WEIS (AM)
City | Centre, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Anniston, Alabama |
Slogan | "The Voice of Cherokee County" |
Frequency | 990 AM (kHz) |
Translator(s) | 100.5 FM (W263BW) |
First air date |
December 28, 1961 (first license granted) |
Format | Country/Southern Gospel |
Power |
1000 watts (day) 30 watts (night) |
ERP | 60 watts (FM) |
Class | D (AM & FM) |
Facility ID | 3619 |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°09′10″N 85°40′44″W / 34.15278°N 85.67889°W |
Callsign meaning | WEISs Lake |
Owner | Baker Enterprises, Inc. |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | weisradio.com |
WEIS (990 AM and FM translator W263BW 100.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to the community of Centre, Alabama. The station serves the Gadsden, Alabama and Anniston, Alabama, area. The station is owned by Baker Enterprises, Inc. It airs a Country music format during the day and Southern Gospel music at night and all day on Sunday.[1] In addition to its music programming, WEIS broadcasts news updates all day plus Atlanta Braves baseball, Auburn Tigers football, Alabama Crimson Tide football and daily Weiss Lake fishing reports.
The station was assigned the "WEIS" call sign by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[2]
References
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
External links
- WEIS official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WEIS
- Radio-Locator Information on WEIS
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WEIS
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W263BW
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