WPCH (AM)

WPCH
City West Point, Georgia
Slogan The Touch AM 1310
Frequency 1310 kHz
Format Urban Adult Contemporary
Power 1,000 watts day
25 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 54864
Transmitter coordinates 32°53′48.00″N 85°9′24.00″W / 32.8966667°N 85.1566667°W / 32.8966667; -85.1566667
Callsign meaning PeaCH
Former callsigns WZZZ (?-1988)
WPLV (1988-1994)
WCJM (1994-1996)
WPLV (1996-2015)
Affiliations ABC Radio
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.)
Sister stations WCJM-FM, WKKR, WMXA, WTLM, WZMG

WPCH (1310 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Urban Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to West Point, Georgia, USA, the station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C., and features programming from ABC Radio.[1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters WPLV on 1988-01-01. On 1994-10-07, the station changed its call sign to WCJM, then on 1996-02-23 switched back to WPLV.[2]

In March 2003, Root Communications License Company, L.P., reached an agreement to sell this station to Qantum Communications subsidiary Qantum of Auburn License Company, LLC, as part of a 26 station deal valued at $82.2 million.[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 30, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on July 2, 2003.[4]

On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WPLV, to Clear Channel Communications for WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York as part of the sale of the WALK stations to Connoisseur Media.[5] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.

The station took on the WPCH call sign on June 1, 2015.

References

  1. "WPCH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "WPCH Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "Changing Hands - 3/17/2003". Broadcasting & Cable. March 17, 2003.
  4. "Application Search Details (BALH-20030307ACE)". FCC Media Bureau. July 2, 2003.
  5. Venta, Lance (May 15, 2014). "Qantum Sells To Clear Channel; Connoisseur Expands In Long Island". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 15, 2014.


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