WZVA is a commercial
radio station
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licensed
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to
Marion, Virginia
Marion is a town in and the county seat of Smyth County, Virginia, United States. It is positioned upon Interstate 81, in the Blue Ridge portion of the southern Appalachian Mountains in Southwest Virginia. The town is named for American Revolu ...
. Owned by
Bristol Broadcasting Company
"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virgini ...
, it broadcasts a
contemporary hit radio
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format targeting Marion and
Wytheville.
History
WZVA signed on September 2, 1996,
By 2016, WZVA aired a
country music
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format as ''Thunder Country 103.5''; on August 15, 2016, WZVA and
WOLD-FM
WOLD-FM (102.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Marion, Virginia. The station broadcasts a classic rock music format to Southwest Virginia. WOLD-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
...
were sold to CDM Broadcasting, who took the stations over under a time brokerage agreement. At this time, WZVA began
stunting with a ticking clock. By September 4, it had begun to air
theme song
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s from television programs. On October 6, 2016, the station relaunched as ''103.5 The Bull'', maintaining its country format.
Effective January 31, 2018, both WZVA and WOLD-FM were reacquired by previous owner T.E.C.O. Broadcasting, Inc. in exchange for releasing CDM Broadcasting from the $651,039 promissory note arising from the 2016 purchase.
Effective June 20, 2018, WZVA was sold to
Bristol Broadcasting Company
"Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virgini ...
, who flipped WZVA to
contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ...
as ''Hot 103.5'' on June 29, 2018, ceding the country format to new sister station
WMEV-FM
WMEV-FM is a Country-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Southwestern Virginia. WMEV-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.
Signal
WMEV-FM's signal, which broadcasts with an effective radi ...
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References
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1996 establishments in Virginia
Radio stations established in 1996
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Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
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