WSON
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| City of license | Henderson, Kentucky |
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| Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
| Branding | The 500 Watt Purple Blowtorch of Western Kentucky |
| Slogan | 860 WSON |
| Frequency | 860 kHz C-QUAM AM Stereo |
| Translator(s) | 96.5 W243CU (Henderson) |
| First air date | December 17, 1941 |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Power | 500 watts day and night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 26946 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W HenderSON[1] |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio News Westwood One |
| Owner | Henson Media of Henderson County |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wsonradio.com |
WSON (860 AM and 96.5 FM) is a radio station in Henderson, Kentucky broadcasting a classic hits format. The station is currently owned by Henson Media and features news, sports, weather and music features programming from ABC Radio News and Westwood One, as well as locally produced programming.[2] The station can be heard during daylight hours in neighboring Evansville, Indiana and Owensboro, Kentucky.
WSON first signed on ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and has been locally owned for its entire history. For most of its first four decades on the air, WSON was a daytime-only station, signing off at sunset in order to protect CJBC in Toronto. However, a treaty between the United States and Canada signed in the mid-1980s allowed WSON and other daytimers, that went off the air to protect Canadian clear-channel stations, to begin nighttime operations as well. WSON must use a directional antenna from sunset to sunrise, with the signal oriented to the southwest.
Recent developments
In July 2010, owner Henry Lackey, the son of station founder Hecht Lackey, announced that he had agreed to sell WSON to Henson Media, which owns WMSK-AM-FM in Morganfield and Sturgis, Kentucky. The deal received FCC approval and was consummated soon thereafter.[3]
In September 2011, WSON began simulcasting on an FM translator, W243CU (96.5 FM), which is licensed to Sebree, Kentucky. W243CU, which has an effective radiated power of 250 watts, can be heard up to 30 miles in any direction from its transmitter site in the Wolf Hills north of Henderson.
W243CU allows listeners in Evansville and surrounding communities to listen to WSON's programming after nightfall, when the AM station has to adjust its coverage.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Stinnett, Chuck. WSON sale planned to Union County station owner. The Henderson Gleaner, 2010-07-12.
External links
- 860 WSON on Twitter
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WSON
- Radio-Locator Information on WSON
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSON
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W243CU
- Radio-Locator information on W243CU
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