WUVA

WUVA

City	Charlottesville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Charlottesville, Virginia Albemarle County, Virginia
Branding	"92-7 Nash Icon"
Frequency	92.7 MHz
First air date	June 22, 1979^[1]
Format	Classic-based Country^[2]
Power	750 Watts
HAAT	274 Meters
Class	A
Facility ID	74161
Transmitter coordinates	37°59′8.0″N 78°28′47.0″W / 37.985556°N 78.479722°W / 37.985556; -78.479722
Callsign meaning	W University of VirginiA
Affiliations	Nash Icon (Westwood One)
Owner	WUVA, Inc.
Webcast	WUVA Webstream
Website	WUVA Online

WUVA (92.7 FM) is a Classic-based Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WUVA is owned and operated by WUVA, Inc.^[3]

Ownership

WUVA is owned by WUVA, Inc., a corporation whose shareholders are University of Virginia students and alumni.^[4] While WUVA, Inc. is a non-profit company, WUVA is a commercial station.^[4]

History

WUVA launched on June 22, 1979 with an Urban Contemporary format, branded as "92.7 Kiss FM" On September 17, 2015, the radio station information website Radio-Insight reported that WUVA would be switching formats in the near future.^[4] WUVA would drop its long-time, locally based Urban Contemporary format for Classic-based Country, utilizing the nationally-syndicated Nash Icon from Westwood One.^[4] At noon the following day, WUVA became "Nash Icon 92.7".^[4]^[5]

References

↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf
↑ http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP16&band=fm&callLetter=WUVA
↑ "WUVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
1 2 3 4 5 "University of Virginia To Flip WUVA To Nash Icon". RadioInsight. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
↑ "@UVA dropped Classic Hip-Hop...". Robert F. Corbin/Twitter. September 18, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.

External links

92-7 Nash Icon Online

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