WTAR

WTAR

City	Norfolk, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	"AM 850 WTAR"
Slogan	"News, Sports, Information"
Frequency	850 AM kHz
First air date	September, 1952
Format	Talk/Sports
Power	50,000 Watts daytime 25,000 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	60472
Transmitter coordinates	37°3′36.0″N 76°41′26.0″W / 37.060000°N 76.690556°W / 37.060000; -76.690556
Former callsigns	WRAP (19??-October 19, 1987) DWRAP (October 19, 1987-July 15, 1997)^[1]
Affiliations	Fox Sports Radio
Owner	Sinclair Communications (Sinclair Telecable, Inc.)
Sister stations	WNIS, WNOB, WROX-FM, WUSH
Webcast	WTAR Webstream
Website	WTAR Online

WTAR is a Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.^[2] WTAR is owned and operated by Sinclair Communications.^[3]

History

On July 6, 1934, WTAR dropped its affiliation with CBS and became an affiliate of NBC. At that time, the station was owned and operated by the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Virginian-Pilot.^[4]

References

↑ "Call Sign History - WTAR". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
↑ "WTAR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
↑ "WTAR Joins the NBC" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 15, 1934. Retrieved 7 December 2014.

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Radio stations in the Norfolk–Virginia Beach–Newport News market

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¹ = WWXX operates as a full-time simulcast of Washington, D. C.-licensed WTEM.

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