WVNZ (AM)
WVNZ is an Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Metro Richmond. WVNZ is owned and operated by Mahan Janbakhsh's TBLC Holdings, LLC, through licensee TBLC Virginia Holdings, LLC.[4]
City | Richmond, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Richmond |
Branding | "Boomtown Richmond" |
Frequency | 1320 kHz |
Translator(s) | W269DC (101.7 MHz, Richmond) |
First air date | 1955 |
Format | Oldies |
Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 8 Watts nighttime |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 52050 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°28′0.0″N 77°27′8.0″W |
Call sign meaning | W Virginia's NewZ |
Former call signs | WLLY (1955–1959) WEET (1959–1984)[1] WRJY (1984–1986)[2] WANI (1986–1989)[3] WLEE (1989–1999) |
Owner | TBLC Holdings, LLC (TBLC Virginia Holdings, LLC) |
Sister stations | WTOX |
Website | boomtownrichmond |
Sale
On July 14, 2015, Davidson Media Group announced it would be selling WTOX and sister station WVNZ to TBLC Virginia Holdings, LLC. for $400,000.[5] The sale was consummated on November 5, 2015.
In late 2018, Mobile Radio Partners took over programming control, and put its Boomtown Richmond format, already heard on WBTL, on WVNZ.
References
- "FCC History Cards for WLEE" (PDF). FCC.
- "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 9, 1984. p. 136.
- "Call letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 31, 1986. p. 86.
- "WVNZ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- Venta, Lance (July 14, 2015). "Davidson Media Sells 12". RadioInsight. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WVNZ
- Radio-Locator Information on WVNZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WVNZ
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