WAVA (AM)

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WAVA

| logo = WAVA-AM 2015.png

| city = Arlington, Virginia

| country = US

| area = {{ubl|Washington, D.C.|Baltimore, Maryland}}

| branding = AM780 WAVA

| languages = English

| airdate = {{start date and age|1946|11|7}}

| frequency = {{frequency|780|kHz}}

| translator = {{Radio Relay|96.7|W244EB|Burke}}

| format = Religious talk radio

| power = {{ubl|12,000 watts day (main)|9,800 watts critical hours (main)|5,000 watts day (auxiliary)|4,000 watts critical hours (auxiliary)}}

| class = D

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 54465

| coordinates = {{ubl|{{nowrap|{{coord|38|58|35.4|N|77|6|50.9|W|type:landmark_region:US-VA|display=inline,title}}}} (main)|{{nowrap|{{coord|39|0|1.4|N|77|3|26.9|W|type:landmark_region:US-VA|name=WAVA (auxiliary)}}}} (auxiliary)}}

| callsign_meaning = "Washington Arlington Virginia"

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WARL (1947–1961)|WAVA (1961–1977)|WABS (1977–2005)}}

| owner = Salem Media Group

| licensee = Salem Communications Holding Corporation

| sister_stations = {{hlist|WAVA-FM|WWRC}}

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://www.wavaam.com/listenlive}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.wavaam.com/}}

| affiliations = SRN News

}}

WAVA is a religious talk radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Arlington, Virginia, serving the metro areas of Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland. WAVA is owned and operated by Salem Media Group. In its early history, the station sported pop, country and news/talk formats. As WARL, it was the first station to brand itself as playing "country western music".{{cite web|url=http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2014/04/03/when-washington-was-nashville-north|title=When Washington was Nashville North|last=WETA|website=weta.org|access-date=April 22, 2018}}

WAVA is a daytime-only station because 780 AM is a clear-channel frequency, on which WBBM in Chicago is the dominant Class A station.