Welcome to the new WNRV web site!

Broadcasting from the bank of the scenic New River, WNRV AM 990 The Ridge plays the best in traditional and current bluegrass and old-time music. Our 5 KW AM station is located along the New River in Giles County between Narrows and Pearisburg, VA.

WNRV is now under new ownership and management.
Our purchase of the station from Perception Media Group, Inc has been completed. Our team is locally based and has strong ties to the community, find out more information about the station and team.

WNRV's mission is to preserve the traditions of bluegrass and old-time music for future generations. The New River Valley region has played an important role in the history and development of music, and WNRV has a deep and rich history in the local community. We intend to be an even more active partner in the community, and to continue to promote both the music and local events.

• We now have an Events Calendar that you can use to keep track of all the WNRV and community events (see our Events page for info on how to get your event added). All of our live sports broadcasts will now be listed on the Events Calendar.
• We'll be doing a live broadcast of 2 upcoming boys' basketball games: Giles-East Montgomery on Thursday February 4th and Narrows-Grayson on February 9th. You can listen on AM 990 or on our live Internet stream.
• The snowstorms unfortunately forced the cancellation of both sets of games at the end of January that we were going to cover live: Boys' and girls' Narrows-Fort Chiswell games on Friday January 29 and the final round of the Narrows Athletic Fund Tournament (rescheduled from the Christmas Basketball Classic in December) on Saturday January 30th.
• We had live coverage of the January 19th girls' basketball game between Giles and Eastern Montgomery.
• We had live coverage of the first round of the boys' part of the Narrows Athletic Fund Tournament on January 18th (rescheduled from the Christmas Basketball Classic in December). This round featured Giles-Tazewell and Narrows-Roanoke Catholic.
• We had live coverage of the boys' Giles-Floyd basketball game on January 14th.
• WNRV was featured by the Virginian Leader newspaper in their business profile section on January 6, 2010.
• We had live coverage of the first round of the Christmas Basketball Classic tournament at Narrows High School on December 17, 2009. The bad weather postponed the rest of the tournament, but we'll be broadcasting the remaining games live once they have been rescheduled.
• The WNRV 2009 Holiday Concert was held on December 5th and featured Donna Ulisse & the Poor Mountain Boys, plus local favorites Hans Creek String Band and State Line Bluegrass. All three bands put on a great show, thanks to everyone that braved the weather to attend. Here are the details.

One of the goals of our new team and site is to promote online interaction among the local community and beyond. We have set up forums and blogs to encourage entertaining and informative exchanges. These also provide you with the ability to provide interactive feedback on the station.

Please take a look around and let us know what you think about the new site and the station, we look forward to your comments and suggestions.