WUCO

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WUCO
WUCO 1550-107.7 logo.png
Broadcast area Evansville, Indiana
Frequency 1550 kHz
BrandingThe Sports Edge 1550 AM
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio, Kentucky Sports Radio
Ownership
OwnerHenson Media, Inc.
WMSK-FM, WSON
History
First air date
November 1960 (as WMSK)
Former call signs
WMSK (1960–1999)
WYGS (1999–2000)
WMSK (2000–2015)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 68808
Class D
Power 145 watts day
6 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 37°40′4″N87°55′46″W / 37.66778°N 87.92944°W / 37.66778; -87.92944
Translator(s) 107.7 W299CH (Morganfield)
Links
Public license information

WUCO (1550 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Morganfield, Kentucky, United States, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Henson Media, Inc. and features programming from Fox Sports Radio and Kentucky Sports Radio. [2] [3]

Contents

FM Translator

In addition to the main station at 1550 kHz, WUCO is relayed by an FM translator, to widen its broadcast area, especially during nighttime hours when the AM frequency reduces power to only 6 watts.

Broadcast translator for WUCO
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W299CH107.7 FM Morganfield, Kentucky 145129250D LMS

History

The station went on the air in November 1960, and, with the exception of a brief period in 1999-2000 using the call sign WYGS, the station had always been known as WMSK. [4]

On January 3, 2011, the station switched from its former classic country music format to sports, affiliating with Fox Sports Radio and Kentucky Sports Radio.

The station changed from WMSK to the current WUCO call sign on February 12, 2015.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUCO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ http://kentuckysportsradio.com/ Kentucky Sports Radio
  3. ↑ "WUCO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "WUCO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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