WNTW (AM)

WNTW
City Chester, Virginia
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 / 37.381667; -77.427778
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

Logo used until May 31, 2014.

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

  1. ↑  ‹Template:FCC history cards is deprecated.›FCC History Cards for WNTW
  2. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "WNTW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W249CI
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
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