WOSN (97.1

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) is a

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owned by Treasure & Space Coast Radio. It broadcasts a

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, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December.

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to Indian River Shores, Florida, the station serves the

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including Vero Beach, Florida, Vero Beach and Fort Pierce, Florida, Fort Pierce. The station license is held by Vero Beach Broadcasters. The Radio studio, studios and offices are on 16th Street in Vero Beach. The transmitter is off 77th Street, also in Vero Beach. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 23,000 watts.

History

In 1996, the station sign-on, signed on the air as WAAE. It was owned by Centennial Broadcasting of Florida with studios on 43rd Street in Vero Beach. Within months, it had switched its call sign to WOSN, representing the word "Ocean." The station originally had an adult standards sound. WOSN derived some of its programming from Westwood One (current), Westwood One's ''America's Best Music'' satellite service. Jeff Rollins, who had been with ''America's Best Music'', hosted a local morning show from 6 a.m. to noon. Weekend programming included Herb Oscar Anderson, formerly of WABC (AM), WABC in New York City, Saturdays at 7 p.m. In early 2017, WOSN updated its sound to soft adult contemporary music. Current on-air personalities include Hamp Elliott, Bob Soos, Jim Davis, Rick Lane, Juan O'Reilly, and Bill Dake (host of the ''Sunday Smooth Jazz Brunch'').

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* Radio stations in Florida, OSN Radio stations established in 1996 Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Soft adult contemporary radio stations in the United States 1996 establishments in Florida {{Florida-radio-station-stub