Loading AI tools
Radio station in Staunton, Virginia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WTON (1240 kHz) is a talk radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, United States, serving Staunton and Augusta County, Virginia. WTON is owned and operated by Thomas Media, LLC.[4]
Broadcast area | Staunton, Virginia Augusta County, Virginia |
---|---|
Frequency | 1240 kHz |
Branding | WTON |
Programming | |
Format | Talk radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
|
History | |
First air date | March 9, 1946 (at 1400)[1] |
Former call signs | WSTN (1944–1945)[2] |
Former frequencies | 1400 kHz (1944–1956)[2] |
Call sign meaning | StaunTON |
Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 50077 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°8′30.0″N 79°2′33.0″W |
Repeater(s) | 98.9 W255DS (Harrisonburg) 101.1 W266BQ (Crozet) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | https://www.wtonradio.com/ |
WTON had previously carried ESPN Radio and local and regional sports starting in 2000. Stu-Comm, Inc. purchased WTON and co-owned WTON-FM (94.3 FM) in 2023, intending to use WTON-FM as a full-powered relay of its WNRN-FM for the lower Shenandoah Valley. In March 2024, it then sold WTON and their now-redundant FM translators covering Staunton–Waynesboro and Harrisonburg to WCHV morning host and program director Joe Thomas. WCHV owner Monticello Media fired Thomas when the sale was reported publicly, stating that the purchase of another station within its coverage area was an unacceptable conflict of interest.[5][6] Thomas then told the Staunton News Leader that he plans to return WTON to a competing format of local news, talk and sports programming.[7] The sale closed on May 24, with Thomas telling the News Leader he was preparing for the launch of his programming the following day.[8][9]
Thomas's morning show moved from WCHV, with satellite-delivered conservative talk shows (Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Dana Loesch, Lars Larson, Joe Pags, Lee Habeeb, John B. Wells, and Brandon Tatum) filling the rest of the station's schedule.[10] Thomas also pledged to bring back live broadcasts of local high school football games that had previously aired on the station before its purchase by Stu-Comm.[7]
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W255DS | 98.9 FM | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 141356 | 80 | D | LMS |
W266BQ | 101.1 FM | Crozet, Virginia | 91283 | 195 | D | LMS |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.