WFNR was a

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formatted

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radio station licensed to

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, serving the

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. WFNR was last owned and operated by

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after its 2018 purchase of

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's Blacksburg– Christiansburg cluster. WFNR went off the air on January 31, 2019, due to equipment failures at its transmitter site. The station had

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to remain silent until July 31. WFNR never returned to the air, resulting in the forfeit of its license after the one-year deadline to do so imposed by the

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passed. It was deleted from the FCC's database on February 11, 2022.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 67588 (WFNR)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WFNR
(covering 1966-1981 as WQBX) 1974 establishments in Virginia 2022 disestablishments in Virginia Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1974 Radio stations disestablished in 2022 FNR FNR FNR {{Virginia-radio-station-stub