WSON
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Broadcast area | Evansville, Indiana |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 860 kHz |
| Branding | 860-AM & 96.5-FM, WSON |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | NBC News Radio Tennessee Titans Radio Network Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
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Call sign meaning | Henderson |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 26946 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 500 watts |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wsonradio.com |
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WSON (860 AM) 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 NBC News Radio and Westwood One, as well as locally produced programming.[3] The station can be heard during daylight hours in neighboring Evansville, Indiana and Owensboro, Kentucky.
History
The station's construction permit was issued by the FCC to Paducah Broadcasters, Inc., the station's first owner, in June 1941.[4] On December 17, 1941, ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, WSON first signed on the air under direction by Henderson businessman Hecht Lackey, who previously launched and managed WPAD in Paducah and WHOP in Hopkinsville.[1]Template:R/superscript The station originally broadcast from studios on Zion Road. For most of its first four decades on the air, WSON was a 250 watt daytime-only station, signing off at sunset in order to protect Radio-Canada flagship station CJBC in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 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; this protects the skywave signal of CJBC as 860 AM is a Canadian clear-channel frequency.
In 1943, the station was sold to Henderson Broadcasting Co., Inc.[4]Template:R/superscript The next year, the station affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) and doubled its transmitter power to 500 watts.[1]Template:R/superscript In 1947, the station's FM companion station was launched as WSON-FM (now WKDQ); it began simulcasting its AM programming until sometime in 1971,[4]Template:R/superscript at which point the FM station became a separate entity.[1]Template:R/superscript
The station relocated to new studios on North Main Street in 1955; the station would return to its original facility in 1967. The following year, the station disaffiliated with MBS to become independent once again. The station picked up an affiliation with ABC Radio in 1961, but switched to CBS Radio two years afterwards.[1]Template:R/superscript
WSON would eventually become affiliated with NBC Radio.
Recent developments
In July 2010, owner Henry Lackey, the son of station founder Hecht Lackey, announced that he had agreed to sell WSON to Ed Henson, which owns WMSK-AM-FM in Morganfield and Sturgis, Kentucky. The deal received FCC approval and was consummated soon thereafter.[4]Template:R/superscript[5]
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. It 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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- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN 9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WSON". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WSON Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Boyett, Frank (December 14, 2016). "WSON Radio celebrating 75 years on the air". Henderson Gleaner. Henderson, Kentucky. Archived from the original on February 26, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stinnett, Chuck (July 12, 2010). "WSON sale planned to Union County station owner". Henderson Gleaner. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
External links
- FCC History Cards for WSON
- 860 WSON on Twitter
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- WSON in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- W243CU at FCCdata.org
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- W300ED at FCCdata.org
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