WAVA
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| City of license | Arlington, Virginia |
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| 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 - AM 38°53′30.0″N 77°7′55.0″W / 38.89167°N 77.13194°W - 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]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- WAVA Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WAVA
- Radio-Locator information on WAVA
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WAVA
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAVA
- Radio-Locator Information on WAVA
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WAVA
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