WPIN (AM)

WPIN
City Dublin, Virginia
Broadcast area New River Valley
Branding "ESPN Blacksburg"
Frequency 810 AM kHz
First air date 1995[1]
Format Sports[2]
Power 4,200 Watts daytime only
Class D
Facility ID 17619
Transmitter coordinates 37°7′55.0″N 80°37′7.0″W / 37.131944°N 80.618611°W / 37.131944; -80.618611
Callsign meaning W Pulaski DublIN
Former callsigns WKNV (1989-1995)
WPIN (1995-Present)[3]
Owner Baker Family Stations
(Dublin Radio)
Sister stations WKEX, WKNV
Webcast WPIN Webstream
Website WPIN Online

WPIN is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dublin, Virginia, serving the New River Valley.[2] WPIN is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.[4]

810 AM is United States clear-channel frequency, on which KGO in San Francisco, California and WGY in Schenectady, New York are the dominant Class A stations. WPIN (AM) must leave the air from sunset to sunrise to prevent interference with the Class A stations nighttime skywave signals.

FM Translators

In addition the main station at 810 kHz, WPIN is relayed by two FM translators in order to widen its broadcast area, especially at night when the AM frequency is off the air.

Broadcast translators of WPIN (AM)
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		ClassFCC info
W226AT93.1Christiansburg, Virginia14035080DFCC
W246CR97.1Christiansburg, Virginia140358145DFCC

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-563. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WPIN Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 26, 2016.


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