WAHT
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.
| City | Cowpens, South Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Clemson |
| Branding | 105.5 The Roar |
| Frequency | 1560 kHz |
| First air date | 1969 (as WCCP) |
| Format | Sports Talk (WCCP-FM simulcast) |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 500 watts critical hours |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 24482 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 34°42′04″N 82°49′30″W |
| Former call signs | WCCP (1969-1988) WBES (1988-1989) WCCP (1989-1997) |
| Owner | John and Blake Byrne (Byrne Acquisition Group, LLC) |
| Website | wccpfm.com |
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).
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAHT
- Radio-Locator Information on WAHT
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAHT
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