WUVA
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| City of license | Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
| Branding | "92-7 Nash Icon" |
| Frequency | 92.7 MHz |
| First air date | June 22, 1979[1] |
| Format | Country[2] |
| Power | 750 Watts |
| HAAT | 274 Meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 74161 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W University of VirginiA |
| Affiliations | Nash Icon (Westwood One) |
| Owner | WUVA, Inc. |
| Webcast | WUVA Webstream |
| Website | WUVA Online |
WUVA (92.7 FM) is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WUVA is owned and operated by WUVA, Inc.[3]
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Ownership
WUVA is owned by WUVA, Inc., a corporation whose shareholders are University of Virginia students and alumni.[4] While WUVA, Inc. is a non-profit company, WUVA is a commercial station.[4]
History
WUVA launched on June 22, 1979 with an Urban Contemporary format, branded as "92.7 Kiss FM" On September 17, 2015, the radio station information website Radio-Insight reported that WUVA would be switching formats in the near future.[4] WUVA would drop its long-time, locally based Urban Contemporary format for Classic Country, utilizing the nationally-syndicated Nash Icon from Westwood One.[4] At noon the following day, WUVA switched to Country, as "Nash Icon 92.7".[4][5]
References
- ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf
- ↑ http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP16&band=fm&callLetter=WUVA
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External links
- 92-7 Nash Icon Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WUVA
- Radio-Locator information on WUVA
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUVA
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