1,000 watts (nighttime) |
| ERP | FM:9,600 watts |
| Class |
AM:C FM:B1 |
| Transmitter coordinates |
AM:38°23′8.0″N 81°42′51.0″W / 38.385556°N 81.714167°W FM:38°25′11.0″N 81°43′24.0″W / 38.419722°N 81.723333°W |
| Callsign meaning | West Virginia's Talk Station |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company |
| Website | wvts950am.com |
WVTS (1240 AM and 94.5 FM, "Super Talk 94.5") is one of Charleston's News & talk AM/FM radio stations which began simulcasting on WVTS-FM in January 2010. FOX News Radio provides national news updates every half-hour. Local news and weather information is provided throughout the day. Local traffic information is provided through 9 a.m.
On weekdays, the station carries talk shows from Daybreak USA, Bill O'Reilly, Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Coast to Coast AM, Laura Ingraham, Phil Valentine, Glenn Beck, and Free Talk Live.
On weekends, the station carries talk shows including Mike McConnell, Watchdog on Wall Street, Clark Howard, Bill Cunningham, Handel on the Law, Moneytalk, Point of View, Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford, and Free Talk Live.
Currently, the station has no local programming. The station is currently owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. WVTS is in second place in the ratings behind WCHS-AM among AM stations.
There is another Supertalk station also owned by Bristol Broadcasting in the Tri-Cities area of TN / VA.
History
WVTS-FM
WVTS-FM was formerly Charleston's only Alternative rock radio station. Then WZJO, Z Rock made its debut in 2003. Before that, WZJO was an urban oldies station. The last two call letters of the callsign stood for Jammin Oldies. The station is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, with a "twin station" in Elizabethton, Tennessee named "Z Rock-99-3", also owned by Bristol Broadcasting. According to Bristol Broadcasting, the station posts strong numbers with 18 to 35 year old men. WVTS-FM shares a tower with WBES in Dunbar.
- The station's callsign was WBES-FM from 1988 until 2001.
- On November 1. 2009, the station began airing continuous Christmas themed music, renaming themselves “Christmas 94.5”. The theme continued until January 1, 2010, at which time the station departed from the Z-ROCK name and genre and switched to news/talk, simulcasting WVTS 950 AM as the new WVTS-FM.
External links
- WVTS official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WVTS
- Radio-Locator Information on WVTS
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WVTS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WVTS
- Radio-Locator information on WVTS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVTS
- Charleston Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
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