WNSB
Encyclopedia
WNSB is an Mainstream Urban
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Norfolk, Virginia
, serving the Hampton Roads
. WNSB is owned and operated by Norfolk State University Board of Visitors.
The station is run primarily by students in the Mass Communications and Journalism Department.
's first Jazz station broadcasting twelve hours per day. Today, WNSB carries an Urban Contemporary format and broadcasts 24 hours a day.
WNSB is associated with the Tidewater Area Radio Broadcasters, Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Broadcast Education Association, National Association of Broadcasters and the National Broadcasting Society.
Mainstream Urban
Mainstream Urban is a term used to describe a radio format similar to an Urban Contemporary format. The format differentiates itself due to two factors: playlist composition and target demographic...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, serving the Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
. WNSB is owned and operated by Norfolk State University Board of Visitors.
The station is run primarily by students in the Mass Communications and Journalism Department.
History
WNSB first went on the air in on February 22, 1980, broadcasting only 5 hours per day of mostly instructional programming. On April 25, 1980, WNSB radio became the Hampton RoadsHampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
's first Jazz station broadcasting twelve hours per day. Today, WNSB carries an Urban Contemporary format and broadcasts 24 hours a day.
WNSB is associated with the Tidewater Area Radio Broadcasters, Virginia Association of Broadcasters, Broadcast Education Association, National Association of Broadcasters and the National Broadcasting Society.