WKAV

Infobox Radio station
name = WKAV


city = Charlottesville, Virginia
area = Charlottesville, Virginia
branding = "Sports Radio 1400"
slogan =
airdate = 1957
frequency = 1400 kHz
format = Sports Talk|Sports
power = 1,000 Watts day and night
erp =
class = C
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WELK, WXAM
owner = Monticello Media
sister_stations = WCHV, WCYK, WHTE, WWTJ, WZGN
webcast =
website = [http://www.wkav.com/ WKAV Online]
affiliations = Fox Sports Radio

WKAV is a Fox Sports Radio affiliated broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia and serving the Charlottesville area. WKAV is owned and operated by Monticello Media.

History

During the 1960s and 1970s , the station had been Top 40 WELK , originally at 1010 kilohertz, where they used the slogan "Where The Tens Come Together" , later moving to it's present 1400 kilohertz location in the 1970s .The late Dick Mountjoy was a longtime personality on WELK ,along with future WWDC, Washington DC jock Ernie Kay , and Bruce Kelly , later of WPGC Washington , B94 Pittsburg , and a longtime Phoenix Arizona Morning Personality. Nationally syndicated radio host Dick Bartley also worked at WELK during the seventies.

On 1/07/80 , the calls changed to WXAM, and finally on 3/19/84 the calls became WKAV. During the 1980s and 1990s, the station slowly evolved from a music to a talk format and finally to it's present sports format .

ale

On July 10th, 2007, [http://www.vartv.com VARTV.com] reported that Kalil and Company Inc announced that it brokered a deal for Clear Channel to sell its entire Charlottesville cluster to George Reed's Sistema 102 LLC for $7.75 Million. Sistema 102 LLC changed it's name to Monticello Media on September 1st, 2007.

External links

* [http://www.wkav.com/ Sports Radio 1400 Online]
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