WADV

For the former WADV in Buffalo, New York, see WYRK.
WADV
Broadcast areaLebanon
Frequency940 kHz
Programming
FormatChristian, Southern gospel
Ownership
Owner
  • Estate of Earl Kochel, Jr.
  • (Wadv Radio, Inc)
History
First air date
July 4, 1976
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID20401
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
5 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
40°22′22.00″N 76°21′53.00″W / 40.3727778°N 76.3647222°W / 40.3727778; -76.3647222
Links
Public license information

WADV (940 AM) is a radio station licensed to Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by the Kochel family under holding company Wadv Radio, Inc.[2][3] It went silent on December 5, 2019 due to problems with the transmitter.[4] After notifying the FCC in February 2020 of the shutdown (citing a transmitter failure), the Kochels ceased responding to inquiries about the station.[5] As of January 2021, WADV resumed broadcasting after replacing their transmitter.[6]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WADV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WADV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "WADV Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ "Silent AM Broadcast Stations List". 25 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Radio silence: FCC chides AM station WADV for failing to notify commission of intent to halt operations". 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "WADV back on the air after a year offline". 13 Jan 2021.