WWOS (810

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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, along with Southern gospel music.

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, it serves the Charleston metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg. Because it shares the same frequency as

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WGY in

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, WWOS is a

station. It is required to go off the air at sunset to avoid causing interference. The station's programming is heard around the clock on co-owned WWOS-FM 91.9 in St. George, South Carolina. WWOS-AM-FM are also

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in St. Matthews, South Carolina.

History

The station

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the air on . The original

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was WQIZ. It broadcast on 1300 kHz with 500 watts, as a

. Its original

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was St. George, South Carolina. In the 1970s, it moved to

AM 810 The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 810 kHz: 810 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. KSFO San Francisco and WGY Schenectady share Class A status on 810 AM. Because 810 kHz is a multiple of both 9 and 10, the ...

and received a boost in power to 5,000 watts, but still limited to daytime hours only. It played R&B music and was programmed for the

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community of Charleston and nearby communities. WQIZ was sold in 2015 to the Grace Baptist Church of Orangeburg. The station switched its

to WWOS and its new city of license became Walterboro, after the sale of

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to Apex Media, which had plans to move WALI to Hilton Head.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for WWOS
* WOS Radio stations established in 1987 WOS {{Christian-radio-station-stub