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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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| Frequency | 1300 kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | August 22, 1949 (as WOSC) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 52370 | |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°17′41″N 76°26′35″W / 43.29472°N 76.44306°W |
| Translator | 98.5 W253BZ (Fulton) |
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WOSW (1300 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fulton, New York, United States. The station serves the northern suburbs of the Syracuse area. WOSW is owned by Craig Fox's Wolf Radio, through licensee Foxfur Communications, LLC.[2]
The station went on the air as WOSC on August 22, 1949.[3] By the late 1960s, the station programmed a format of pop and easy rock music, local and Mutual network news, and popular local personalities such as Carl Dunn in the morning, Frank Dale, Bob Putnam, Pat Riley, and Dave Kramer throughout the day. Manager Robert Rooney kept the station glued to the local news events. During this time, the co-owned WOSC-FM became the first FM station to program rock and roll on FM in central New York. In 1972, recent Syracuse University graduate Peter McElvein took over the morning program and, later that year, attained the highest ratings in its history, fifth overall out of more than 15 Syracuse stations, although the station was 22 miles (35 km) away from Syracuse. By the mid-1980s the station was briefly silent and then it returned to the air as WZZZ on June 19, 1988.[4] On August 16, 2002, the station changed its call sign to WAMF, and again to the current WOSW on June 1, 2012.[5]
During the time as WAMF, the station broadcast as an affiliate of Radio Disney. The format changed to classic country in September 2012, branded as "Real Country 1300". During this time, it was unknown whether or not the Real Country satellite network was being used. WOSW also carried NASCAR races from the Motor Racing Network.[6]
In 2015, the station began simulcasting the sports format on WOLF.
In late June 2016, the station's format was temporarily changed to country to facilitate a trade of sister station WOLF-FM with Family Life Network. This arrangement was required in order for the then-station owner to comply with the multiple ownership rule set forth by the Federal Communications Commission. Family Life temporarily simulcast the station on its WOLF-FM until the consummation was completed in August 2017.[7]
Effective August 21, 2017, Cram Communications sold WOSW to Pathway Community Radio, Inc. for $20,000. The transaction was largely a paper transaction as Craig Fox controls both companies; Sinan Mimaroglu, the other major stakeholder in the company, operates Armstrong Transmitter Corporation, which sells broadcasting equipment. The station went silent that day.
Effective February 21, 2020, Pathway Community Radio sold WOSW to Craig Fox's Foxfur Communications, LLC for $25,000.
WOSW has been listed as silent since July 15, 2021.
WOSW 1300 kHz along with its FM translator W253BZ at 98.5 MHz serving Fulton/Oswego currently simulcasts WOLF's sports radio format.[8] [9]
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WOSW (1300 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fulton, New York, United States. The station serves the northern suburbs of the Syracuse area. WOSW is owned by Craig Fox's Wolf Radio, through licensee Foxfur Communications, LLC.
WOLF (1490 kHz) is a commercial sports radio formatted broadcast AM radio station licensed to Syracuse, New York, serving the Syracuse metropolitan area. The station is owned by Craig Fox, who also owns several other radio and low-power TV stations in the state of New York. The WOLF broadcast license is held by WOLF Radio, Inc. The station is also simulcast on FM translator W223CP at 92.5 FM, on the FM6 service of WVOA-LD at 87.75 FM, and in Fulton, New York, on WOSW 1300 AM and its FM translator, W253BZ at 98.5 FM.
WAMF may refer to: WAMF-LP, a low-power radio station (90.3 FM) licensed to serve New Orleans, Louisiana, United States WOSW, a radio station (1300 AM) licensed to serve Fulton, New York, United States, which held the call sign WAMF from 2002 to 2012 WANM, a radio station (90.5 FM) licensed to serve Tallahassee, Florida, United States, which held the call sign WAMF until 1999 WAMH, a radio station (89.3 FM) licensed to serve the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts, which held the call sign WAMF until 1971
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2012. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalities.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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