WURD
kHz | |
| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Format | Urban talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | LEVAS Communications, LP |
| History | |
First air date | 1958 |
Former call signs | WFLN (1958-1985) WDVT (1985-1988) WFLN (1988-1989) WURD (1989-1999) WEMG (1999-2001) |
Call sign meaning | WURD = Word |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52442 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 105 watts night |
| Translator(s) | 96.1 W241CH (Philadelphia) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | 900amwurd.com |
WURD (900
History
The station began operations around 1958 as WFLN, serving as a daytime-only AM simulcast of classical station WFLN-FM.
In the early 1980s, the station was sold to veteran Philadelphia broadcaster Frank Ford, who changed the callsign to WDVT, and changed the format to talk. Weekday talk show hosts on WDVT included Peter Tilden, Philadelphia Magazine writer Carol Saline, former Philadelphia Bulletin columnist D.I. Strunk and Ford himself. Weekend specialty shows on the station covered subjects ranging from pro wrestling to gay issues.
WDVT made little impact in the ratings, and after a few years, Ford took the station off the air and returned its license to the owners of WFLN, who sold it to Willis Broadcasting, a Virginia-based religious broadcaster who changed the call letters to WURD.
In 1996, Spanish broadcaster Alfredo Alonso bought the station for $1.5 million and turned it into a Spanish-language operation as WEMG, "Mega 900." The station became the first property purchased by Alonso, who founded Mega Broadcasting that same year. Eventually, Mega moved the WEMG call sign to 1310 kHz, and sold 900 AM for $8.5 million in 2002.
The new owner,
External links
- FCC History Cards for WURD
- WURD in the FCC AM station database
- WURD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
39°55′02″N 75°13′18″W / 39.91722°N 75.22167°W
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WURD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.