WOSH explained

WOSH
City:Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Area:Appleton-Oshkosh
Branding:WOSH NewsTalk 93.9 & 1490
Frequency:1490 kHz
Airdate:1941
Format:News/talk
Power:1,000 watts
Class:C
Facility Id:69780
Callsign Meaning:W OSHkosh
Former Callsigns:WOSH (1941–1975)
WYTL (1975–1984)
Affiliations:ABC News Radio
Fox News Radio
Radio America
Westwood One
Owner:Cumulus Media
Licensee:Cumulus Licensing LLC
Sister Stations:WNAM, WPKR, WVBO, WWWX
Website:1490wosh.com
Licensing Authority:FCC

WOSH (1490 AM) is a radio station serving the Oshkosh, Wisconsin area with a news/talk format including the ABC News Radio network. This station is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

The station began broadcasting on December 31, 1941. During the late 1960s until 1975, WOSH was the leading Top 40 radio station in the Appleton-Oshkosh market, with Jonathon Brandmeier as the station's star disc jockey.

On August 1, 1975, AM 1490's callsign was changed from WOSH to WYTL, and its format changed from top 40 to modern country. This change was advertised as a "frequency swap" to listeners, where WYTL-FM "moved" along with its country format to AM 1490, and WOSH-AM "moved" to FM 103.9 with its top 40 format.[1]

In 1984, the call sign WOSH was reinstated to 1490 and the current news/talk format established.
thumb|left|WOSH logo from 1975

External links

44.0458°N -88.5292°W

Notes and References

  1. News: 1975-07-31. At Midnight Thursday the Big Switch is On! (WOSH-WYTL advertisement). 29. The Post-Crescent. 2020-07-18.