WISK
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WISK-FM is a radio station
airing a country music
format. Licensed to Americus, Georgia
, USA, the stations serve the Albany area. The station is currently owned by Sumter Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio .. There is a pending application by the station owner to move the AM broadcast to Lawrenceville, Georgia
and the 990 AM frequency.
The WISK call sign has been used by other broadcasters, including a short-lived station of the late 1950s in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
, now known as KDWB
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
airing a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. Licensed to Americus, Georgia
Americus, Georgia
-Early years:Americus, Georgia was named and chartered by Sen. Lovett B. Smith in 1832.For its first two decades, Americus was a small courthouse town. The arrival of the railroad in 1854 and, three decades later, local attorney Samuel H. Hawkins' construction of the only privately financed...
, USA, the stations serve the Albany area. The station is currently owned by Sumter Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio .. There is a pending application by the station owner to move the AM broadcast to Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville, Georgia
Lawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. The Census Bureau estimates the 2008 population at 29,258...
and the 990 AM frequency.
The WISK call sign has been used by other broadcasters, including a short-lived station of the late 1950s in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, now known as KDWB
KDWB
KDWB-FM is an American commercial radio station broadcasting in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota, the radio format was known for over fifty years as a major contemporary hit radio Top 40 pop music outlet. Its transmitter is located in Shoreview, Minnesota. It broadcasts in 5.1 cinema-quality...
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