WELD-FM
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| City of license | Moorefield, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area |
Moorefield, West Virginia Petersburg, West Virginia |
| Branding | "WELD Country 101.7" |
| Slogan | "The Local Station" |
| Frequency | 101.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1987 |
| Format |
Country Bluegrass Americana Southern Gospel |
| ERP | 285 Watts |
| HAAT | 455 Meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 60922 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°58′58.0″N 78°54′30.0″W / 38.982778°N 78.908333°W |
| Affiliations |
ABC Radio News Dawson McAllister Live |
| Owner | Thunder Associates, LLC |
| Sister stations | WELD |
| Website | WELD-FM Online |
WELD-FM is a Country, Bluegrass, Americana, and Southern Gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Moorefield, West Virginia, serving the Petersburg/Moorefield area. WELD-FM is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.
Change in License
On October 17, 2007 changed its community of license from Petersburg, West Virginia to Moorefield, West Virginia. This move, while dropping the stations power to 285 watts effective radiated power expanded its coverage area across all of Hardy and Grant counties, where previously it had only served part of Hardy County. WELD-FM's service grade signal can now be heard as far east as Winchester, Virginia.
External links
- WELD Country 101.7 Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WELD
- Radio-Locator information on WELD
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WELD
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