WVNA (AM)

WVNA
City Tuscumbia, Alabama
Broadcast area Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area
Branding Newstalk 1590
Frequency 1590 kHz
First air date April 5, 1955
Format News/Talk
Power 5,000 watts (day)
1,000 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 19457
Transmitter coordinates 34°45′24″N 87°41′10″W / 34.75667°N 87.68611°W / 34.75667; -87.68611
Callsign meaning W Voice of Noath Alabama[1]
Owner URBan Radio Broadcasting
(Urban Radio Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations WLAY (AM), WLAY-FM, WMXV, WMSR-FM, WVNA-FM

WVNA (1590 AM) is licensed to Tuscumbia, Alabama. The format is news/talk. The station featured talk programming and extensive local/regional news coverage with a local news department on staff. The station is owned by URBan Radio Broadcasting and is part of a six station cluster operated by URBan in North Alabama/Southern Tennessee.

The station ceased transmitting on December 15, 2014.

WVNA positioned itself as a radio station "where all sides have their say". Thus, the station aired both conservative and liberal talk show hosts.

The WVNA call letters stand for "(The) Voice of North Alabama".[1]

Presently, the station's News Director is Ron Jordan, Commander Chuck oversees the Weather department and Brian Rickman is the Program Director.

Overnight, the station broadcast the syndicated Coast to Coast AM hosted by George Noory.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Nelson, Bob (2008-10-18). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
  2. ↑ "Alabama Affiliates". Coast to Coast AM. Retrieved December 31, 2011.


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