WSAT
| City of license | Salisbury, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Branding | Memories 1280 |
| Frequency | 1280 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Adult Standards/oldies |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 43140 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°40′30.00″N 80°30′30.00″W / 35.675°N 80.50833°W |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio |
| Owner | Cap Communications, Inc. |
| Website | Official website |
WSAT (1280 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/oldies format. Licensed to Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Cap Communications, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio .[1][2] Most of the station's music comes from the Dial Global adult standards format that uses the on-air brand "America's Best Music". Sports coverage on the station includes Catawba College football and men's and women's basketball, area high school sports, the Carolina Panthers of the NFL, and American Legion baseball. The station also airs The Huckabee Report, which is hosted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and is the successor program to Paul Harvey's long-running News and Comments program.
[edit] History
WSAT was Salisbury's second radio station, signing on in 1948.[citation needed] Harry Welch, Sr. took over as general manager in 1953, and for nearly 50 years WSAT was run by someone from the Welch family. It was once known as "The Family Station". Past personalities include Grady Cole, Russ McIntyre, and Bob Mason.[3] Mike Moore, at age 13 in July 1960, began his radio career hosting a "top tunes" show. Moore, now running WLOE/WMYN, continued to work at WSAT until 1966. He believed he was the youngest person working in radio at that time.[4]
Because WAYS could not be heard in Salisbury at night, WSAT started playing Top 40 at night in the late 1960s.
In the 1990s WSAT broadcast an oldies format in the morning, nostalgia/big band and easy listening during the midday hours, and ESPN radio in the late afternoon. The station was also an affiliate for Atlanta Braves baseball broadcasts.
Former WSAT personality Buddy Poole bought the station in 2002 and changed the station to the current format.[3] For four years, the station used the Memories format until that format was discontinued by its syndicator ABC Radio Networks.
[edit] References
- ^ "WSAT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WSAT.
- ^ "WSAT Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WSAT.
- ^ a b "Poole Comes for a Hot Dog, Leaves with a Radio Station," Salisbury Post, June 29, 2002.
- ^ "Lumber Liquidators Open," Salisbury Post, August 22. 2010.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WSAT
- Radio-Locator Information on WSAT
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WSAT
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