The following is a list of
FCC
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-licensed
radio stations
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in the
U.S.
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state of Virginia
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which can be sorted by their
call sign
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s,
frequencies
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,
cities of license
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, licensees, and
programming formats.
List of radio stations
Defunct
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WBBL
* WBDB-LP
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WBDY
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WBVA
* WCLM-LP
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WDIC
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WDUF
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WFNR
WFNR was a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WFNR was last owned and operated by Monticello Media after its 2018 purchase of Cumulus Media's Blacksburg– Christiansburg ...
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WHKT
WHKT (1010 AM broadcasting, AM) was a radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. The station was owned by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.
History
Although the station's initial application for a con ...
* WJRX-LP
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WJYI
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WKEY
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WLEE
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WMVA
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WODI
* WORJ-LP
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WOWZ
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WPEX
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WPUV
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WPVC-LP
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WQLU
* WQMR-LP
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WRAP
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* WRRW-LP
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WSVG
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WVAB
WVAB was a commercial radio station licensed to serve Virginia Beach, Virginia, at 1550 AM, and serviced parts of the Hampton Roads region. The station broadcast from 1954 to 2018, ceasing operations when owner Birach Broadcasting Corporation ...
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WXCF
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WXMY
* WXZR-LP
See also
*
Virginia media
**
List of newspapers in Virginia
**
List of television stations in Virginia
This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Full-power stations
VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical North American broadcast television frequenc ...
** Media of
cities
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in Virginia:
Chesapeake Chesapeake most often refers to:
*Chesapeake people, a Native American tribe also known as the Chesepian
*Chesapeake Bay
*Delmarva Peninsula, also known as the Chesapeake Peninsula
Chesapeake may also refer to:
Populated places In Virginia
* ...
,
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
* Hampton, Victoria
** Hampton railway station, Melbour ...
,
Newport News
Newport News () is an independent city in southeastern Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the fifth-most populous city in Virginia and 140th-most populous city i ...
,
Norfolk
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,
Richmond
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* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
,
Roanoke,
Virginia Beach
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References
Bibliography
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External links
* (Directory ceased in 2017)
Virginia Association of BroadcastersMid-Atlantic Antique Radio Club
Images
File:Arlington radio towers in Virginia Library of Congress thc1995002299.jpg, Radio towers, Arlington, Virginia, 20th c.
File:2005 Virginia State Capitol radio press booth in Richmond Library of Congress va1498.photos.217082p.jpg, State Capitol radio press booth, Richmond, 2005
File:WJVR-WKEY offices, Covington.jpg, WJVR-WKEY, Covington, Virginia, 2016
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