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Broadcast area | Greenfield, Indiana Rushville, Indiana |
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Frequency | 1520 kHz |
Branding | Giant FM Country |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | ABC News Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | 3 Towers Broadcasting Company, LLC |
History | |
First air date | January 14, 1961 (as WSVL) [1] |
Former call signs | WSVL (1961 [2] -1990) [3] WOOO (1990–2000) [3] WKWH (2000–2007) [3] |
Call sign meaning | ShelbyVille |
Technical information [4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 2872 |
Class | D |
Power | 260 watts day 4 watts night |
Translator(s) | 96.5 W243CL (Shelbyville) 106.3 W292FH (Shelbyville) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | giant.fm |
WSVX 1520 AM is a radio station licensed to Shelbyville, Indiana. The station broadcasts a country music format and is owned by 3 Towers Broadcasting Company, LLC. [5] WSVX is also heard on 96.5 FM and through a translator in Shelbyville, Indiana and 106.3 FM through a translator in Hancock County, Indiana. [6]
The station began broadcasting January 14, 1961, and originally held the call sign WSVL. [1] [2] The station was originally licensed to run 250 watts, 24 hours a day, using a directional array. [2] In 1963, the station's daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts. [2]
In 1990, the station's call sign was changed to WOOO. [3] WOOO aired a country music format in the early 1990s. [7] By 1996, the station had begun airing an oldies format. [8] In 2000, the station's call sign was changed to WKWH. [3] The station continued to air an oldies format, with the branding "Power Oldies". [9] [10] By 2004, the station's format had shifted to classic hits, and the station was branded "Classic Hits 1520". [11] [12] In 2007, the station's call sign was changed to WSVX, [3] and the station began airing a CHR format. [13]
In 2008, 3 Towers Broadcasting Company purchased W243CL 96.5 in Shelbyville for $20,000, and it began rebroadcasting the programming of WSVX. [14] In 2011, the station's daytime power was reduced to 260 watts and the nighttime power was reduced to 4 watts, with omnidirectional daytime and nighttime operation, using a single tower, following the collapse of one of the station's three towers. [15] In 2018, WSVX began to be rebroadcast in Hancock County on 106.3 W292FH. [6]
On November 30, 2020 WSVX changed their format from top 40 (CHR) to country, branded as "Giant FM Country". [16]
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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W243CL | 96.5 FM | Shelbyville, Indiana | 142111 | 250 | 96.4 m (316 ft) | D | LMS |
W292FH | 106.3 FM | Shelbyville, Indiana | 200682 | 170 | 100 m (328 ft) | D | LMS |