WYRD (AM)

WYRD
Broadcast areaUpstate South Carolina
Frequency1330 kHz
BrandingThe Fan Upstate
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 23, 1924; 99 years ago (1924-11-23) (Knoxville, Tennessee)[1]
May 3, 1933; 91 years ago (1933-05-03) (Greenville)
Former call signs
WFBC (1924–1997)
Call sign meaning
"Word" (Y substitutes for the O, used in sister station WORD)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34389
ClassB
Power5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
34°51′18.00″N 82°25′24.00″W / 34.8550000°N 82.4233333°W / 34.8550000; -82.4233333
Translator(s)97.7 W249DL (Greenville) (relays WFBC-FM HD3 Greenville)
Repeater(s)950 WORD (Spartanburg)
93.7 WFBC-FM HD3 (Greenville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/thefanupstate

WYRD (1330 kHz), branded as "The Fan Upstate", is a sports-formatted commercial AM radio station, licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to Audacy, Inc. in Greenville, South Carolina, which serves Upstate South Carolina. Studios and transmitter site are located in Greenville.

The station power is 5 kW, non-directional daytime and 3-way directional at night. Programming is simulcast on WORD 950 AM Spartanburg, and by translators W249DL 97.7 MHz, Greenville and W246CV 97.1 MHz, Spartanburg.

  1. ^ "Formal Opening of WFBC, First Baptist Church Radio Station Slated For Today", Knoxville (Tennessee) Sunday Journal and Tribune, November 23, 1924, page 11-A
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYRD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.