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| Broadcast area | Finger Lakes |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1240kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Geneva Broadcasting Inc |
| WAUB,WCGR,WFLK,WFLR,WNYR-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (79 years ago) (1947) |
Call sign meaning | Geneva |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36290 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°51′37″N77°0′59″W / 42.86028°N 77.01639°W /42.86028; -77.01639 |
| Translator | 106.3 W292FG (Geneva) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | fingerlakesdailynews.com/96-1240-wgva |
WGVA (1240AM) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toGeneva, New York. The station is part of the Finger Lakes Radio Group,[2] and is owned by Geneva Broadcasting, Inc.[3] WGVA simulcasts atalk radioformat with co-ownedWAUB (1590 AM) inAuburn.
WGVA is powered at 1,000watts, using anon-directional antenna.[4] Programming is also heard on 250 wattFM translatorW292FG at 106.3MHz.[5]
Weekdays begin with a news and information show hosted by Ted Baker. The rest of the weekday schedule is mostlynationally syndicated talk shows fromBrian Kilmeade,Dave Ramsey,Mark Levin,Ben Shapiro, Jared Dillian,Jim Bohannon andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory. Weekends feature shows on money, health, the outdoors, home improvement, science, law, cars, travel and gardening. Weekend hosts includeRudy Maxa, Dr.Michio Kaku andLee Habeeb.
WGVA and WAUB carrySyracuse Orangemen football andBuffalo Bills NFL football. Most hours begin with world and national news fromCBS Radio News.
In 1947, WGVA firstsigned on the air.[6] It was owned by the Star Broadcasting Company. WGVA was originally powered at only 250 watts; by the late 1970s, it got aconstruction permit from theFederal Communications Commission to increase its daytime power to 1,000 watts, while keeping 250 watts of power at night.
Prior to the talk radio format that is in effect today, WGVA was a upbeatTop 40 radio station. It had a full-time team ofdisc jockeys and newscasters. The station played the big hits of the 1960s and 1970s. By the 1980s, the station switched tofull serviceadult contemporary. Talk shows were added and over time, the station made the transition to all-talk.
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