WAHT
WAHT (1560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cowpens, South Carolina, and serving Clemson and Spartanburg. WAHT offers a sports format, simulcasting WCCP-FM 105.5 FM in Clemson. Local hosts are heard during the day on weekdays, with CBS Sports Radio airing nights and weekends. The station is owned by John and Blake Byrne, through licensee Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC. By day, WAHT transmits with 15,000 watts, but because 1560 AM is a clear channel frequency, WAHT must sign off at night to avoid interference. During critical hours, WAHT broadcasts with 870 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna at all times. WAHT is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W248DD at 97.5 MHz.
| Simulcasting WCCP-FM Clemson, South Carolina | |
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| Broadcast area | Clemson–Spartanburg, South Carolina |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| Branding | 105.5 The Roar |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Affiliations | Infinity Sports Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1969 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24482 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′04″N 82°49′30″W / 34.70111°N 82.82500°W |
| Translator | 97.5 W248DD (Cowpens) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | theroarfm.com |
WAHT (1560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cowpens, South Carolina, and serving Clemson and Spartanburg. WAHT offers a sports format, simulcasting WCCP-FM 105.5 FM in Clemson. Local hosts are heard during the day on weekdays, with CBS Sports Radio airing nights and weekends. The station is owned by John and Blake Byrne, through licensee Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC.
By day, WAHT transmits with 15,000 watts,[2] but because 1560 AM is a clear channel frequency, WAHT must sign off at night to avoid interference. During critical hours, WAHT broadcasts with 870 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna at all times. WAHT is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W248DD at 97.5 MHz.[3]
History
[edit]WCCP/1560 signed on in 1969 by Matt Phillips (who later founded WRIX-AM-FM in Anderson, South Carolina). The callsign was previously 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 its format to sports, simulcasting WCCP-FM (then at 104.9).
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAHT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAHT
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W248DD
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 24482 (WAHT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WAHT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202596 (W248DD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W248DD at FCCdata.org
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