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Radio station in Pennington Gap, Virginia

WSWV
Pennington Gap, Virginia
Broadcast area	Pennington Gap, Virginia Lee County, Virginia
Frequency	1570 AM kHz
Programming
Format	Country Music
Ownership
Owner	(Cumberland Broadcasting LLC)
History
First air date	1959
Former call signs	WSWV (1958–2022) WHNQ (2022–2024)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	36893
Class	B
Power	2,300 Watts daytime 191 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	36°44′2.0″N 83°2′34.0″W / 36.733889°N 83.042778°W / 36.733889; -83.042778
Translator(s)	101.9 MHz W270CB (Pennington Gap)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WSWV Listen Live
Website	Official Website

WSWV is a Country Music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pennington Gap, Virginia, United States, serving Pennington Gap and Lee County, Virginia. WSWV is owned by Cumberland Broadcasting LLC.

WSWV was assigned that call sign originally by the Federal Communications Commission on November 6, 1959. The station changed its call sign to WHNQ on December 31, 2022, and back to WSWV on February 7, 2024.

Translator

In addition to the main station, WSWV is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W270CB	101.9 FM FM	Pennington Gap, Virginia	2474	200 watts	95.7 m (314 ft)	D	LMS

References

^ "WSWV History Card". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
^ "LMS Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
"Facility Technical Data for WSWV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
"Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
"WSWV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
"W270CB Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 23, 2014.

External links

AM 1570 Official Website
Facility details for Facility ID 36893 (WSWV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WSWV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in Southwest Virginia

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Radio stations in Southwest Virginia: Blacksburg-Christiansburg; Bluefield; Bristol; Roanoke
Elsewhere in the region: Southwest Virginia

Other nearby regions: Charlotte; Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point; Southside

See also: List of radio stations in Virginia

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