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Overview
Licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, WNIS is a talk radio station broadcasting on 790 AM. On air it goes by “AM 790 WNIS.” It began broadcasting in 1923.
License and signal
- Call sign
- WNIS
- Frequency
- 790 AM
- Format
- Talk radio
- On-air name
- AM 790 WNIS
- City of license
- Norfolk, VA
- Market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
- Licensee
- Commonwealth Radio, L.L.C.
- Power
- 5,000 watts unlimited
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 1923
- FCC facility ID
- 4671
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its lineup draws on Fox News Radio, Premiere Networks, Salem Radio Network and Westwood One. The FCC license is held by Commonwealth Radio, L.L.C. It has used the WNIS call letters since July 1997.
Norfolk is in the Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA market, where local newspapers include Inside Business. Sister stations include WNOB, WROX-FM, WTAR and WUSH.
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WNIS at a glance
- Frequency
- 790 AM
- On air as
- AM 790 WNIS
- Format
- Talk radio
- Licensed to
- Norfolk, VA
- Market
- Norfolk-Portsmouth-Newport News, VA
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