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Southwest Virginia (1982)

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Source: 1982 Broadcasting Yearbook via worldradiohistory.com
Includes areas along and west of I-77

Abingdon
2 - HBO (channel not listed, but 2 is the only channel left blank)
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - Nickelodeon
9 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WXII (NBC 12 Winston-Salem)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Bluefield (system based in Bluefield, WV)
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta) / HBO
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
12 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
Not listed
CBN
Time/Weather

Bristol (system based in Bristol, TN)
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - Educational and Religious Access
5 - WFBC (NBC 4 Greenville)
6 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
7 - CBN
8 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
10 - ESPN
11 - Time/Weather (audio: NOAA Weather Radio)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
Showtime

Chilhowie
2 - HBO
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
Not listed
CBN
Nickelodeon

Clintwood
2 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
3 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
4 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA

Coeburn
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WFBC (NBC 4 Greenville)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
7 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Damascus
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 - WBTV (CBS 3 Charlotte)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
7 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
9 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Ewing
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
4 - WTVK (NBC 26 Knoxville)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
7 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
8 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Fries
2 - WFMY (CBS 2 Greensboro)
4 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WGHP (ABC 8 High Point)
9 - WSOC (ABC 9 Charlotte)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
12 - WXII (NBC 12 Winston-Salem)
13 - WPCQ (NBC 36 Charlotte)

Galax
2 - HBO
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WGHP (ABC 8 High Point)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WXII (NBC 12 Winston-Salem)
13 - WCCB (IND 18 Charlotte)
Not listed
CNN
C-SPAN
Nickelodeon

Gate City (system based in Kingsport, TN)
3 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
4 - WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
6 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
7 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
8 - WFBC (NBC 4 Greenville)
9 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 - WBTV (CBS 3 Charlotte)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
Local Access
Time/Weather

Glade Spring
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
Not listed
CBN
HBO
Nickelodeon

Grundy
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Haysi
2 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
4 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)

Honaker
2 - HBO
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
Nickelodeon
WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)

Jonesville
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
4 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
7 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
9 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Lebanon
2 - HBO
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
Nickelodeon

Marion
2 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
3 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
4 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill) / WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
8 - WGHP (ABC 8 High Point)
10 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
12 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)

Norton
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville) / HBO
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington) / WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
9 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
ACSN
CBN
Messages

Pennington Gap
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 - Time/Weather
4 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
8 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Pound (system based in Jenkins, KY)
2 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
3 - WKYH (NBC 57 Hazard)
4 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston) // WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WKHA (PBS 35 Hazard) // WKLE

Pulaski (not far east of I-77)
2 - WFMY (CBS 2 Greensboro)
3 - HBO
4 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
5 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
9 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
11 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
12 - WXII (NBC 12 Winston-Salem)
13 - WSET (ABC 13 Lynchburg)
Not listed
CNN
ESPN

Richlands
2 - Time/Weather
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)

St. Paul
2 - HBO
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
Not listed
Nickelodeon

Saltville
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WGHP (ABC 8 High Point)
Not listed
HBO
Nickelodeon

Tazewell
2 - Time/Weather (audio: WSLQ-FM Roanoke)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
13 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)

Weber City
2 - WSJK (PBS 2 Sneedville)
3 - WBTV (CBS 3 Charlotte)
4 - WFBC (NBC 4 Greenville)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WATE (ABC 6 Knoxville)
7 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA
8 - WPCQ (NBC 36 Charlotte)
9 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
10 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - Time/Weather (audio: WGAT-FM Gate City)
13 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)

Wise
2 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
3 - WLOS (ABC 13 Asheville)
4 - WBIR (CBS 10 Knoxville)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
7 - WSVN (PBS 47 Norton) // WBRA

Wytheville
2 - HBO
4 - CBN
5 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WGHP (ABC 8 High Point)
9 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WXII (NBC 12 Winston-Salem)
13 - WKPT (ABC 19 Kingsport)
Not listed
Educational Access
Time/Weather
 
Also from the 1982 Broadcasting Yearbook, these systems served southwestern West Virginia (mostly McDowell, Mercer, and Wyoming counties):

Beckley
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
12 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
Not listed
CBN
Modern Satellite Network
PTL

Bluefield (already listed above)

Bluewell
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta) / HBO
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
12 - WBRA (PBS 15 Roanoke)
13 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
Not listed
CBN
CNN

Coalwood
2 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)

Davy
2 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Gary
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Keystone (no channel #'s given)
WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Kimball
2 - HBO
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington
Not listed
CBN

Matoaka
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - CBN
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
12 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)

Mullens
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WCYB (NBC 5 Bristol)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Newhall
2 - WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington) / WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)

Princeton
2 - HBO
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
10 - WSLS (NBC 10 Roanoke)
11 - CBN
12 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

Sophia
2 - HBO
3 - WTBS (IND 17 Atlanta)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
7 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
8 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
9 - WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
11 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
13 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
Not listed
CBN

Squire (no channel #'s given)
WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
WJHL (CBS 11 Johnson City)
WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)

War
2 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WDBJ (CBS 7 Roanoke)
5 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)

Welch
2 - WCHS (CBS 8 Charleston)
3 - WSAZ (NBC 3 Huntington)
4 - WOAY (ABC 4 Oak Hill)
5 - WOWK (ABC 13 Huntington) / WSWP (PBS 9 Grandview)
6 - WVVA (NBC 6 Bluefield)
 
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