WGVA (1240 AM) is a

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. The station is part of the Finger Lakes Radio Group, and is owned by Geneva Broadcasting, Inc. WGVA simulcasts a

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with co-owned

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) in

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. WGVA is powered at 1,000

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s, using a

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. Programming is also heard on 250 watt

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Programming

Weekdays begin with a news and information show hosted by Ted Baker. The rest of the weekday schedule is mostly nationally syndicated talk shows from

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, Jared Dillian,

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''. Weekends feature shows on money, health, the outdoors, home improvement, science, law, cars, travel and gardening. Weekend hosts include

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. WGVA and WAUB carry

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and Buffalo Bills NFL football. Most hours begin with world and national news from

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History

In 1947, WGVA first

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the air.Information
from Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-1962 page B-110 It was owned by the Star Broadcasting Company. WGVA was originally powered at only 250 watts. But by the late 1970s, it got a

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from the

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to increase its daytime power to 1,000 watts, while keeping 250 watts of power at night. Prior to the talk radio format that is in effect today, WGVA was a upbeat

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radio station. It had a full-time team of

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s and newscasters. The station played the big hits of the 1960s and 1970s. But by the 1980s, the station switched to

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. Talk shows were added and over time, the station made the transition to all-talk.

References

External links

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