WVAF (99.9
FM) is an
adult contemporary
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radio station
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in the
Charleston, West Virginia
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, market area. The station broadcasts with an
ERP of 24,500
watt
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s. WVAF is ranked third in the
Arbitron
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ratings for the Charleston
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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market, and is currently owned by the
West Virginia Radio Corporation
WVRC Media is a media corporation comprising radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia. The company was known as the West Virginia Radio Corporation prior to a December 2021 rebranding.
The company is controlle ...
.
History
WVAF's license was granted on December 24, 1963, but it did not sign on until February 1, 1965.
Although V100 has broadcast the AC format for most of its existence, it has dabbled in other formats. It was previously a rock station thru most of the 1970’s, and in the late 1990’s took on a
Current Hit/Top 40 format until early 2000.
It was also previously owned by Capital Broadcasting Corporation and was the FM sister of
WCAW-AM 680 until it was sold to West Virginia Radio Corporation. In the late 1990s, V100 played songs from the 70s such as
Elton John
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&
Kiki Dee
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Dee is best known for h ...
's "
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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",
Eagles
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Hotel California
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",
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees
were a musical group formed in 1958 by brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were especially successful in popular music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers in the disco music era in ...
"
Stayin' Alive
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" and many more. By 2013, V100 dropped all 70's songs from their playlist and started to focus on more of a
hot AC
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet s ...
format without the hard rock or rap. It averages two or three songs from the 80s an hour, with mostly 90s, 2000s and current hits. Today, V100 has added the Eagles song, "Hotel California" back into the playlist.
''The All 80's Lunch with Steve Bishop'' is broadcast on weekdays at noon and plays music from 1980 to 1989. The ''
John Tesh
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Radio Show'' is broadcast early Sunday mornings from 4 am to 9 am. ''
Backtrax USA ''Backtrax USA'' is a weekly two-hour radio program hosted by former WHTZ (Z100) disc jockey Kid Kelly that premiered in 1992. The original show highlights hit music from the 1980s. Since 2003, ''Backtrax USA'' has also offered a 1990s version of ...
'' with Kidd Kelly (the 80's and 90's versions) is broadcast from 8 pm to midnight on Saturdays, and
Tom Kent
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's radio program ''Lovin Life Livin The '80s'' from 7 pm to midnight on Sundays. On Sunday, the station broadcasts ''Sonrise'' from 9am to 11am.
References
External links
V-100 WVAF official website*
VAF-FM
Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
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