WINC (1400 AM) is a broadcast radio station licensed to Winchester, Virginia, United States. WINC (studios pictured) serves Winchester, and Frederick and Clarke Counties, Virginia. The station's current format, established in 1996, is mainly conservative talk programs and top-of- the-hour news from Fox News Radio; sports at Virginia Tech are also covered. Launched on June 26, 1941, by Richard Field Lewis, Jr., WINC was Winchester's first radio station. Events in its history include a 1947 contest to win "a free pair of nylon hose and a $10 handbag" that knocked out the city's entire telephone system, and country music legend Patsy Cline making her performing debut in 1948. In the late 1950s, the station's chief engineer designed a CONELRAD alarm device for FM stations to warn listeners in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War. WINC had difficulty renewing its license in the early 1970s, as it was exceeding Federal Communications Commission limits on commercials per hour. In 1988, a local prosecutor called one of its promotions an "illegal cash lottery"; a judge disagreed. The station was sold by the Lewis family to North Carolina-based Centennial Broadcasting in 2007.
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699:
En no Gyōja, the founder of the Japanese Buddhist sect known as Shugendō, was exiled to Izu Ōshima for witchcraft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_no_Gy%C5%8Dja
1740:
War of Jenkins' Ear: A Spanish column of 300 regular troops, free black militia and Indian auxiliaries stormed Britain's strategically crucial position of Fort Mose in Spanish Florida. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_Mose
1886:
French chemist Henri Moissan reported he was able to successfully isolate elemental fluorine, for which he later won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorine
1945:
At a conference in San Francisco, delegates from 50 nations signed a charter establishing the United Nations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations
1996:
Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered while she was stopped at a traffic light, an event which helped establish Ireland's Criminal Assets Bureau. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin
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not dog: A vegetarian imitation-sausage, or hot dog sandwich made with one. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/not_dog
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