WUCO
For the Marysville, Ohio radio station that held the call sign WUCO at 1270 AM from 1982 to 2011, see WQTT.
| City | Morganfield, Kentucky |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Evansville |
| Branding | The Sports Edge 1550 AM |
| Frequency | 1550 kHz |
| Format | Sports talk |
| Power |
145 watts day 6 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 68808 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 37°40′4.00″N 87°55′46.00″W / 37.6677778°N 87.9294444°W |
| Former callsigns |
WMSK (?-1999) WYGS (1999-2000) WMSK (2000-2015) |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio, Kentucky Sports Radio |
| Owner | Henson Media, Inc. |
WUCO (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports talk format. Licensed to Morganfield, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Henson Media, Inc. and features programming from Fox Sports Radio and Kentucky Sports Radio.[1]
History
The station went on the air in November 1960, and, with the exception of a brief period in 1999-2000 using the call sign WYGS, the station had always been known as WMSK.[2]
On January 3, 2011, the station switched from its former classic country music format to sports talk, affiliating with Fox Sports Radio and Kentucky Sports Radio.[3]
The station changed from WMSK to the current WUCO call sign on February 12, 2015.
References
- ↑ "WUCO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WUCO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ ""WMSK 1550 to flip formats, will become "The Sports Edge" on Monday morning"". Jake's DTV Blog.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WUCO
- Radio-Locator Information on WUCO
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WUCO
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