WFNR
Radio station in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
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WFNR was a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley.[3] WFNR was last owned and operated by Monticello Media after its 2018 purchase of Cumulus Media's Blacksburg–Christiansburg cluster.[4][5]
Broadcast areaNew River Valley
Owner
- Monticello Media
- (WFNR AM, LLC)
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| Broadcast area | New River Valley |
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| Frequency | 710 kHz |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WBRW, WVHK, WPSK, WRAD, WRAD-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1974[1] |
Last air date | January 31, 2019 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | First in the New River Valley |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 67588 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 10,000 watts (days only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°8′1″N 80°21′18″W |
WFNR went off the air on January 31, 2019, due to equipment failures at its transmitter site. The station had special temporary authority to remain silent until July 31.[6]
WFNR never returned to the air, resulting in the forfeit of its license after the one-year deadline to do so imposed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 passed. It was deleted from the FCC's database on February 11, 2022.
