WBVA (AM)

WBVA
Broadcast areaHampton Roads
Frequency1450 kHz
Ownership
OwnerBirach Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
May 1999; 25 years ago (1999-05)[1]
Last air date
September 7, 2018 (2018-09-07) (date of license surrender)[2]
Former call signs
WBHO (1998)
WBVA (1998–2018)[3]
Call sign meaning
Bayside, Virginia
Technical information
Facility ID84068
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
36°51′29.0″N 76°9′28.0″W / 36.858056°N 76.157778°W / 36.858056; -76.157778

WBVA was a commercial radio station licensed to serve Bayside, Virginia, at 1450 AM, and serviced parts of the Hampton Roads region.[4] The station broadcast from 1998 to 2018, ceasing operations when owner Birach Broadcasting Corporation voluntarily turned their license back to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for cancellation. The license surrender had followed an investigation by the commission into a decade of limited operations for it and co-owned WVAB (1550 AM).[5]

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