WMPW

WMPW

City	Danville, Virginia
Broadcast area	Danville, Virginia Southern Pittsylvania County, Virginia Northern Caswell County, North Carolina
Branding	"105.9 More FM"
Frequency	970 AM kHz
First air date	September 7, 1959^[1]
Format	Adult Contemporary^[2]
Power	1,000 Watts daytime 54 Watts nighttime
Class	D
Facility ID	15501
Transmitter coordinates	36°33′34.0″N 79°22′2.0″W / 36.559444°N 79.367222°W / 36.559444; -79.367222
Former callsigns	WYPR (1959-1981) WVOV (1981-2003) DWVOV (2003-2011) WVOV (2011-2011) WMPW (2011-2015) WZDV (2015-2015) WMPW (2015-Present)^[3]
Owner	Lakes Media, LLC
Sister stations	WHLF, WKSK-FM, WLUS-FM, WSHV, WWDN
Webcast	WMPW Webstream
Website	WMPW Online

WMPW is an Adult Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Danville, Virginia, serving Danville and Southern Pittsylvania County in Virginia and Northern Caswell County in North Carolina.^[2] WMPW is owned and operated by Lakes Media, LLC.^[4]

Format Change

On September 1, 2016, the Classic Country format was dropped in favor of Adult Contemporary.^[5] On the same day, the station's FM translator, switched frequencies from 103.7 FM to 105.9 FM.^[5] The Classic Country format will continue as an online-only station.^[5]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WMPW is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[6]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W290DA	105.9 FM	Danville, Virginia	154006	250 watts	101 m (331 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2000 (PDF). R.R. Bowker/Reed Business Information/Reed Elsevier, Inc. 2000. p. D-467. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "WMPW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
1 2 3 Venta, Lance (August 29, 2016). "WMPW To Become 105.9 More-FM". RadioBB Networks. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
↑ "W290DA Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 30, 2016.

External Links

105.9 More FM Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMPW

Radio-Locator Information on WMPW

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMPW

Radio stations in the Southside Virginia market

By AM frequency	730 900 970 1000 1050 1080 1160 1230 1250 1270 1330 1370 1400 1450 1530 1560 1570 1580

By FM frequency	89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 95.3 95.7 96.3 98.3 99.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 105.5 106.3

By callsign	W279AO W282BH WAJL WAKG WBTM WCBX WDVA WFFC WFIC WFLO WGFC WHEE WHEO WHLF WKBY WKDE WKDE-FM WLUS-FM WMNA WMNA-FM WMPW WMVA WMVE WODI WODY WPEX WPIM WROV-FM WSBV WWDN WYTI WZBB

Defunct	WXRE-LP (97.9 FM)

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Virginia

Stations	WBQB – Fredericksburg WESR – Onley WHLF – South Boston WINC – Winchester WJVR – Iron Gate WKHF – Lynchburg WKQB - Pocahontas WKWI – Kilmarnock WMPW – Danville WMQR – Broadway WQMZ – Charlottesville WRAR – Tappahannock WRIC – Richlands WSLQ – Roanoke WSVO – Staunton WTVR – Richmond WUDS-LP - Woodstock WWDE – Hampton WWDW – Alberta WXGM – Gloucester

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia

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