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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = WWVA
| city                = [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]
| country             = US
| logo                = WWVA newsradio1170 logo.png
| logo_upright        = .8 
| area                = [[Wheeling, West Virginia metropolitan area]]
| frequency           = {{frequency|1170|[[kHz]]}}
| branding            = ''NewsRadio 1170 WWVA''
| language            = [[American English|English]]
| format              = [[News/talk]]
| affiliations        = {{ubl|[[Fox News Radio]]|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Excellence in Broadcasting|EIB]]}}
| owner               = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee            = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations     = {{hlist|[[WBBD]]|[[WEGW]]|[[WKWK-FM]]|[[WOVK]]|[[WVKF]]}}
| airdate             = {{start date and age|1926|12|13}}
| former_frequencies  = 860 kHz (1926–1941)
| callsign_meaning    = Wheeling, West Virginia
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| facility_id         = 44046
| class               = A
| power               = {{val|50000|u=watts|fmt=commas}}
| coordinates         = {{coord|40|06|07|N|80|52|02|W|type:landmark_region:US-WV}}
| webcast             = {{iHeartRadio|news-radio-1170-wwva-4848}}
| website             = {{URL|https://newsradio1170.iheart.com}}
}}
'''WWVA''' (1170 [[kHz]], ''NewsRadio 1170'') is an American [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio station in [[Wheeling, West Virginia]]. The station is owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] and uses the moniker "The Big One".

It is West Virginia's only class A 50,000–watt [[clear-channel station]], sharing the frequency's [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] status with [[KOTV (AM)|KOTV]] in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], and [[KJNP (AM)|KJNP]] in North Pole, Alaska. Its transmitter site is located at a three-tower facility in [[St. Clairsville, Ohio]]. 

During the day, a single non-directional tower beams its full power to northern West Virginia, southwestern [[Pennsylvania]] (including [[Pittsburgh]]), and eastern [[Ohio]] (as far as [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]]). At night, power is fed to all three towers in a directional pattern to protect KOTV. Even with this restriction, it can still be heard in most of the eastern two-thirds of the United States, as well as most of Canada, with a good radio.

WWVA is one of the Local Primary 1 Emergency Alert System stations in the Wheeling area.