WEUP (AM)

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WEUP
Broadcast area Tennessee Valley
Frequency 1700 kHz
BrandingWorship 94.5
Programming
Format Urban contemporary gospel and Urban adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Broadcast One
  • (Hundley Batts Sr. & Virginia Caples)
History
First air date
March 20, 1958(66 years ago) (1958-03-20)
Former call signs
WEUV (2000–2006)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 87141
Class B
Power
  • 10,000  watts (day)
  • 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 34°45′32″N86°38′35″W / 34.75889°N 86.64306°W / 34.75889; -86.64306
Translator(s) 94.5 W233BR (Moores Mill)
Repeater(s) WEUV (1190 kHz Moulton)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.worship945.com

WEUP (1700 AM) is an urban contemporary gospel and urban adult contemporary formatted radio station that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and the majority of the Tennessee Valley in North Alabama, United States. [2] WEUP is dubbed "Huntsville's Heritage Station" because it was the first in the region to broadcast an urban format. It has an urban contemporary sister station called WEUP-FM. The station's studios and transmitter are both co-located along Jordan Lane (SR 53) in Northwest Huntsville. WEUP is simulcast on WEUV (1190 AM) in Moulton, Alabama.

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History

WEUP originated as the expanded band "twin" of the original WEUP, which began broadcasting on March 20, 1958 as a 1000-watt station at 1600 kilohertz (kHz) on the standard AM band.

On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with the original WEUP authorized to move from 1600 to 1700 kHz. [3]

A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters WEUV on August 7, 2000. [4] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. [3] However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized. One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership. [5] [6]

In early 2006 there was a call letter swap between co-owned 1600 AM and 1700 AM, with 1600 AM becoming WEUV, and 1700 AM inheriting the historic WEUP call letters. [7] [4] (A few weeks later the call letters for AM 1600 were changed to WHIY).

WEUP logo until 2020 WEUP-AM logo new.png
WEUP logo until 2020

Translators

WEUP programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W233BR94.5 FM Moores Mill, Alabama 150832250D LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WEUP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. 1 2 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
  4. 1 2 "1700 AM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ "In re: WHLY(AM), South Bend, Indiana" (FCC DA 13-600, released April 3, 2013)
  6. ↑ "Re: WDDD (AM) Application for Consent to Assignment of AM Broadcast Station License" (August 23, 2010 correspondence from Peter H. Doyle, Chief, FCC Audio Division, Media Bureau. Reference Number 1800B3-TSN)
  7. ↑ "1600 AM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
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