WMNA-FM (106.3 FM) is a

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licensed to

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, serving Northern

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and the suburbs of the Lynchburg metropolitan area. WMNA-FM is owned and operated by 3 Daughters Media, It

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s a

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format with

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100.9

WIQO-FM WIQO-FM (100.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Forest, Virginia, and serving the Lynchburg metropolitan area. It simulcasts a talk radio format with sister station 106.3 WMNA-FM in Gretna, Virginia. They are owned and operated ...

Forest, Virginia. WMNA-FM has an

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(ERP) of 6,000

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s. It has a

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to increase its ERP to 15,000 watts and raise its

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(HAAT) to better cover the Lynchburg metropolitan area. Programming is also heard on 250-watt

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W227BG 93.3 MHz in Timberlake, Virginia.

Programming

Weekday mornings on WIQO-FM and WMNA-FM begin with a local wake up show hosted by Janet Rose, also shared with co-owned WGMN. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: '' The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Tom Sullivan Show, The Lars Larson Show, CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor,

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, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal'' and ''The Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show''. Weekends feature shows on money, home repair, cars, guns and real estate. Syndicated hosts include Ben Ferguson, Rick Valdes, John Catsimatidis and Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb. Most hours begin with an update from

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History

WMNA-FM

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the air on . It was originally powered at 3,000 watts and was a full-time simulcast of co-owned WMNA

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. At the time, WMNA 730 was a

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, required to go off the air at night. So listeners with an FM radio could continue to hear programming on 106.3 FM. The two stations were owned by the Central Virginia Broadcasting Company and were

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s of the

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. WMNA-FM was a

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station, before being bought by Gary Burns. The station became a simulcast of Lynchburg's WLNI to extend the signal along Route 29 from Danville to Nelson County. When Burns sold WLNI to Centennial Broadcasting, he split WMNA and sold it to Three Daughters Media. It became a

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station as an

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affiliate. In November 2013 WMNA-FM switched from sports to

. It began sharing programming with co-owned

106.3 MHz.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WMNA-FM is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.

References

External links

100.9 WIQO Online
* {{News/Talk Radio Stations in Virginia MNA-FM Talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1950