WELD (690
kHz) is a commercial
oldies
Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music.
Since 2 ...
and
classic hits formatted broadcast AM radio station licensed to
Fisher, West Virginia, serving the
Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.
By day, WELD is powered at 3,000 watts, using a
non-directional antenna. But because
690 AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 690 kHz: 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency. CKGM Montreal and XEWW Tijuana share Class A status of 690 kHz.
In Argentina
* LRA4 in Salta, Salta.
* L ...
is a Canadian and Mexican
clear channel frequency reserved for
Class A stations
CKGM
CKGM (''TSN Radio, TSN 690 Montreal'') is an English language, English-language AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Montreal, Quebec, owned by Bell Media Radio. Formerly an network affiliate, affiliate of sports radio network "The Team (radio n ...
in
Montreal
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and
XEWW in
Rosarito, WELD reduce power during
critical hours, and reduce power at night to 14 watts.
History
By the 1950s,
Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957) had added WELD (AM) to the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.).
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References
External links
1956 establishments in West Virginia
Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Hardy County, West Virginia
Oldies radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1956
ELD
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