WWOS (AM) explained

WWOS
City:Walterboro, South Carolina
Country:US
Area:Charleston metropolitan area
Format:Christian radio and southern gospel
Power:5,000 watts (days only)
Class:D
Facility Id:38899
Coordinates:33.1475°N -80.5631°W
Former Callsigns:WQIZ (1962–2015)
Owner:Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg
Sister Stations:WPOG, WWOS-FM
Licensing Authority:FCC

WWOS (810 AM) is a noncommercial radio station licensed to Walterboro, South Carolina, United States, serving the Charleston metropolitan area. Currently owned by Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg, it features a Christian format, along with Southern gospel music, operating during the daytime hours only.

WWOS's programming is heard around the clock on co-owned WWOS-FM (91.9) in St. George, and on WPOG in St. Matthews.

History

The station signed on the air on August 23, 1962. The original call sign was WQIZ. It broadcast on 1300 kHz with 500 watts, as a daytimer.[1] Its original city of license was St. George, South Carolina. In the 1970s, it moved to AM 810 and received a boost in power to 5,000 watts, but still limited to daytime hours only. It played R&B music and was programmed for the African American community of Charleston and nearby communities.

WQIZ was sold in 2015 to the Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg. The station switched its call sign to WWOS and its new city of license became Walterboro, after the sale of WALI to Apex Media, which had plans to move WALI to Hilton Head.[2]

References

  1. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1963/B%20N-Z%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201963.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-166
  2. Web site: FCC Report 10/23: WALI heads to Hilton Head. radioinsight. October 23, 2016. April 12, 2023.

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