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WAHT
Broadcast areaClemson
Frequency1560 kHz
Branding105.5 The Roar
Programming
FormatSports Talk (WCCP-FM simulcast)
Ownership
Owner
  • John and Blake Byrne
  • (Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC)
History
First air date
1969 (as WCCP)
Former call signs
WCCP (1969-1988)
WBES (1988-1989)
WCCP (1989-1997)
Technical information
Facility ID24482
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
500 watts critical hours
Transmitter coordinates
34°42′04″N 82°49′30″W / 34.70111°N 82.82500°W / 34.70111; -82.82500
Links
Websitewccpfm.com

WAHT (1560 AM) is a sports formatted radio station licensed to Cowpens, South Carolina, United States and serving Clemson, South Carolina. WAHT offers a sports talk format, simulcasting WCCP-FM 105.5 FM Clemson, South Carolina. The station is owned by John and Blake Byrne, through licensee Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC.

History

WCCP/1560 was founded in 1969 by the late Matt Phillips (who later founded WRIX-AM-FM in Anderson, SC). The call letters has formerly been assigned to Savannah, Georgia on 1450 kHz; that station became WBYG and is not longer on the air. Former CBS Morning News anchor Jane Robelot worked at WCCP in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

On April 23, 2007, WAHT changed their format to sports, simulcasting WCCP-FM (then at 104.9).