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'''WYRD''', known on-air as "ESPN Upstate", is a [[sports radio|sports]]-formatted radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. The [[Entercom Communications]] outlet is licensed by the FCC to [[Greenville, South Carolina]], and broadcasts at 1330 kHz with power of 5 kW unlimited non-directional daytime and 3-way directional at night. The programming is simultaneously broadcast on [[WORD (AM)|WORD]] 950 AM Spartanburg, [https://radio-locator.com/info/W249DL-FX W249DL 97.7 MHz, Greenville] and [http://www.radio-locator.com/info/W246CV-FX W246CV 97.1 MHz, Spartanburg]. Its studios and transmitter are located in Greenville.
Until their change in format from talk to sports on February 24, 2014,<ref>{{cite web|title=Inside Radio|url=http://www.insideradio.com/article.asp?id=2761183&spid=32061#.Uza6WPldU9Q|
==History==
On December 9, 1932, The [[Federal Radio Commission]] approved transferring the license for WFBC (the station's call letters at that time) from Virgil V. Evans to the Greensville News-Piedmont Company. At the time, WFBC operated on 1200 kHz with 50 watts of power.<ref>{{cite news|title=Newspaper Buys|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1932/1932-12-15-BC.pdf|
Years later, WFBC was known for its top-40 format. The call letters continue to be used by [[WFBC-FM]]. [[WYRD-FM]] airs a talk format that was once simulcast on WORD-AM and WYRD-AM.
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