WFNR (AM)

Infobox Radio station
name = WFNR


city = Blacksburg, Virginia
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branding = The Talk of the NRV
frequency = 710 kHz
airdate = 1973
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format = News/Talk
power = 10,000 watts (daytime only)
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class = D
facility_id = 67588
coordinates = coord|37|08|01|N|80|21|18|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = W First in the New River Valley
former_callsigns = WQBX, WNRB
owner = Cumulus Media
licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
sister_stations =WBRW, WFNR-FM, WPSK, WRAD, WWBU
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WFNR (710 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format to the Blacksburg, Virginia, USA area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media and licensed to Cumulus Licensing LLC. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WFNR |title=WFNR Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] The weekday lineup features Rush Limbaugh from Noon-3pm followed by Sean Hannity until 6pm with hourly CBS news updates.

During daytime broadcast hours, WFNR uses three towers in a directional array that concentrates the signal toward the northwest. All three towers are convert|105|m|ft|abbr=on tall. The towers are located by Christiansburg, Virginia near Interstate 81.

History

The station was originally licensed as WQBX ("Super 7-Q," a powerhouse Top-40 AM station) They had a reverb system in their studio and one of the best compressed AM signals in all of Southwest Virginia. Reggie Neel (who's now doing middays at WXBQ in Bristol), Barry Michaels, and a guy called "The Animal" were the air crew in the late '70s and early '80s. Ray Childers owned the station and sold it around 1984 to a judge who then changed the call letters to WNRB on August 6, 1984 and format to country. Somehow, 990 WNRV Owner Megan McWilliams and General Manager Bob Whitehead persuaded WNRB's management to modify their calls to avoid confusion. Three months later on November 19, 1984 AM-710 became the current day WFNR.

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*AM station data|WFNR