WBVA was a commercial radio station licensed to serve Bayside, Virginia, at 1450 AM, and serviced parts of the Hampton Roads region.
The license surrender had followed an investigation by the commission into a decade of limited operations for it and co-owned WVAB (1550 AM).
[6] According to the commission's records, WBVA operated for a total of 120 days in the two license terms between April 1, 2008, and November 30, 2017, and was silent for the remaining period of over nine years.
The FCC estimated that WBVA covered ten percent of its licensed service area from that site.
The full board of five commissioners would have determined whether renewing WBVA and WVAB's licenses would serve the public interest.