WSRY
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1550 kHz |
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| Branding | Reach Gospel Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Priority Radio, Inc. |
| WXHL-FM 89.1 FM Christiana, Delaware; WXHM 91.9 FM Middletown, Delaware | |
| History | |
First air date | August 22, 1963 |
Former call signs | WSER (1963–2002) WXHL (2002–2005) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 21621 | |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 1 watt night |
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| [[Broadcast relay station|TranslatorTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 100.9 W265BG (Elkton) 107.3 W297CA (Wilmington, Delaware) |
| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | reachgospelradio |
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WSRY (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an urban gospel music format. Licensed to Elkton, Maryland, United States. The station is currently owned by Priority Radio, Inc.[2]
History
The station's call letters were WSER when it first signed on. The day was Thursday, August 22, 1963, and as "the transmitter came to life with regular programming for Cecil County" listeners heard a special opening ceremony. County and town officials were on hand, and the Rev. Howard O. Van Sice, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elkton, gave the invocation."[3]
For nearly 40 years, the studio on Maloney Road just outside of Elkton was the County's daytime spot on the dial, the airwaves being filled with conversation about Cecil County in between the hits of the day.[4]
The station was a starting point for many broadcasting careers, including that of late ESPN personality Tom Mees. Brian Barrabee's First Philadelphia Properties sold the station in late 1999 to a Delaware-based religious group (Faith City Church) and it became a Moody Broadcasting affiliate in February 2000, later simulcasting WXHL-FM's Contemporary Christian music programming. The station changed its call letters to WXHL on February 15, 2002. The station changed its call sign to the current WSRY and became an ESPN/all sports station in 2005, later reverting to simulcasting WXHL-FM in 2009.[5]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WSRY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WSRY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WSER - Playing the Tunes on Elkton's Radio Station". Window on Cecil County's Past. September 22, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WSER - Playing the Tunes on Elkton's Radio Station". Window on Cecil County's Past. September 22, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WSRY Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- reachgospelradio
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- WSRY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
