WTAR
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| City | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Branding | "Sports Radio 850" |
| Frequency | 850 AM kHz |
| First air date | September, 1952 |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 50,000 Watts daytime 25,000 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60472 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°3′36.0″N 76°41′26.0″W / 37.060000°N 76.690556°W |
| Former callsigns | WRAP (19??-October 19, 1987) DWRAP (October 19, 1987-July 15, 1997) |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner | Sinclair Communications (Sinclair Telecable, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WNIS, WNOB, WROX-FM, WUSH, WUSH-HD2 |
| Webcast | WTAR Webstream |
| Website | WTAR Online |
WTAR is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WTAR is owned and operated by Sinclair Communications.
WTAR began broadcasting on September 21, 1923, with 15 W power. The output was increased to 5 KW by 1941.
On July 6, 1934, WTAR dropped its affiliation with CBS and became an affiliate of NBC. At that time, the station was owned and operated by the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and Virginian-Pilot.
A sister station, WTAR-FM, began broadcasting in 1947 with 50 KW power.
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