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WNVZ
Broadcast areaHampton Roads
Frequency104.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding"Z104"
Programming
FormatContemporary Hit Radio
Ownership
Owner
WPTE, WVKL, WWDE-FM
History
First air date
July 1967 (as WTID-FM)
Former call signs
WTID-FM (1967-1972)
WQRK (1973-1981)
Call sign meaning
W Norfolk Virginia Z
Technical information
Facility ID40755
ClassB
Power49,000 Watts
HAAT146 Meters (479 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
37°2′18.0″N 76°18′29.0″W / 37.038333°N 76.308056°W / 37.038333; -76.308056
Links
WebcastWNVZ Webstream
WebsiteWNVZ Online

WNVZ (104.5 MHz "Z104") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WNVZ is owned and operated by Entercom.[1] It airs a contemporary hit radio (CHR/Top 40) format.

The studios and offices are at Entercom Communications' Hampton Roads headquarters on Clearfield Avenue in Virginia Beach.[2] The transmitter tower is off East Pembroke Avenue in Hampton.[3]

History

The station first signed on in July 1967 as WTID-FM.[4] It was the FM sister station of AM 1270 WTID (now WTJZ) in nearby Newport News. (The TID call letters stood for TIDewater, another name for the Hampton Roads section of Virginia.) For much of its history, 104.5 was a Contemporary Hits/Top 40 radio station, picking up the format in 1973 as WQRK. In the 1980s, it subscribed to noted programmer Mike Joseph's "Hot Hits" format, as WNVZ, playing only songs from the current Top 40 Charts. Through the 1990s and early 2000s, it leaned toward a more rhythmic contemporary sound. Several years ago, it moved back to a more mainstream Top 40 approach.

References

  1. ^ "WNVZ Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ Z104.com
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-221