WELD (AM)
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Broadcast area | Potomac Highlands of West Virginia |
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| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| Branding | WELD AM 690 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Save Our Station Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1956 |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 60923 | |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°3′8.4″N 79°0′20.1″W / 39.052333°N 79.005583°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
WELD (690 kHz) is a commercial classic hits formatted broadcast AM radio station licensed to Fisher, West Virginia, serving the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Save Our Station Inc.
By day, WELD is powered at 3,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. But because 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations CKGM in Montreal and XEWW in Rosarito, WELD reduces power during critical hours, and reduces power at night to 14 watts.
History
By the 1950s, Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957) had added WELD (AM) to the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.).
References
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WELD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 28, 1957. p. 74. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. April 14, 2001. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 60923 (WELD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WELD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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