WSVG (AM)
| Broadcast area | Woodstock, Virginia Shenandoah County, Virginia |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Branding | Americana Music Project |
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct (Formerly Americana) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | October 9, 1981[1] |
Former call signs | WAMM (1981-2019) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 16000 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 Watts daytime 250 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°51′11.0″N 78°31′30.0″W / 38.853056°N 78.525000°W |
WSVG was a broadcast radio station licensed to Woodstock, Virginia, serving Woodstock and Shenandoah County, Virginia.[2] WSVG was last owned and operated by Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc.[3] Its license was cancelled on October 1, 2019.[4]
History[edit]
Peggy Boston and Joan Anderson, two retired Washington Star reporters, formed Hometown Radio to purchase the then-WAMM from Grass Roots Broadcasting in May 2002. They instituted an all-local adult standards format branded "Radio Retro". However, the older audience made advertising difficult to sell, and the station went silent on May 2, 2005 from mounting debts. The standards continued for a time on Hometown's other property, WSVG (790 AM). WAMM was sold to Harrisonburg businessman Jason Rodriguez, who launched a tropical format as "Radio Latino" in October 2005.[5] The station went silent again on October 7, 2008 citing financial reasons, and was continuously silent until November 2009 except for a 10-day period in September of that year; licenses are deleted by law after one continuous year of silence. In December 2009, WAMM was sold to Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc., who had also purchased WSVG and used WAMM to simulcast its news-talk format.[6]
Shenandoah Valley Group took WAMM silent on December 3, 2014, citing technical issues. In the following three years, the station only broadcast in July–August 2015, after which it was taken silent again due to further technical issues, and September 2016, when Shenandoah Valley Group reported financial distress. WAMM most recently resumed operations on September 16, 2017, and was once again simulcasting WSVG.[6]
On January 16, 2018, the station was granted a construction permit for FM translator W293DH on 106.5 FM in Woodstock, pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission's AM revitalization program.[7] On September 30, 2019, its call sign was changed to WSVG, the same day its license was surrendered.[4][8] Its sister station, AM 790, took the WAMM call sign.
References[edit]
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-573. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ "WSVG Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ a b Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ Fisher, Marc (16 October 2005). "In One Valley, Local Programming Has Tough Row to Hoe". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "WAMM Facility Data". FCCData.
- ^ "W293DH Facility Data". FCCData.
- ^ "Surrender of Radio Station License WSVG (AM) Woodstock, VA (FAC Id No. 16000)", fcc.gov. September 30, 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
External links[edit]
- FCC Station Search Details: DWSVG (Facility ID: 16000)
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