WISL (AM)
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Programming | |
Format | Defunct |
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History | |
First air date | January 25, 1948[1] |
Last air date | 2003 |
Call sign meaning | W Isobel S Lark |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 36706 |
Power | 1,000 watts (day) 250 watts (night) |
WISL (1480
Early days
The station was assigned the license by the Federal Communications Commission on July 7, 1947.[2] WISL began regular broadcast operations in January 1948 with studios at Rock and Sunbury Streets in downtown Shamokin.[1][3]
WISL was originally owned by Radio Anthracite, Inc., with Henry W. Lark serving as company president.[4] The company name reflected the coal mining heritage of the Shamokin area. The call letters were for the owner's wife, Isobel S. Lark. This ownership would persist into the 1980s.[1]
In September 1997, Laurel Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station and its FM sister station to MJR Media, Inc., (Charles Michael Hagerty, president). The combo sold for a combined sale price of $400,000.[5] The deal was approved by the FCC on November 19, 1997.[6]
2000s
In August 2001, MJR Media, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the AM/FM station combo to
Shutdown
After more than 50 years of broadcasting, WISL's final broadcast license expired on August 1, 2006.[10] The call sign was deleted from the FCC database on May 19, 2008.[11]
To honor WISL's history, an Internet radio station has been created at www.WISL1480.com including photographs of the early days in Shamokin.
References
- ^ a b c "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-192.
- ^ "Call Sign Query". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "1948 — A Local Radio Station". 125 Years: City of Shamokin, Pennsylvania (1864-1989). Northumberland County Area History. 1991. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Directory of Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States". Broadcasting-Telecasting 1948 Yearbook. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1948. p. 210.
- ^ a b c "Changing Hands - 2001-09-03". Broadcasting & Cable. September 2, 2001.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-970915EF)". FCC Media Bureau. November 19, 1997.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20010808AAX)". FCC Media Bureau. October 2, 2001.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20020806AAQ)". FCC Media Bureau. September 16, 2002.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (October 21, 2002). "Pennsylvania". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Station Search Details". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
External links
- FCC Station Search Details: DWISL (Facility ID: 36706)
- FCC History Cards for WISL (covering 1946-1981 as WLRP / WISL)
- WISL 1480 Website