WSPG

WSPG
City Spartanburg, South Carolina
Broadcast area Spartanburg, South Carolina
Branding Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg
Frequency 1400 kHz
First air date September 1, 1952
Format Fox Sports Radio
ERP 1,000 watts
Class C
Facility ID 3026
Transmitter coordinates 34°58′26.00″N 81°55′37.00″W / 34.9738889°N 81.9269444°W / 34.9738889; -81.9269444
Former callsigns WKDY 1970, WYYR 1991, WMMZ 1994, WKDY 1998
Owner Fox Sports Spartanburg LLC
Website Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg

WSPG (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is owned by Jose Roberto and Aida Esperanza Ekonomo, though airtime is leased to Fox Sports Spartanburg LLC. The WSPG studios and transmitter are located at 340 Garner Road in Spartanburg.and Pending Sale to Fox Sports Spartanburg LLC [1]

History

The station signed on the air September 1, 1952. In the 1970s WKDY was first owned by Capitol Broadcasting Corporation until the late 70s. In 1991 the station was purchased and went back on air as WYYR and was owned by some of the former employees of WORDTony Brooks, Bobby Dean and Todd Brown. It was later purchased by T.C. Lewis and Todd Brown who operated several different formats in the 1990s. During this time, the station was known as Spartanburg's only locally owned community station. Brown sold his interest to Lewis. Lewis sold the station to Matthew Fulmer in 2003 who changed formats to brokered religious programming. The station was sold to again to its current owners in 2006. On January 11, 2010, the station began simulcasting on 97.1 FM. This was done to help cancel out the AM signal that is reduced significantly at night, as well as provide better audio quality.
On January 11, 2014 WSPG ESPN 1400 was Knock off the air due to Tower collapse[2]

On February 1, 2016 it was announce that WSPG AM 1400 is coming back on the air as Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg[3]
on February 10, 2016 WSPG 1400 sign back on the air as Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg [4]

Programming

ESPN Spartanburg was run by Matt Smith, known as "Smitty" on air. Smith worked at the station before the change to an all sports format. He created and co hosted what is now known as Open Mic Daily, the station's weekday afternoon sports call in show. In May 2012 Smith took over operations of the station from Mark Hauser, who had served as President and General Manager. Hauser is the long time "Voice of the Wofford College Terriers" and one of the co-hosts of Open Mic Daily. Hauser is also well known as the former voice of the Greenville Braves. Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg is run by Fox Sports Spartanburg LLC,
The station aired locally produced sports shows plus national programming and live sporting events from Fox Sports Radio. Fox Sports 1400 Spartanburg also carried live sports from the following teams:

Sports teams

Local programs

References

  1. ↑ http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160203/ARTICLES/160209856/-1/LIFE?Title=Spartanburg-AM-sports-station-to-return-as-Fox-Sports-affiliate
  2. ↑ http://www.goupstate.com/article/20140111/ARTICLES/140119956
  3. ↑ http://www.goupstate.com/article/20160203/ARTICLES/160209856/-1/LIFE?Title=Spartanburg-AM-sports-station-to-return-as-Fox-Sports-affiliate
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/spartanburg1400

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