WELD (AM)

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WELD
Station weldam.JPG
Broadcast area Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Frequency 690 kHz
Branding690 WELD Radio
Programming
Format Oldies
Classic hits
Affiliations ABC Radio News
Cumulus Media Networks's Classic Hits network
Ownership
OwnerThunder Associates, LLC
WELD-FM, WQWV
History
First air date
1956
Technical information
Facility ID 60923
Class D
Power 3,000 watts daytime
500 watts critical hours
14 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates
39°3′8.4″N79°0′20.1″W / 39.052333°N 79.005583°W / 39.052333; -79.005583
Links
Webcast WELD Webstream
Website WELD Online

WELD is an oldies and classic hits formatted broadcast 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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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.). [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. 28 October 1957. p. 74. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  3. "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2018.