WINA
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| City | Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia |
| Branding | "NewsRadio 1070 and 98.9 FM WINA" |
| Slogan | "Breaking News, Stimulating Talk" |
| Frequency | 1070 AM kHz |
| First air date | October, 1949 |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power | 5,000 Watts day and night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 10649 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°5′22.0″N 78°30′14.0″W / 38.089444°N 78.503889°W |
| Former frequencies | 1280 kHz (1949-1954) 1450 kHz (1954-1956) 1400 kHz (1956-1966) |
| Affiliations |
Liberty (1951-52) Mutual (1952-1958) NBC (1958-1966) CBS (1966-present) |
| Owner | Saga Communications (Saga Communications of Charlottesville, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WCNR, WQMZ, WVAX, WWWV |
| Webcast | WINA Webstream |
| Website | WINA Online |
WINA is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WINA is owned and operated by Saga Communications.
WINA signed on the week of October 10, 1949 as a 1,000-watt daytimer on 1280 kHz with a full service format. Behind WCHV, it was the city's second radio station. It was owned by Charlottesville Broadcasting Corp. and had studios at 4th and East Main Streets in downtown Charlottesville.
Network radio was still dominant in 1949, but there were no available networks with which to affiliate, and so WINA was to start entirely reliant on local programming. WCHV was affiliated with ABC, WJMA Orange was affiliated with Mutual, and CBS and NBC were available to some from WRVA and WMBG in Richmond, respectively. In 1951, it obtained a short-lived affiliation with the Liberty Broadcasting System. After LBS went under in 1952, WINA gained affiliations with Mutual and the Keystone Broadcasting System, a radio transcription network rebroadcasting major-network scripted programs to areas that lacked local affiliates. By then, the station had settled into a format of middle-of-the-road music, news, and scripted network programs.
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