WUSX

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WUSX
Simulcasting WGMD Rehoboth Beach
Broadcast area Salisbury-Ocean City
Frequency 98.5 MHz
Programming
Format Talk
Affiliations Fox News Radio
AccuWeather
Genesis Communications Network
Salem Radio Network
USA Radio Network
Westwood One
Baltimore Orioles Radio Network
Baltimore Ravens Radio Network
Philadelphia Phillies Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Mark Giuliani
  • (Datatech Digital LLC)
WGMD
History
First air date
1972 (as WSUX-FM at 98.3)
Former call signs
WSUX-FM (1972-1991)
WECY-FM (1991-1995)
WSUX (1995-1998)
WGBG (1998-2016)
WGBG-FM (2016-2018)
WKHI (2018)
Former frequencies
98.3 MHz (1972-1998)
Technical information
Facility ID 4340
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 98 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°36′47″N75°35′12″W / 38.61306°N 75.58667°W / 38.61306; -75.58667
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website wgmd.com

WUSX (98.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Seaford, Delaware and serving Salisbury, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, Southern Delaware, Virginia, and the rest of Delmarva, with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury. Its tower is located in Seaford.

Contents

Mornings previously featured The Bob and Tom Show, middays and afternoons with local on air personalities, and nights with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper. Music consisted classic rock from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s.

Currently the morning drive is hosted by Mike Bradley from 5 am - 9 am Monday through Friday. Jake Smith takes over from 9 am to Noon. The Dan Bongino show airs from Noon to 3 pm followed by MJ Powell from 3 pm to 6pm.

The Talk of Delmarava, WGMD 92.7 and WUSX 98.5 has 10 hours of live and local shows each weekday. Each Saturday, The Talk of Delmarva has live and local programming unti 2pm and local programming until 4pm.

History

98.3 WSUX-FM signed on the air in February 1972, carrying the programming of 1280 WSUX.

Previous studios were located along U.S. Route 13 in Seaford, Delaware. The station originally transmitted at 98.3 FM before moving to 98.5 FM in 1998. Previous formats included an easy listening format with call signs WSUX-FM (Sussex County) and WECY-FM (Easy).

On August 17, 2018, the station's WGBG-FM call sign and format moved from 98.5 FM to WKHI 107.7 FM Fruitland, MD, and 98.5 continued to simulcast 107.7 under a new WKHI call sign, until a new format was announced. [1] The station changed its call sign again on August 24, 2018, to WUSX.

On September 17, 2018, WUSX split from its simulcast with WGBG-FM and began stunting towards a new format to launch on September 21, 2018, at 5 pm. [2]

On September 21, 2018 at 5 p.m., WUSX flipped to a Gold-Based Country music format, branded as "US 98.5".

On November 30, 2021, WUSX was purchased by Mark Giuliani's Datatech Digital, LLC and changed format on December 1 from country to a simulcast of talk-formatted WGMD 92.7 FM Rehoboth Beach. [3]

Former personalities

Transmitter

The transmitter is a class A transmitter, 6,000 watts, HAAT 98 meters, located in Seaford, Delaware. Facility ID 4340. Located on coordinates 38°36′47″N75°35′12″W / 38.61306°N 75.58667°W / 38.61306; -75.58667

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References

  1. K107.7 Gives Way to Big Classic Rock Delmarva Radioinsight - August 17, 2018
  2. US98.5 Launches In Delmarva Radioinsight - September 18, 2018
  3. US 98.5 Salisbury Flips To WGMD Simulcast Radioinsight - December 2, 2021