WSNV
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WSNV is a Light Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Salem, Virginia
, serving Metro Roanoke
. WSNV is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications
.
The station broadcasts in an all-Christmas
format from mid-November through Christmas day.
WSNV launched in 1969 with the callsign WJLM. For 33 years the station had been carrying a Country
format, branded as "J-93.5", with the slogan "Today's Hot Country". Clear Channel purchased the station and at midnight on December 26, 2002, The format was flipped to Light Adult Contemporary under the callsign WSNV, branded as "Sunny 93.5". Just after noon on March 10, 2005, WSNZ at 102.7 FM became a simulcast of WSNV and changed the branding to "Sunny FM". WSNZ moved to 101.7 FM frequency at noon on December 17, 2007. In March 2011, it was announced that WSNV would no longer be permitted to carry the station on more than one frequency by broadcast laws.. Therefore, at 5:00pm on March 25, 2011, WSNZ split from its simulcast with WSNV and began simulcasting WSFF at 106.1 FM.
Broadcasting
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Radio station
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licensed to Salem, Virginia
Salem, Virginia
Salem is an independent city in Virginia, USA, bordered by the city of Roanoke to the east but otherwise adjacent to Roanoke County. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 24,802 according to 2010 U.S. Census...
, serving Metro Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
. WSNV is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
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.
The station broadcasts in an all-Christmas
Christmas music
Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music normally performed or heard around the Christmas season, which tends to begin in the months leading up the actual holiday and end in the weeks shortly thereafter.-Early:...
format from mid-November through Christmas day.
History
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format, branded as "J-93.5", with the slogan "Today's Hot Country". Clear Channel purchased the station and at midnight on December 26, 2002, The format was flipped to Light Adult Contemporary under the callsign WSNV, branded as "Sunny 93.5". Just after noon on March 10, 2005, WSNZ at 102.7 FM became a simulcast of WSNV and changed the branding to "Sunny FM". WSNZ moved to 101.7 FM frequency at noon on December 17, 2007. In March 2011, it was announced that WSNV would no longer be permitted to carry the station on more than one frequency by broadcast laws.. Therefore, at 5:00pm on March 25, 2011, WSNZ split from its simulcast with WSNV and began simulcasting WSFF at 106.1 FM.