WAVA

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WAVA
WAVA-AMandFM.png
City of license Arlington, Virginia
Broadcast area Washington, D.C. Metro Area
Branding "WAVA Radio"
Slogan "Life Changing Talk Radio"
Frequency 780 kHz
105.1 MHz
First air date 1946 - AM
1948 - FM
Format Religious
Power 12,000 Watts daytime - AM
33,000 Watts - FM
HAAT 184 Meters - FM
Class D - AM
B - FM
Transmitter coordinates 38°58′35.0″N 77°6′52.0″W / 38.97639°N 77.11444°W / 38.97639; -77.11444 - AM
38°53′30.0″N 77°7′55.0″W / 38.89167°N 77.13194°W / 38.89167; -77.13194 - FM
Callsign meaning Arthur V. Arundel
(WAWA call sign was not available, so Arthur W. Arundel settled for WAVA, see Reference)
Could also mean Arlington, VirginiA
Owner Salem Communications
(Salem Media of Virginia, Inc.)
Sister stations WWRC
Webcast WAVA Webstream
Website WAVA Online

WAVA and WAVA-FM are Religious formatted broadcast radio stations. Both stations are licensed to Arlington, Virginia and serve the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. Both WAVA and WAVA-FM, as well as sister station WWRC, are owned and operated by Salem Communications. WAVA-FM was once a popular top 40/CHR station until a format change to its current religious format on February 11, 1992. [1]

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