WTSK
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| City of license | Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Tuscaloosa and vicinity |
| Branding | The Truth 790 AM |
| Frequency | 790 kHz |
| Format | Gospel |
| Power |
5,000 watts (day) 36 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 54795 |
| Callsign meaning | TSK = "Tuscaloosa"[1] |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WBEI, WDGM, WFFN, WTUG-FM |
| Website | http://www.790wtsk.com/ |
WTSK (790 AM, "The Truth 790 AM") is a radio station serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area with a Gospel music format.[2] It is under ownership of Townsquare Media.
In February 2005, Apex Broadcasting Inc. (Houston L. Pearce, chairman) reached an agreement to sell WTSK and six other radio stations in Alabama to Citadel Broadcasting (Farid Suleman, chairman/CEO) for a reported sale price of $29 million.[3] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[4] Cumulus sold the station, along with its sister stations, to Townsquare Media effective July 31, 2012.
References
- ↑ Nelson, Bob (2008-10-18). "Call Letter Origins". The Broadcast Archive. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ↑ "Deals - 2/21/2005". Broadcasting & Cable. 2005-02-21.
- ↑ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
External links
- WTSK Information from Citadel Broadcasting website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WTSK
- Radio-Locator Information on WTSK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTSK
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Coordinates: 33°11′17″N 87°35′23″W / 33.18806°N 87.58972°W
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