WMVA was an

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, serving Martinsville and

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. WMVA was last owned and operated by Martinsville Media, Inc.

History

In October 2005, William D. Wyatt, Jr. purchased WMVA, which had an

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format, from Billy D. Wilson and Linda R. Wilson. whom purchased it from founder Hans Peter Blume The station went silent on January 28, 2019, and it never returned to the air.Response to Operational Status Inquiry & Surrender of FCC License Authorization
, fcc.gov. Retrieved August 5, 2024. Its license was surrendered on July 23, 2021 and was cancelled on July 27, 2021.

Past personalities

* Charles F. Adams, newscaster (1942–1947, 1948, 1955)Sies, Luther F. (2014). ''Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960, 2nd Edition, Volume 1''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 11. * Pete Bluhm * Barry Michaels, radio personality, seven p.m. until midnight

References

External links

in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WMVA
(covering 1938-1981) MVA Radio stations established in 1941 Radio stations disestablished in 2019 Defunct radio stations in the United States MVA {{Virginia-radio-station-stub