- WINC (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WINC
city = Winchester
area = Winchester/Frederick County, Virginia
branding = "AM 1400 WINC"
slogan = "The Right Side of the AM Dial"
airdate =
frequency = 1400 AM
format = News/Talk/Sports
power = 1,000Watt s
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning = WINChester
former_callsigns =
owner = Centennial Broadcasting
licensee = Centennial Licensing II, LLC
sister_stations =WINC-FM , WWRE,WWRT
webcast =
website = [http://www.am1400winc.com am1400winc.com]
affiliations =Fox News Radio WINC is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast
radio station licensed toWinchester, Virginia . WINC features mostly "right-leaning" talk and news updates fromFOX News Radio. The AM station uses the slogan "The Right Side of the AM Dial", but this is not in reference to its programming, as AM1400 is actually on right side of a dial radio. WINC carries sports from theBaltimore Orioles and theBaltimore Ravens .History
WINC is owned and operated Centennial Broadcasting.
Richard F. Lewis, Jr. began the operation in 1939 when he, as a California resident, answered an advertisement in "Broadcasting Magazine", in which the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce requested a radio station operator for the community. He formed the Fredericksburg Broadcasting Corporation, and founded station WFVA.
Two years later, Mr. Lewis moved to Winchester and built station WINC. WINC went on the air on June 26, 1941. Lewis would later launched sister station
WINC-FM .In the early 2000s, WINC began featuring mostly "right-leaning" talk and news updates from
FOX News Radio. The AM station uses the slogan "The Right Side of the AM Dial", but this is not in reference to its programming, as AM1400 is actually on right side of a dial radio.WINC carries extensive live sports coverage from the
Baltimore Orioles ,Baltimore Ravens ,University of Virginia andVirginia Tech college football, ACC football and basketball,NFL "Games of the Week",NFL andMLB playoff games, BCS Bowl Games, theWorld Series , and theSuper Bowl .Mid-Atlantic Sale
On
April 13 ,2007 , media websites [http://www.dcrtv.com DCRTV] in Washington DC and SVRTV in Winchester, VA reported that WINC-FM, along with sisters WINC, WWRE-FM, and WWRT-FM in Winchester and WBQB-FM and WFVA-AM in Fredericksburg, VA, had been sold to [http://www.centennialbroadcasting.com/ Centennial Broadcasting] based in Roanoke, VA. No further information has been released.On
May 17 ,2007 , it was finally reported and confirmed that Centennial Broadcasting had bought the stations for $36 Million. According to a Winchester Star [http://www.winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/070517/Area_sold.asp article] , no changes would be made at any of the stations in format or staff.External links
* [http://www.am1400winc.com AM1400 WINC Online]
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