WTSK

WTSK

Tuscaloosa, Alabama United States
Broadcast area	Tuscaloosa and vicinity
Frequency	790 kHz
Branding	Praise 93.3
Programming
Format	Gospel music
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare License, LLC)
Sister stations	WFFN, WQRR, WTBC, WALJ, WTUG-FM
History
First air date	1958 (as WTUG)
Former call signs	WTUG (1958–1980)
Call sign meaning	"Tuscaloosa"[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	54795
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (day) 36 watts (night)
Translator(s)	93.3 W227DD (Brent)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	praise933.com

WTSK (790 AM, "Praise 93.3") is a radio station serving the Tuscaloosa, Alabama, area with a gospel music format.^[3] It is under ownership of Townsquare Media.

In February 2005, Apex Broadcasting Inc. (Houston L. Pearce, chairman) reached an agreement to sell WTSK and six other radio stations in Alabama to Citadel Broadcasting (Farid Suleman, chairman/CEO) for a reported sale price of $29 million.^[4] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.^[5] Cumulus sold the station, along with its sister stations, to Townsquare Media effective July 31, 2012.

WTSK provides regular weather coverage from ABC 33/40 Chief Meteorologist James Spann. During times of active severe, tropical, and Winter weather events, WTSK provides West, Alabama's only live and local weather coverage on the radio, with local, in house, Staff Meteorologist Bobby Best.

Additionally, under the ownership of Townsquare Media and the direction of Market President/Chief Revenue Officer David R. Dubose, WTSK also provides West, Alabama radio's only live and local news coverage with News Director Don Hartley and West, Alabama's only live and local traffic coverage with Traffic Reporter Capt'n Ray.