WCVA (AM)

WCVA

City	Culpeper, Virginia
Broadcast area	Culpeper, Virginia Culpeper County, Virginia
Branding	"Classic Hits 105.5 & 95.3, Sam FM"
Frequency	1490 AM kHz
Translator(s)	W237CA (95.3, Culpeper)
First air date	February, 1949^[1]
Format	Classic Hits
Power	680 Watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	14711
Transmitter coordinates	38°29′4.0″N 77°59′22.0″W / 38.484444°N 77.989444°W / 38.484444; -77.989444
Callsign meaning	W Culpeper VirginiA
Former callsigns	WCVA (1949-Present)^[2]
Affiliations	Classic Hits (Westwood One)
Owner	Piedmont Communications, Inc.
Sister stations	WJMA, WOJL, WVCV

WCVA is a broadcast radio station licensed to Culpeper, Virginia, serving Culpeper and Culpeper County, Virginia.^[3] WCVA is owned and operated by Piedmont Communications, Inc.^[4] and simulcasts the Classic Hits format of sister station 105.5 WOJL Louisa. Prior to February 2016, it had aired a satellite-fed Adult Standards format.

Translator

In early 2016, WCVA's programming began airing on 95.3 W237CA, an FM translator that had been purchased by Piedmont from Liberty University.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W237CA	95.3	Culpeper, Virginia	139551	178 watts	84 m (276 ft)	D	FCC

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-563. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
↑ "WCVA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.

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