After long last, there appears to be a real Charlottesville news website.

After long last, there appears to be a real Charlottesville news website. We’ve had The Daily Progress‘s extremely weak attempt at a site for about a year now, and The C-Ville Weekly does what they can, I suppose, but it’s not really a news website. And, to be fair, The Cavalier Daily does a bang-up job, but it’s mostly UVa-related. Yep, WINA, 1070AM, has gone on-line. They’ve got a good story selection, not-ugly design, and the site appears to be updated frequently. The downside is that the site is poorly-assembled. No database, no scripting, and what appears to be about 5 advertisers. Worst of all, they’re using Micro~1 Frontpage. Blech. But they’re doing it — they’ve got a solid website — and it kicks the pants off of any other local media offerings. Yay WINA. Now, when they want a manly website, they can come to us.

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