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List of radio stations in Virginia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ6635924 ↗
Source-derived summary

The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Virginia which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.

List of radio stations

Defunct

See also

Virginia media

List of newspapers in Virginia

List of television stations in Virginia

Media of cities in Virginia: Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Virginia Beach

References

Bibliography

Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Virginia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636 – via Internet Archive

"AM Stations in the U.S.: Virginia", Radio Annual Television Year Book, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1963, OCLC 10512375 – via Internet Archive

External links

"Radio: United States: Virginia".

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