WWNR

WWNR

City	Beckley, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Beckley, West Virginia Oak Hill, West Virginia
Branding	"WWNR News-Talk 620"
Frequency	620 kHz
First air date	1946
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 25 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Transmitter coordinates	37°45′18.0″N 81°14′12.0″W / 37.755000°N 81.236667°W / 37.755000; -81.236667
Callsign meaning	WW Nick Rahall father of original owners
Owner	Southern Communications
Sister stations	WAXS, WBKW, WCIR-FM, WMTD-AM, WMTD-FM, WTNJ
Webcast	WWNR Webstream
Website	WWNR Online

WWNR is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Beckley, West Virginia, serving Beckley and Oak Hill in West Virginia. WWNR is owned and operated by Southern Communications.

WWNR began broadcasting in 1946 on 1450 kHz. It was an affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1951 the station changed its frequency to 620 kHz and increased its power output.

WWNR is currently using a 250-watt translator on 101.1 FM. The transmitter site is on Sullivan Hill south of Beckley.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WWNR

Radio-Locator Information on WWNR

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WWNR

Radio stations in the Beckley, West Virginia market

By AM frequency	560 620 860 1070 1380

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.7 94.1 96.7 97.9 98.5 99.5 101.5 102.3 103.7 104.5 105.9 106.5 106.9

By callsign	W244BF W268AZ WAGE-LP WAXS WBKW WCIR-FM WHAJ WJJJ WJLS WJLS-FM WMTD WMTD-FM WNUX WOAY WPIB WQAZ-LP WQTZ-LP WPWV WTNJ WVBY WVPP-LP WWNR

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA See also List of radio stations in West Virginia

News/Talk radio stations in the state of West Virginia

Stations	WAJR – Morgantown WAJR-FM – Salem WBTH – Williamson WBTQ – Buckhannon WBUC – Buckhannon WCHS – Charleston WEIR – Weirton WEPM – Martinsburg WHIS – Bluefield WKKX – Wheeling WMOV – Ravenswood WRNR – Martinsburg WRON – Ronceverte WTCS – Fairmont WVHU – Huntington WVLY – Moundsville WVNT – Parkersburg WVTS – Charleston WWNR – Beckley WWVA – Wheeling WXKX – Clarksburg WZZW – Milton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in West Virginia

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