WWVA (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1170 kHz |
| Branding | NewsRadio 1170 WWVA |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | News/talk |
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| History | |
First air date | December 13, 1926 |
Former frequencies | 860 kHz (1926–1941) |
Call sign meaning | Wheeling, West Virginia |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 44046 |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°06′07″N 80°52′02″W / 40.10194°N 80.86722°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | newsradio1170 |
WWVA (1170 kHz, NewsRadio 1170) is an American AM radio station in Wheeling, West Virginia. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and uses the moniker "The Big One".
It is West Virginia's only class A 50,000–watt clear-channel station, sharing the frequency's Class A status with KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and KJNP in North Pole, Alaska. Its transmitter site is located at a three-tower facility in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
During the day, a single non-directional tower beams its full power to northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania (including Pittsburgh), and eastern Ohio (as far as Akron). At night, power is fed to all three towers in a directional pattern to protect KOTV. Even with this restriction, it can still be heard in most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States, as well as most of Canada, with a good radio.
WWVA is one of the Local Primary 1 Emergency Alert System stations in the Wheeling area.