WFIS (AM) explained

DWFIS
City:Fountain Inn, South Carolina
Airdate:September 1956
Frequency:1600 kHz
Format:Defunct (formerly News Talk Information)
Power:1,000 watts day
25 watts night
Class:D
Facility Id:24530
Coordinates:34.7078°N -82.2278°W
Callsign Meaning:We're, Fountain Inn, Simpsonville
Owner:Timeless Media, Inc.
Licensing Authority:FCC

WFIS (1600 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the Fountain Inn/Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States, area. The station was owned by Timeless Media, Inc.

On January 2, 2014, the station licensee was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for cancellation. The licensee indicated that the surrender was related to their pending application to increase the broadcast power of co-owned station WTZQ in Henderson, North Carolina.[1] On January 3, 2014, the FCC cancelled the station license.

Translators

WFIS was relayed by an FM translator in Fountain Inn, to improve coverage in areas of the town where reception was poor:

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=46047 FCC CDSB Application Search for WFIS. Accessed March 5, 2014