WKBA

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WKBA

| logo =

| city = Vinton, Virginia

| area = Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Valley

| branding = Classic Country 93.1

| airdate = October 9, 1961

| frequency = {{Frequency|1550|kHz}}

| translator = {{Radio Relay|93.1|W226CN|Vinton}}

| format = Classic country

| power = 1,000 watts day

| class = D

| facility_id = 67180

| coordinates = {{coord|37|17|24.0|N|79|55|22.0|W|type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations =

| owner = Brian Sizer

| licensee = Backroads Radio, LLC

| sister_stations =

| webcast =

| website =

| licensing_authority = FCC

}}

WKBA (1550 AM, "Classic Country 93.1") is a daytime only broadcast radio station licensed to Vinton, Virginia, serving Roanoke and the Roanoke Valley in Virginia. WKBA is owned and operated by Brian Sizer, through licensee Backroads Radio, LLC. It mostly simulcasts WBRF in Galax, Virginia.

Previously, WKBA was a religious station known as "The Ministry Station".{{Cite web |date=2023-01-16 |title=Classic Country 93.1 Launches In Roanoke - RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247432/classic-country-93-1-launches-in-roanoke/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |language=en-US}}

Translator

WKBA also broadcasts on the following FM translator:

{{RadioTranslators

| callsign = WKBA

| call1 = W226CN

| freq1 = 93.1

| watts1 = 250 vertical

| class1 = D

| fid1 = 200318

| city1 = Vinton, Virginia

}}

References

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{{cite book|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 2010|date=2010|access-date=August 29, 2015|publisher=ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V.|page=D-570}}

{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU15&band=am&callLetter=WKBA|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=August 29, 2015|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}

{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WKBA|title=WKBA Facility Record|access-date=August 29, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}

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