WVTS

WVTS
City Dunbar, West Virginia
Broadcast area Charleston, West Virginia
Nitro, West Virginia
Branding "NewsTalk 1240 WVTS"
Slogan "Charleston's NewsTalk"
Frequency 1240 AM kHz
Translator(s) W239CH (95.7 MHz, Charleston)
First air date November 4, 1946[1]
Format News/Talk[2]
Power 1,000 Watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 2682
Transmitter coordinates 38°57′22.0″N 77°4′57.0″W / 38.956111°N 77.082500°W / 38.956111; -77.082500
Callsign meaning West Virginia's Talk Station
Former callsigns WTIP (?-1988)
WVSR (1988-2000)
WBES (2000-2010)
WVTS (2010-Present)[3]
Owner Bristol Broadcasting Company
Sister stations WBES, WQBE-FM, WVSR-FM, WYNL
Website www.bristolbroadcasting.com/charlestonmkt.shtml

WVTS is a News/Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Dunbar, West Virginia, serving Charleston and Nitro in West Virginia.[2] WVTS is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "WVTS Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved March 8, 2016.


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