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WVAX

Coordinates:38°2′54.5″N78°28′11″W / 38.048472°N 78.46972°W /38.048472; -78.46972
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Radio station in Virginia, United States
WVAX
Broadcast area
Frequency1450kHz
BrandingFox Sports 102.9
Programming
FormatSports[1]
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Tidewater Communications, LLC)
WCNR,WCVL-FM,WINA,WQMZ,WWWV
History
First air date
January 20,2006
Last air date
February 13, 2025 (2025-2-13)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID161156
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
38°2′54.5″N78°28′11″W / 38.048472°N 78.46972°W /38.048472; -78.46972
Translator(s)102.9 W275CL (Charlottesville)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wvax.com

WVAX (1450AM) was asports formattedbroadcast radio station licensed toCharlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville andAlbemarle County, Virginia.[1] WVAX was owned by Saga Communications, and operated as part of its Charlottesville Radio Group.[3] It operated from 2006 to 2025, launching with aprogressive talk format before switching to sports in 2011.

History

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WVAX was Charlottesville's newest AM station. The initialconstruction permit was applied for in January 2004 by Anderson Communications LLC, owned by Charles M. Anderson ofBowling Green, Kentucky, who holds separate interests in several FM stations in that state. The construction permit was granted in September 2005, and by the end of the month Anderson sold it to Saga Communications for $150,000.[4]

Logo as an ESPN Radio affiliate

Saga put the station on the air on January 20, 2006, with aprogressive talk format fromAir America.[5] Air America ceased national programming in January 2010, precipitating format changes at many of its affiliates. WVAX continued with the talk format until April 1, 2011, when it flipped to nationalsports radio programming fromESPN Radio.

In May 2016, WVAX signed-on a 100-watt FM translator on 103.1 MHz from the Charlottesvilleantenna farm on Carter Mountain.[6] This translator attracted opposition from Piedmont Communications, and listeners of their co-channelWJMA inCulpeper filed interference complaints.[7] Saga's investigation into the interference was largely inconclusive, as several persons admitted that they did not personally experience interference and only complained after a DJ prompted them on-air, while others refused to meet with investigators or did not respond to follow-ups at all.[8] In June 2017, Saga moved the translator to 102.9 MHz to end the dispute without admitting wrongdoing.[9][10]

On July 31, 2023, WVAX switched affiliations from ESPN Radio to Fox Sports Radio and rebranded as "Fox Sports 102.9".[11]

Saga surrendered the station’s license to theFederal Communications Commission on February 13, 2025.[12] The 102.9 translator continues with the same programming, originating instead on anHD Radio subchannel ofWWWV (97.5 FM).[13][14]

Translator

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In addition to the main station, WVAX was relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[15]

Broadcast translator for WVAX
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassFCC info
W275CL102.9 FMCharlottesville, Virginia14116212092 m (302 ft)DLMS

References

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  1. ^ab"Arbitron Station Information Profiles".Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. RetrievedMay 28, 2016.
  2. ^"Facility Technical Data for WVAX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^"WVAX Facility Record".Federal Communications Commission, audio division. RetrievedMay 28, 2016.
  4. ^"WVAX Facility Data".FCCData.
  5. ^Corbin, Robert (January 20, 2006)."Liberal Talk comes to Charlottesville".VARTV.
  6. ^"ESPN 1450 Now on FM in Charlottesville". WINA.
  7. ^"Legal Action Information". Federal Communications Commission.
  8. ^"OPPOSITION AND STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD REGARDING SECOND INTERFERENCE COMPLAINT OF PIEDMONT COMMUNICATIONS, INC".
  9. ^"Opposition to Informal Objection".
  10. ^"ESPN Radio in Charlottesville moves to a new signal". WVAX. June 30, 2017.
  11. ^WVAX Drops ESPN For Fox Sports Radioinsight - July 31, 2023
  12. ^"License Cancelled".Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. February 13, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 13, 2025.
  13. ^"Change in Primary Station (LMS File No. 263484)".FCC LMS. January 22, 2025.
  14. ^Venta, Lance (February 16, 2025)."FCC Report 2/16: KILT Proposes Signal Upgrade".RadioInsight. RetrievedFebruary 16, 2025.
  15. ^"W275CL Facility Record".Federal Communications Commission, audio division. RetrievedMay 28, 2016.

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