WDSC (800
kHz
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) is an
AM radio station
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broadcasting a
sports
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format. Licensed to
Dillon, South Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by
iHeartMedia, Inc., through licensee iHM Licenses, LLC. Its studios are located in Florence, and its transmitter is located south of Dillon.
History
In 1993, WDSC had a
sports talk
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comed ...
format when it went off the air.
As of 1997, WDSC was owned by Root Communications, Ltd. Qantum Communications Inc. purchased
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
Florence ...
's Root Communications Group LP stations in 2003.
The station was
simulcast
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on
WWRK.
On April 11, 2013 WDSC changed their format from gospel to sports, with programming from
NBC Sports Radio
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.
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WDSC, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of
WALK AM-
FM in
Patchogue, New York
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The Incorporated Village of Patchogue is an incorporated community in the Town (New ...
to
Connoisseur Media
Connoisseur Media LLC is an American media company. It is based in Westport, Connecticut and led by Jeff Warshaw. As of May 2024, Connoisseur operates 13 radio stations and digital assets in four U.S. markets: Frederick, MD, Nassau-Suffolk, NY, Ne ...
via Qantum.
The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.
References
External links
DSC DSC or Dsc may refer to:
Education
* Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)
* District Selection Committee, an entrance exam in India
* Doctor of Surgical Chiropody, superseded in the 1960s by Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Educational institutions
* Dyal Sin ...
IHeartMedia radio stations
Sports radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1946
1946 establishments in South Carolina
Fox Sports Radio stations
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