WTUS-LP (103.3 FM) is a

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to serve

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. The station is owned by the Tuscaloosa City Board of Education. It airs a

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format interspersed with smooth jazz. The station was assigned the WTUS-LP call letters by the

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on October 19,

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. WTUS originally shared time on the channel with WUAC-LP. WTUS broadcast from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily, with WUAC broadcasting the other twelve hours of each day. WUAC-LP's license was cancelled by the FCC on December 16, 2014, due to the station having been silent for more than twelve months, which allowed WTUS-LP to commence 24 hour operations.

References

External links

WTUS-LP official website
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