WZHF

WZHF
City of license	Arlington, Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Washington, D.C.
Branding	"Radio Sputnik"
Frequency	1390 AM kHz
First air date	April 7, 1947^[1]
Format	Russian News^[2]
Power	5,000 Watts day and night
Class	B
Facility ID	73306
Transmitter coordinates	38°54′15.0″N 77°9′54.0″W / 38.904167°N 77.165000°W / 38.904167; -77.165000
Former callsigns	WEAM (?-1984) WMZQ (1984-1996) WZHF (1996-Present)^[3]
Affiliations	Radio Sputnik
Owner	Multicultural Broadcasting (Way Broadcasting Licensee, LLC)

WZHF is a Russian News formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Arlington, Virginia, serving Metro Washington, D.C.^[2] WZHF is owned and operated by Way Broadcasting.^[4]

Changes

In April of 2014, station owner Way Broadcasting applied to change the station's community of license to Capitol Heights, Maryland.^[5] The reason behind the change was the station's tower location in Falls Church, Virginia, was not renewed after more than two decades.^[6] In June of 2014, WZHF began broadcasting from a tower used by WJFK and WUST in Walker Mill, Maryland.^[6]^[7]

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-559. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
↑ "WZHF Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. December 23, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
1 2 "Engineering STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 25, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
↑ "Location of WZHF Tower in Walker Mill, Maryland". Google Maps. Retrieved August 1, 2015.

External Links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WZHF

Radio-Locator Information on WZHF

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WZHF

Radio stations in the Washington, D.C. market

By AM frequency	Washington, D.C. 630 980 1120 1260 1340 1450 1500 Maryland 540 570 900 950 1030 1050 1160 1540 1560 1580 1600 Northern Virginia 730 780 920 1190 1220 1250 1310 1390 1460 1480

By FM frequency	Washington, D.C. 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.9 93.9 96.3 97.1 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 103.5 107.3 Maryland 88.1 91.9 92.7 94.3♦ 94.7 95.5 99.1 99.9 102.3 104.1 107.9 Northern Virginia 87.7 89.9 94.3 96.7 97.5 97.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio	162.45 162.55

By callsign	KHB36 W249BE WACA WAMU WASH WAVA WAVA-FM WBIG-FM WBQH WCRW WCSP WCTN WDCN-LP WDCT WERA-LP WETA WFAX WFED WFRE WGOP WGTS WHUR-FM WIAD WIHT WILC WJEV-LP WJFK WJFK-FM WKDV WKIK WKIK-FM WKYS WLXE WLZL WMAL WMAL-FM WMET WMMJ WMUC WMZQ-FM WNEW-FM WNG736 WOL WOWD-LP♦ WPER WPFW WPGC-FM WPRS-FM WPWC WRCW WRQX WSPZ WTEM WTNT WTOP-FM WURA WUST WWDC WWGB WWRC WWWT-FM WWXT WWXX WYCB WZHF

Defunct Stations	WCAP WGMS WTWP WWZZ WGTB WHFS (FM)

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 214 Sirius Channel 152 Washington, D.C. metro markets Frederick, MD Fredericksburg, VA Baltimore See also List of radio stations in Washington, D.C. List of radio stations in Virginia List of radio stations in Maryland ♦WOWD-LP is a planned low-power station with a Summer 2016 launch date.

Multicultural Broadcasting

Radio stations	KAHZ KALI KALI-FM KARI KATD KAZN KBLA KCHN KDFT KEST KFSG KIQI KLIB KMNY KMRB KSJX KVRI KWRU KXPA KXYZ KYPA WATB WAZN WEXY WFBR WGFS WHWH WJCC WJDM WKDM WLXE WLYN WNMA WPAT WTTM WWRU WZHF WZRC

Television stations	KILM (SonLife)²

¹ Controlled by Lincoln Financial Media under LMA.

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