WSTP

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WSTP
City of license Salisbury, North Carolina
Slogan "Newsradio 1490"
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date 1977
Format News/Talk
Power 1,000 Watts
Class C
Transmitter coordinates 35°41′18″N 80°29′44″W / 35.68833°N 80.49556°W / 35.68833; -80.49556
Callsign meaning W Salisbury Times and Post[1]
Owner Rowan Media
Sister stations WLXN
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.1490wstp.com

WSTP (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to and serving the area of Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. The station broadcasts a News/Talk format. The station is owned by Rowan Media Inc.. Programming includes: G. Gordon Liddy, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Kim Komando, Jim Bohannon, The Laura Ingraham Show, Bill O'Reilly, and The Savage Nation (Michael Savage).

The station is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network, the largest radio affiliate network in Major League Baseball.[2] WSTP is also affiliated with the Tar Heel Sports Network, a division of Learfield Sports.[3]

History

WSTP signed on New Year's Eve 1939 from the Yadkin Hotel ballroom. Its letters stood for "Salisbury Times and Post", the town's morning and afternoon newspapers. The Hurley Family who owned the Post were also part owners of WSTP.[1]

On November 22, 1963 and for several days after that, WSTP switched to all classical music, commercial-free, with breaks for news.[4]

Doug Rice joined WSTP in 1977, working a variety of on-air jobs and eventually becoming morning host and program director. He also served as play-by-play announcer for Catawba College football for nearly a decade, and color analyst for Howard Platt for Catawba basketball.[5]

Also during the early to mid 1970's WSTP put out a weekly "top 40 type list" which was available at local retailers and record shops. The station was known as the "Rock of The Piedmont". AM Top 40 Radio was at its peak.[citation needed]

A September 10, 2013 legal notice said the property owned by Timothy and Lisa Coates where the radio station was located would be sold as a result of foreclosure by NewBridge Bank. On September 11, Mike Mangan, who owned WSTP along with Timothy Coates, assured listeners, "WSTP is alive and kicking, as it has been since Jan. 1, 1939 ... This station is a pillar in the community."[6] The bank decided not to include the building in the sale but did not say why.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fisher, Hugh (2012-10-28). "Centennial Celebration honors 100 years of Yadkin Hotel". Salisbury Post. 
  2. ↑ "Affiliate Radio Stations". The Official Site of the Atlanta Braves. 
  3. ↑ "Tar Heel Sports Marketing". Tar Heel Sports Marketing list of affiliates. 
  4. ↑ Wineka, Mark (2013-11-22). "It’s hard to shake those four days in November". Salisbury Post. 
  5. ↑ Wineka, Mark (2011-02-16). "NASCAR announcer calls Salisbury home". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2011-02-16. 
  6. ↑ Cook, Elizabeth; Ford, Emily (2013-09-12). "Bank begins foreclosure on property leased by WSTP; radio station ‘alive and kicking’". Salisbury Post. Retrieved 2013-09-12. 
  7. ↑ Ford, Emily (2013-09-19). "Bank takes property leased by WSTP off auction block". Salisbury Post. 

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