WZWB (1420 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format, licensed to

Kenova, West Virginia Kenova is a city in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated at the confluence of the Ohio and Big Sandy Rivers. Located near a tristate border, the city's name is a portmanteau of Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia (Va). Founded in 1 ...

and serving the Huntington market as the area's affiliate of

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. Until 2022, for all programming other than local sporting events, it was a simulcast of WIRO in nearby

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. Prior to its current format, the station broadcast a

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format known as Joy Radio and was, until January 2007, simulcast with WZZW of

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External links

WZWB official website
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