WSWV is a
Country Music
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Pennington Gap, Virginia
Pennington Gap is the most populous town in Lee County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,781 at the 2010 census.
The Lee Regional Medical Center was in Pennington Gap until it closed in October 2013, and the United States Penitentiar ...
, United States, serving
Pennington Gap and
Lee County, Virginia.
WSWV is owned by Cumberland Broadcasting LLC.
WSWV was assigned that call sign originally by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on November 6, 1959. The station changed its call sign to WHNQ on December 31, 2022, and back to WSWV on February 7, 2024.
Translator
In addition to the main station, WSWV is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.
References
External links
AM 1570 Official Website
SWV (AM)
Radio stations established in 1959
1959 establishments in Virginia
Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States
Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States
SWV (AM)
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