WNTW (AM)
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City | Chester, Virginia |
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Broadcast area |
Richmond Petersburg, Virginia |
Branding | "820 The Answer" |
Frequency | 820 AM kHz |
Translator(s) | 97.7 W249CI (Bellwood, Virginia) |
First air date | 1964 |
Format | Conservative Talk Radio |
Power |
10,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 27440 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°22′54.0″N 77°25′40.0″W / 37.381667°N 77.427778°W |
Callsign meaning | W News Talk W |
Former callsigns |
WIKI (1964–1978) WGGM (1978–2014)[1] |
Former frequencies | 1410 kHz (1964–1988) |
Affiliations |
Salem Radio Network Westwood One Network |
Owner | Delmarva Educational Association |
Webcast | WNTW Webstream |
Website | WNTW Online |
WNTW (820 kHz) is a Conservative Talk Radio formatted radio station licensed to Chester, Virginia, serving the Richmond/Petersburg area.[2] WNTW is owned and operated by Delmarva Educational Association.[3] In addition to broadcasting on AM 820, listeners can also hear WNTW on FM translator station W249CI on 97.7 MHz, based in Bellwood, Virginia.[4]
WNTW mostly carries nationally syndicated talk shows, including Michael Savage, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Prager, Larry Elder, Alex Jones and Red Eye Radio.
History
In June, 1988, WGGM, formerly a daytimer at AM 1410 on the dial, moved to the 820 frequency, allowing 24-hour broadcasting. Tracy Lynn, longtime local television traffic reporter at WWBT, was the first nighttime DJ on WGGM.
In May 2014, VARTV reported the station's plans to change call letters to WNTW and switch to syndicated conservative talk as "The Answer" at 8am Monday, June 2. The call sign was officially changed to WNTW on June 1.[5]
References
- ↑ FCC History Cards for WNTW
- ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ "WNTW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W249CI
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 3, 2014.