WNSN

WNSN

City of license	South Bend, Indiana
Broadcast area	Michiana
Branding	Sunny 101.5
Frequency	101.5 (MHz)
First air date	August 1, 1962 (as WSBT-FM)
Format	Adult Contemporary
ERP	13,000 watts
HAAT	296 meters (971 ft)
Class	B
Former callsigns	WSBT-FM (from 1962); WWJY (until 1981); WTHQ (1981-1984)
Owner	Schurz Communications (sale to Mid-West Family Broadcasting pending) (WSBT, Inc.)
Website	http://www.sunny1015.com

WNSN, known locally as Sunny 101.5, is an adult contemporary radio station in South Bend, Indiana. Its transmitter located at the southern portion of South Bend.

WNSN is usually the market's top rated radio station according to Nielsen.

Sunny 101.5 is the South Bend affiliate of Delilah's syndicated love-songs show. The station also plays continuous 1980s hits throughout the weekend.

The station has programmed an adult contemporary format since 1981, originally (as WTHQ) with Satellite Music Network's StarStation format. From the mid-1970s until 1981, the station was WWJY, airing Schulke's Beautiful Music package.

Longtime owner Schurz Communications announced on September 14, 2015 that it would exit broadcasting and sell its television and radio stations, including WNSN, to Gray Television for $442.5 million. The sale will separate WNSN from both the station's longtime sister newspaper, the South Bend Tribune (which Schurz will keep), and WSBT-TV (which will be sold separately due to Gray's existing ownership of WNDU-TV).^[1]^[2] Though Gray initially intended to keep Schurz' radio stations, on November 2, it announced that Mid-West Family Broadcasting would acquire WNSN and Schurz' other South Bend radio stations for $5.5 million.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations". South Bend Tribune. September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
↑ Kuperberg, Jonathan (September 14, 2015). "Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
↑ "Gray Sells Radio Stations From Schurz Deal". TVNewsCheck. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2015). "Gray Television Divests Schurz Clusters To Three Buyers". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
↑ Allen, Kevin (November 2, 2015). "WSBT Radio Group will have a new owner, again". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

External links

Sunny 101.5 website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNSN

Radio-Locator information on WNSN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNSN

Radio stations in the South Bend, Indiana market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.7 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.3 106.3

By AM frequency	960 1270 1290 1340 1460 1580 1620

By callsign	W223AU W241AD W243AJ W287BL WAUS WBYT WCMR WCXB WDND WETL WFRN WGNC WHFB-FM WHME WHLY WHPD WHPZ WKAM WNDV-FM WNIL WNSN WRBR-FM WRDI WSBL-LP WSBT WSMM WSMK WSND WSSM WTRC WTRC-FM WUBS WUBU WVPE WZOC

Defunct stations	WPNT (1490 AM)

Nearby radio markets Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Chicago Ft. Wayne Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lafayette Muncie–Marion South Central MI See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Michigan

Radio stations in the Benton Harbor–St. Joseph market

By AM frequency	1060 1400

By FM frequency	88.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 92.1 94.9 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.7 105.3 107.1

By callsign	W212CL W216BX W273BM WBHC-LP WBYT WCSY-FM WCXB WCXT WHFB WHFB-FM WHPD WIRX WNSN WSIS WSJM WSJM-FM WSMK WVBH-LP WYTZ

Nearby radio markets Chicago Grand Rapids Kalamazoo South Bend See also List of radio stations in Michigan List of radio stations in Indiana

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Indiana

Stations	WAJI – Fort Wayne WHON – Centerville WIKY-FM – Evansville WITZ-FM – Jasper WKVI – Knox WMRS – Monticello WNSN – South Bend WORX-FM – Madison WPGW – Portland WPHZ – Orleans WROI – Rochester WRWM – Lawrence WRZQ-FM – Greensburg WSHW – Frankfort WUME-FM – Paoli WWFW – Fort Wayne WXXC – Marion WYXB – Indianapolis WZDM – Vincennes WZZY – Winchester

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Indiana

Schurz Communications, Inc.

Newspapers

Radio stations

AM	WASK⁸ WSBT⁹

FM	KFXS¹⁰ KKMK¹⁰ KOUT¹⁰ KRCS¹⁰ WASK⁸ WHFB^{1 9} WKOA⁸ WKHY⁸ WNSN⁹ WXXB⁸ WZOC^{1 9}

Television
stations
by network
affiliation

ABC	KOTA⁷ / KDUH⁵ / KHSD⁷ / KSGW⁵ KSPR^{2 5}

CBS	KWCH⁵ / KBSD⁵ / KBSH⁵ / KBSL⁵ WDBJ^{MNTV 5} WSBT-TV⁶

NBC	KTUU⁵ KYTV⁵ WAGT^{3 CW 5}

Others	CW K15CZ-D/KSPR-DT2^{2 5} KSCW⁵ Ind. K17DL-D^{5 11} UVN KDCU^{4 5}

Rushmore Media Company

¹ Owned by Douglas Road Radio; Schurz holds a minority interest in this company.
² Owned by Perkin Media, LLC, Schurz operates KSPR through a SSA.
³ Schurz owns WAGT's license but Media General controls its operations via JSA and SSA.
⁴ Owned by Entravision Communications, Schurz operates KDCU through a JSA.
⁵ Sale pending to Gray Television.
⁶ Sale pending to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
⁷ Sale pending to Legacy Broadcasting.
⁸ Sale pending to Neuhoff Communications.
⁹ Sale pending to Mid-West Family Broadcasting.
¹⁰ Sale pending to HomeSlice Media Group.
¹¹ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Schurz holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

Coordinates: 41°37′01″N 86°13′01″W / 41.617°N 86.217°W / 41.617; -86.217

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