WZVA

WZVA is a commercial radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia. Owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company, it broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format targeting Marion and Wytheville.

WZVA
CityMarion, Virginia
Broadcast areaMarion, Virginia
Wytheville, Virginia
BrandingHot 103.5
SloganSouthwest Virginia's Hit Music Station
Frequency103.5 MHz
First air dateSeptember 2, 1996
FormatTop 40 (CHR)
ERP3,700 watts
HAAT129 meters (423 ft)
ClassA
Facility ID30154
Transmitter coordinates36°54′10.0″N 81°22′56.0″W
Call sign meaningW Z VirginiA
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company
(Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stationsWMEV-FM, WSNQ, WUKZ
Website1035hot.com

History

WZVA signed on September 2, 1996,[1]

By 2016, WZVA aired a country music format as Thunder Country 103.5; on August 15, 2016, WZVA and WOLD-FM were sold to CDM Broadcasting, who took the stations over under a time brokerage agreement. At this time, WZVA began stunting with a ticking clock. By September 4, it had begun to air theme songs from television programs. On October 6, 2016, the station relaunched as 103.5 The Bull, maintaining its country format.[2]

Effective January 31, 2018, both WZVA and WOLD-FM were reacquired by previous owner T.E.C.O. Broadcasting, Inc. in exchange for releasing CDM Broadcasting from the $651,039 promissory note arising from the 2016 purchase.

Effective June 20, 2018, WZVA was sold to Bristol Broadcasting Company, who flipped WZVA to contemporary hit radio as Hot 103.5 on June 29, 2018, ceding the country format to new sister station WMEV-FM.[3]

References
  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-567. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. "WZVA Debuts New 103.5 The Bull Identity". RadioInsight. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  3. "WZVA Flips To CHR Hot 103.5". RadioInsight. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-07-02.


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