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WZFC (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia, United States. The station carries a news, talk, and sports format. WZFC serves Winchester along with Frederick and Clarke counties in Virginia. Originally known for 80 years under the WINC call sign, the station was launched by Richard Field Lewis, Jr. on June 26, 1941 as Winchester's first radio station. The station remained in the hands of the Lewis family until sold to North Carolina-based Centennial Broadcasting in 2007. The station's current format, established in 1996, consists mostly of conservative talk programs and top-of-the-hour news from Fox News Radio. Sports programming from Virginia Tech is also broadcast. Prior formats (from WINC) include middle of the road music, adult contemporary, and classic hits. Several milestones have occurred during the station's 80 years of history. WINC was the station on which country music singer Patsy Cline made her debut in 1948, when Cline asked the leader of a "hillbilly band" for a chance to perform with them on air. In the late 1950s, the station's chief engineer, Philip Whitney, designed a CONELRAD alarm device for FM stations to warn listeners in the event of an enemy attack during the Cold War. Whitney also created many of the remote control systems used by radio stations. He was awarded for his work by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1970. WINC had difficulty renewing its license in the early 1970s, as it was airing 22 minutes of commercials per hour—in excess of what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permitted. The station encountered further trouble in 1988 when a local prosecutor called one of its promotions an "illegal cash lottery"; a judge disagreed. In that same year, the news department at WINC received an Associated Press Broadcasters Association national award for "Best Radio Spot News". The entirety of the station's program schedule began simulcasting on then-sister station WZFC (104.9 FM) on January 31, 2018 but the simulcast ended in mid-November 2020 after Centennial's sale of WINC-FM (92.5) to Educational Media Foundation. Following a subsequent sale of the renamed WINC-FM (105.5) and WZFC to Metro Radio, WINC assumed the WZFC call letters on June 30, 2021 with Colonial Radio Group of Williamsport, LLC. taking over operations via a local marketing agreement on July 1. (en)

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NewsTalk AM1400 (en)

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Carried over from the former WZFC, nowWVRX

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WINC (1941–2021)

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Centennial Licensing II, LLC

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Westwood One (en)
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Premiere Networks (en)
Fox News Radio (en)
Salem Radio Network (en)
WestStar TalkRadio Network (en)
Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network (en)

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Winchester, Virginia (en)
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Frederick County (en)
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Grant Pollock (en)

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NewsTalk AM1400 (en)

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WZFC (en)

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WINC's studios at 520 North Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester. (en)
The station's logo, July 2021 (en)
WINC's studios and transmitting tower. (en)

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Winchester, Virginia, US (en)

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NewsTalk AM1400 (en)

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WZFC (en)

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Radio station WINC started operations in 1941, and since then has presented many fine radio programs of both network and local origin. The station, located on the West Virginia - Virginia border in the county of Frederick, is under the management of Richard Field Lewis, Jr., and serves an area of nearly 5,000 radio homes. (en)
Owned by Richard Field Lewis (en)
Good Morning. This is Winchester calling. Those of you listening this morning are witnessing the birth of a new voice in the world of radio broadcasting. This is Winchester, Virginia. (en)

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WINC..... WINCHESTER, VA (en)
The first words spoken on WINC (en)

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WZFC (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia, United States. The station carries a news, talk, and sports format. WZFC serves Winchester along with Frederick and Clarke counties in Virginia. (en)

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