WOSH

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WOSH
Broadcast area Appleton-Oshkosh
Frequency 1490 kHz
BrandingWOSH NewsTalk 93.9 & 1490
Programming
Format News/talk
Affiliations ABC News Radio
Fox News Radio
Radio America
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
WNAM, WPKR, WVBO, WWWX
History
First air date
1941
Former call signs
WOSH (1941–1975)
WYTL (1975–1984)
Call sign meaning
Oshkosh
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 69780
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Translator(s) 93.9 W230DB (Oshkosh)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 1490wosh.com

WOSH (1490 AM) is a radio station serving the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area with a news/talk format including the ABC News Radio network. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

The station began broadcasting on December 31, 1941. During the late 1960s until 1975, WOSH was the leading Top 40 radio station in the Appleton-Oshkosh market, with Jonathon Brandmeier as the station's star disc jockey.

On August 1, 1975, AM 1490's callsign was changed from WOSH to WYTL, and its format changed from top 40 to modern country. This change was advertised as a "frequency swap" to listeners, where WYTL-FM "moved" along with its country format to AM 1490, and WOSH-AM "moved" to FM 103.9 with its top 40 format. [2]

In 1984, the call sign WOSH was reinstated to 1490 and the current news/talk format established.

Former WOSH & WVBO Studios WOSH WVBO Studios Oshkosh Wisconsin.jpg
Former WOSH & WVBO Studios


WOSH logo from 1975 WOSH1975logo.png
WOSH logo from 1975

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WOSH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "At Midnight Thursday the Big Switch is On! (WOSH-WYTL advertisement)". The Post-Crescent. July 31, 1975. p. 29. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

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