WWSA-LP

WWSA-LP
City St. Albans, West Virginia
Broadcast area St. Albans, West Virginia
Cross Lanes, West Virginia
Nitro, West Virginia
Tornado, West Virginia
Branding "96.9 WWSA"
Slogan "Celebrate Nostalgia"
Frequency 96.9 FM MHz
First air date June 2016
Format Oldies[1]
Power 100 Watts
HAAT −29 meters (−95 ft)
Class L1
Facility ID 194540
Transmitter coordinates 38°23′12.60″N 81°50′17.70″W / 38.3868333°N 81.8382500°W / 38.3868333; -81.8382500
Callsign meaning WW Saint Albans
Former callsigns WWSA-LP (2015-Present)[2]
Owner City of St. Albans
Website WWSA-LP Online

WWSA-LP is an Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to St. Albans, West Virginia, serving St. Albans, Cross Lanes, Nitro, and Tornado in West Virginia.[1] WWSA-LP is owned and operated by City of St. Albans.[3]

Programming and Studios

Along with the station's Oldies format, WWSA-LP also broadcasts features regarding the history of St. Albans.[1] Interviews with "individuals who have historical backgrounds related to the city" are also heard on the station.[1]

The Museum of Radio and Technology, located in nearby Huntington, West Virginia, donated equipment to the station and is building a "vintage studio" in the St. Albans City Hall.[1][4] The station currently operates from a "broom closet" at the City Municipal Building.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gardner, Jennifer (June 19, 2016). "St. Albans has a new radio station to call its own". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia: The Daily Gazette Company. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  3. "WWSA-LP Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved June 22, 2016.
  4. Smith, Charlotte (October 16, 2014). "Museum of Radio and Technology channels memories of a bygone era". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia: The Daily Gazette Company. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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