City | Harrisonburg, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Central Shenandoah Valley |
Branding | WMRA |
Slogan | "More News, Less Noise" |
Frequency | 90.7 FM MHz |
First air date | 1969 |
Format | Public Radio |
Power | 10,500 Watts |
HAAT | 318 meters (1,043 ft) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 65447 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°33′50.0″N 78°57′0.0″W / 38.563889°N 78.950000°W |
Callsign meaning | W (James) Madison Radio Associates |
Affiliations |
American Public Media BBC World Service National Public Radio Public Radio International |
Owner |
James Madison University (James Madison University Board of Visitors) |
Sister stations | W233AA, WMRL, WMRY |
Webcast | WMRA Webstream |
Website | WMRA Online |
WMRA is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Harrisonburg, Virginia, serving the Shenandoah Valley from Winchester to Lexington, as well as the Charlottesville area. WMRA is owned and operated by James Madison University.
The call letters WMRA were previously assigned to an AM station in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It began broadcasting June 10, 1948, on 1450 kHz with 250 W power (unlimited). It was owned by Myrtle Beach Broadcasting Company Incorporated and had studios in the Ocean Front Hotel at Myrtle Beach.