WFNR | |
City: | Blacksburg, Virginia |
Area: | New River Valley |
Branding: | 710AM WFNR |
Airdate: | 1974 |
Last Airdate: | February 11, 2022 |
Format: | Defunct (was news/talk) |
Power: | 10,000 watts daytime only |
Class: | D |
Facility Id: | 67588 |
Coordinates: | 37.1336°N -80.355°W |
Callsign Meaning: | First in the New River Valley |
Former Callsigns: | WQBX (1974–1984) WNRB (1984)[1] |
Owner: | Monticello Media |
Licensee: | WFNR AM, LLC |
Sister Stations: | WBRW, WVHK, WPSK, WRAD, WRAD-FM |
Affiliations: | WDBJ Westwood One News |
WFNR was a news/talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Blacksburg, Virginia, serving the New River Valley. WFNR was last owned and operated by Monticello Media after its 2018 purchase of Cumulus Media's Blacksburg–Christiansburg cluster.[2]
WFNR went off the air on January 31, 2019, due to equipment failures at its transmitter site. The station had special temporary authority to remain silent until July 31.[3]
Its license was cancelled on February 11, 2022, for being off the air for 3 years.