WELD (AM)

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WELD
Broadcast area Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Frequency 690 kHz
Branding690 WELD Radio
Programming
Format Oldies–classic hits
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerThunder Associates, LLC
History
First air date
 1956
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 60923
Class D
Power
Transmitter coordinates
 39°3′8.4″N79°0′20.1″W / 39.052333°N 79.005583°W / 39.052333; -79.005583
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Public license information

WELD (690 kHz) is a commercial oldies and classic hits formatted broadcast AM radio station licensed to Fisher, West Virginia, serving the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.

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By day, WELD is powered at 3,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. But because 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations CKGM in Montreal and XEWW in Rosarito, WELD reduce power during critical hours, and reduce power at night to 14 watts.

History

By the 1950s, Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957) had added WELD (AM) to the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.). [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WELD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 28, 1957. p. 74. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. April 14, 2001. Retrieved December 18, 2018.


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