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'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 are an active partner in the community, and continue to promote both the music and local events. Our team is locally based and has strong ties to the community, find out more information about the station and team.

We now have a WNRV YouTube channel where we're posting videos of live shows and other events.

We recently launched an updated player and stream. This new player requires fewer plug-ins/add-ons and natively supports a wider variety of browsers and devices, so it should be much simpler to use (plus the quality of the new stream is better). Give it a listen and let us know what you think: Listen Live.

• We'll be out at the 2nd Annual Giles Fiddler's Convention on Friday and Saturday May 18-19. We'll be recording the bands and competitions and bringing some of it to you live on the air. If you cannot make it out there you can listen on AM 990 or our live stream.
• On Saturday May 19 we'll be back again doing our Speaking of Sports Show show live at 9 AM from the Kid's Fishing Day at the Narrows Park. We'll have interviews with both the adults and kids plus some exciting play-by-play for the fishing.
• We were back in Pembroke with our Speaking of Sports show from 9-10 AM on Saturday May 5 for the Giles County part of the MLB Pitch, Hit, and Run competition.
• Our Speaking of Sports show was broadcast live from Pembroke for the start of the Little League baseball season from 9-10 AM on Saturday April 28. This is an annual event for us, it was great to being back out there! You can listen on AM 990 or our live stream.
• On Saturday April 28 we'll be playing a live set from Bluegrass Travelers for our New River Valley Jamboree show from 3-4 PM. We recorded this set on April 21 at the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• We gave away 2 sets of tickets for the Dailey & Vincent concerts at New River Community College on Saturday April 28.
• We were out at the Wolf Creek Ruritan Heritage Music Fest on Saturday April 14 recording the live music. We also interviewed James Smith from the Wolf Creek Ruritan during our Speaking of Sports show from 9-10 AM.
• Our New River Valley Jamboree show had a live set from the Joe "Bud" Dowdy Trio on Saturday March 24 from 3-4 PM. We broadcast live on-site again from the Old Virginia Smokehouse in Pearisburg.
• We had a live set from Bluegrass Travelers at the Old Virginia Smokehouse for our New River Valley Jamboree show on Saturday March 17 from 3-4 PM.
• Our New River Valley Jamboree show had a live set from Indian Run Stringband on Saturday March 10 from 3-4 PM. We broadcast live on-site again from the Old Virginia Smokehouse in Pearisburg.
• We covered the annual Giles Seniors vs Faculty game on Friday March 2. This game will be broadcast on Saturday March 10 at 10 AM following our Speaking of Sports show, and will conclude our basketball coverage for this season.
• We covered 35 varsity basketball games for Narrows and Giles, including the Giles-Auburn girls 1st round Three Rivers District tournament game, the entire Narrows Athletic Fund Annual Christmas Basketball Tournament, and the Giles Senior-Faculty game. We had live games broadcast each week and replayed on Saturday. Here is the complete 2011 basketball coverage schedule.
• On Saturday February 25 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Joe "Bud" Dowdy from the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• On Saturday February 18 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Bluegrass Travelers from the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• On Saturday February 11 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Conner & Miller (with surprise special guest Dick Smith on banjo) on Saturday from the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• We hosted a visit at the station from the Pembroke Pack 460 Cub Scouts on Saturday January 28. This visit will count toward a merit badge for them!
• On Saturday January 28 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Jimmy Costa from the Old Virginia Smokehouse. Jimmy did an Uncle Dave Macon show.
• On Saturday January 21 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Roscoe P and Coal Train on at the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• On January 14 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from the Giles Mountain String Band at the Old Virginia Smokehous.
• We've added 2 new shows to our Wednesday lineup: Del McCoury's Blue Side of Town on Wednesday at 1 PM (every week), and the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 Countdown with Lee Michael Dempsey from 10 AM - noon (second and fourth Wednesday each month).
• On Saturday January 7 our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from the Black Twig Pickers from the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• On Saturday December 10our New River Valley Jamboree show broadcast a live set from Sugar Run from the Old Virginia Smokehouse.
• We recorded a live set from the Giles Mountain String Band at the Old Virginia Smokehouse on Saturday November 12 and played this on the New River Valley Jamboree at 3 PM on November 19. This was our first live broadcast from the Smokehouse.
• Covered every 2011 varsity football game for Narrows and Giles, with a live game broadcast each week and both games replayed each Saturday - complete 2011 schedule. A special disc is available that contains the recordings for every 2011 football game!