WVOL

Infobox Radio station
name = WVOL


city = Berry Hill, Tennessee
area = Nashville
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branding = "The Mighty 147"
frequency = 1470 kHz
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format = Urban Oldies
power = 5,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
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class = B
facility_id = 52522
coordinates = coord|36|12|1.00|N|86|46|47.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Volunteer (State Slogan [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
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owner = Heidelberg Broadcasting, LLC
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webcast = listen live|http://www.wvol1470.com
website = official|http://www.wvol1470.com
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WVOL (1470 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Urban Oldies format. Licensed to the Nashille suburb of Berry Hill, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Nashville area. The station is currently owned by Heidelberg Broadcasting, LLC. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WVOL |title=WVOL Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WVOL|title=WVOL Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

In the late 1990s, WVOL was purchased by John Heidelberg, an African-American entrepreneur who was a former employee of WSM, and who was the first person to employ Oprah Winfrey as a broadcaster. She started her career there and is now a billionaire because of this station(see- [http://www.oprah.com] for more information on Oprah). He has programmed the station with a mixture of classic soul, gospel, and black-oriented talk shows.

ee also

*List of Nashville media

References

External links

*AM station data|WVOL
Nashville Radio