WISP (AM)
Frequency | 1570 kHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Religious |
Ownership | |
Owner | Holy Spirit Radio Foundation, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Former call signs | WBUX (1948–1999) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48310 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts day 900 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°19′34.00″N 75°9′40.00″W / 40.3261111°N 75.1611111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | holyspiritradio.org |
WISP (1570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format.[2] Licensed to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by Holy Spirit Radio Foundation, Inc.[3]
History
The station went on the air in 1948. WBUX went through multiple formats throughout many years. First as a country format in the 1960s, and later to MOR in 1970, Top 40 in 1975, and back to MOR a short time later. In 1988, the station dropped its MOR format for an Adult Standards format, but would later flip to News/Talk a year later. It remained as a talk station until flipping to a 1970s music format in 1994. Three years later in 1997, the format changed to an oldies format. A couple of years later, the station went back to news/talk before changing its callsign to WISP in 1999 and flipping to its current christian format.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WISP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WISP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 48310 (WISP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WISP in Nielsen Audio's AM station database