GetStarNews GetStarNews
Sign In
Live
Community The mystery surrounding the write-in vote count for Martinsville City Councilman Adam Willard is... Business Martinsville City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on a $2.6 million budget amendment to fund the... Traffic Another traffic stop in Rockingham County has resulted in drug charges, and this time deputies say their... Sports — Calling all Pokémon fans and collectors! Traffic The lower level is a blank canvas just waiting for your vision — finish it and add serious value! Local VA Thrift - Bassett Forks Sports Apparently, when election night doesn't go according to plan, somebody has to take the heat — and this... Community — A boater noticed a dock on fire near marker R-39 at Smith Mountain Lake, prompting a multi-agency... Community The mystery surrounding the write-in vote count for Martinsville City Councilman Adam Willard is... Business Martinsville City Council holds a public hearing Tuesday on a $2.6 million budget amendment to fund the... Traffic Another traffic stop in Rockingham County has resulted in drug charges, and this time deputies say their... Sports — Calling all Pokémon fans and collectors! Traffic The lower level is a blank canvas just waiting for your vision — finish it and add serious value! Local VA Thrift - Bassett Forks Sports Apparently, when election night doesn't go according to plan, somebody has to take the heat — and this... Community — A boater noticed a dock on fire near marker R-39 at Smith Mountain Lake, prompting a multi-agency...
GetStarNewsMartinsville Desk
— ⌕ Sign In Publish
Desks Martinsville Danville Reidsville Mount Airy Stuart Winston-Salem Greensboro Rocky Mount Roanoke
Martinsville Desk

This Day in History

The central GetStarNews desk connecting Martinsville city coverage with Henry County schools, racing, public safety, and commuter routes.

WMVA radio goes silent after nearly 80 years

WMVA radio goes silent after nearly 80 years 2019
Martinsville
WMVA, Martinsville's oldest radio station, went off the air on January 28, 2019, and never returned.
WMVA (AM), on the air since 1941, went silent on January 28, 2019, and did not return to broadcasting. Its license was surrendered on July 23, 2021, and cancelled four days later.

Discussion

No comments yet. The first comment here will also open the linked forum thread for this item.
Sign up or log in to comment on this item and extend the public thread.