WAVA (AM)

WAVA
City Arlington, Virginia
Broadcast area Washington, D.C.
Baltimore, Maryland
Branding "AM780 WAVA"
Slogan "Life Changes Here"
Frequency 780 AM kHz
First air date November 7, 1946[1]
Format Religious Talk[2]
Power 12,000 watts day (main)
9,800 watts critical hours (main)
5,000 watts day (auxiliary)
4,000 watts critical hours (auxiliary)
Class D
Facility ID 54465
Transmitter coordinates 38°58′35″N 77°6′52″W / 38.97639°N 77.11444°W / 38.97639; -77.11444 (main)
39°0′1″N 77°3′28″W / 39.00028°N 77.05778°W / 39.00028; -77.05778 (auxiliary)
Callsign meaning W Arlington VirginiA
Former callsigns WARL (1947-1961)
WAVA (1961-1977)
WABS (1977-2005)[3]
WAVA (2005-present)[4]
Owner Salem Media Group
(Salem Media of Virginia, Inc.)
Sister stations WAVA-FM, WRCW, WWRC
Webcast WAVA Webstream
Website WAVA Online

WAVA is a Religious Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Arlington, Virginia, serving the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland metro areas.[2] WAVA is owned and operated by Salem Media Group.[5] In its early history, the station sported pop, country and news/talk formats. As WARL, it was the first station to brand itself as playing "country western music." [6]

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-559. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. "History Cards for WAVA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  4. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. "WAVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  6. http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2014/04/03/when-washington-was-nashville-north


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