WVAF (99.9 FM) is an

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, market area. The station broadcasts with an ERP of 24,500

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s. WVAF is ranked third in the

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ratings for the Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area market, and is currently owned by

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History

WVAF's license was granted on December 24, 1963, but it did not sign on until February 1, 1965. Although V100 has broadcast the AC format for most of its existence, it has dabbled in other formats. It was previously a rock station thru most of the 1970s, and in the late 1990s took on a Current Hit/Top 40 format until October 1999. It was also previously owned by Capital Broadcasting Corporation and was the FM sister of WCAW-AM 680 until it was sold to West Virginia Radio Corporation. In the late 1990s, V100 played songs from the 70s such as

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" and many more. By 2013, V100 dropped all 70s songs from its playlist and started to focus on more of a

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format without the hard rock or rap. It averages two or three songs from the 80s an hour, with mostly 90s, 2000s and current hits. ''The All 80s Lunch with Steve Bishop'' is broadcast on weekdays at noon and plays music from 1980 to 1989. The ''

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Radio Show'' is broadcast early Sunday mornings from 4 am to 9 am. ''

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'' with Kidd Kelly (the 80s and 90s versions) is broadcast from 8 pm to midnight on Saturdays, and

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's radio program ''Lovin Life, Livin The '80s'' from 7 pm to midnight on Sundays. On Sunday, the station broadcasts ''Sonrise'' from 9am to 11am.

References

External links

V-100 WVAF official website
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