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| Broadcast area | Appleton-Oshkosh |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Branding | WOSH NewsTalk 93.9 & 1490 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Radio America Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WNAM, WPKR, WVBO, WWWX | |
| History | |
First air date | 1941 |
Former call signs | WOSH (1941-1975) WYTL (1975-1984) |
Call sign meaning | W OSHkosh |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 69780 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Translator(s) | 93.9 W230DB (Oshkosh) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 1490wosh.com |
WOSH (1490 AM) is a radio station serving the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area with a news/talk format including the ABC News Radio network. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.
The station began broadcasting on December 31, 1941. During the late 1960s until 1975, WOSH was the leading Top 40 radio station in the Appleton-Oshkosh market, with Jonathon Brandmeier as the station's star disc jockey.
On August 1, 1975, AM 1490's callsign was changed from WOSH to WYTL, and its format changed from top 40 to modern country. This change was advertised as a "frequency swap" to listeners, where WYTL-FM "moved" along with its country format to AM 1490, and WOSH-AM "moved" to FM 103.9 with its top 40 format.[1]
In 1984, the call sign WOSH was reinstated to 1490 and the current news/talk format established.
References
- ↑ "At Midnight Thursday the Big Switch is On! (WOSH-WYTL advertisement)". The Post-Crescent. 1975-07-31. p. 29. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
External links
- FCC History Cards for WOSH
- WOSH NewsTalk 93.9 1490 - Official website
- WOSH in the FCC AM station database
- WOSH in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W230DB in the FCC FM station database
- W230DB at FCCdata.org
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