WKDV (AM)

WKDV
Broadcast areaManassas, Virginia
Northern Virginia
Frequency1460 kHz
BrandingLa Ley WKDV
Programming
FormatSilent[1]
Ownership
OwnerMetro Radio, Inc.
WTNT
History
First air date
October 1, 1957 (66 years ago) (1957-10-01)[2]
Former call signs
WPRW (1957–1993)[3]
Call sign meaning
W KiDs" Virginia
(affiliate of children-oriented Radio AAHS in the mid-1990s)
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID8672
ClassB
Power5,000 watts day and night
Transmitter coordinates
38°45′0.0″N 77°30′49.0″W / 38.750000°N 77.513611°W / 38.750000; -77.513611
Links
Public license information
Websitesomoslaley.com

WKDV is a Regional Mexican formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Manassas, Virginia, serving Northern Virginia.[1] WKDV is owned and operated by Metro Radio, Inc.[5]

The station was silent for most of the period from December 2020 to March 2022, after the 11-acre site in Manassas which had hosted the broadcast towers since the 1960s was sold.[6]

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