WSNQ (AM)

WSNQ is a Black Gospel-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Marion, Virginia, serving Marion and Smyth County, Virginia.[1] WSNQ is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.

WSNQ
CityMarion, Virginia
Broadcast areaMarion, Virginia
Smyth County, Virginia
Frequency1330 AM kHz
Branding"Praise N' Glory Radio"
Programming
FormatBlack Gospel[1]
Ownership
OwnerBristol Broadcasting Company
(Bristol Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
Sister stationsWMEV-FM, WUKZ, WZVA
History
First air dateApril 25, 1962[2]
Former call signsWOLD (?-2006)
WHGB (2006–2007)
WITM (2007–2017)[3]
Technical information
Facility ID19478
ClassD
Power5,000 Watts daytime
31 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates36°49′11.0″N 81°28′12.0″W
Translator(s)W223DE (92.5 MHz, Marion)

History

Tower problems

On August 20, 2008, the then-WITM fell silent because the "owner of the land adjacent to the station's temporary tower" asked the station "to remove a guy wire that was on his property".[4] According to the station's Silent STA Application, WITM would "return to the air when the temporary antenna can be repositioned to comply with its current STA".[4]

Station donated

On August 17, 2009, WITM was donated to Praise and Glory Ministries based in Knoxville, Tennessee.[5][6] The station, while transferred, remained under the Silent STA Application filed by previous owners Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation, which was extended on July 6, 2009 as it was "determined that the operation of WITM [was] a burden on the Non-Profit Appalachian Educational Communications Corporation".[7] According to a filing with the FCC, the station resumed broadcasting on June 12, 2010.

Effective April 7, 2017, Praise and Glory Ministries sold WITM to Bristol Broadcasting Company for $2,000. The station changed its call sign to WSNQ on August 28, 2017.

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References
  1. "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  2. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-567. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  4. "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  5. "Agreement to Donation of WITM Radio". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  6. "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  7. "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
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