WORD (AM)

WORD
Simulcasts WYRD Greenville
Broadcast areaUpstate South Carolina
Frequency950 kHz
BrandingThe Fan Upstate
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
February 17, 1930; 94 years ago (1930-02-17)
Former call signs
WSPA (1930–2002)
Call sign meaning
Word; no particular meaning otherwise
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66390
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts day
  • 65 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°58′53.00″N 81°59′14.00″W / 34.9813889°N 81.9872222°W / 34.9813889; -81.9872222
Translator(s)97.1 W246CV (Spartanburg)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/thefanupstate

WORD (950 kHz), known on-air as "The Fan Upstate", is a sports-formatted AM radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. The Audacy, Inc. outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Spartanburg, South Carolina, and broadcasts with a power of 5,000 watts during the day and 65 watts at night using a non-directional antenna. The programming on WORD is simultaneously broadcast on WYRD 1330 AM Greenville; W249DL 97.7 MHz, Greenville; and W246CV 97.1 MHz, Spartanburg. "The Fan Upstate" format can also be heard on WFBC-FM HD3, Greenville. WORD's transmitter is located on the aptly named Broadcast Drive in Spartanburg, while its studios are in Greenville.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WORD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.