WSAT is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Adult Standards

Adult standards

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/oldies

Oldies

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 format. Licensed to Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County...

, USA. The station is currently owned by Cap Communications, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio . Most of the station's music comes from the Dial Global adult standards

America's Best Music

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 format that uses the on-air brand "America's Best Music". Sports coverage on the station includes Catawba College

Catawba College

Catawba College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Founded in 1851 by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in Newton, the college adopted its name from its county of origin, Catawba County, before moving to its current home of Salisbury...

 football and men's and women's basketball, area high school sports, the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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 of the NFL, and American Legion

American Legion

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 baseball. The station also airs The Huckabee Report

The Huckabee Report

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, which is hosted by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

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 and is the successor program to Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey

Paul Harvey Aurandt , better known as Paul Harvey, was an American radio broadcaster for the ABC Radio Networks. He broadcast News and Comment on weekday mornings and mid-days, and at noon on Saturdays, as well as his famous The Rest of the Story segments. His listening audience was estimated, at...

's long-running News and Comments program.

History

WSAT was Salisbury's second radio station, signing on in 1948. Harry Welch, Sr. took over as general manager in 1953, and for nearly 50 years WSAT was run by someone from the Welch family. It was once known as "The Family Station". Past personalities include Grady Cole, Russ McIntyre, and Bob Mason

Bob Mason

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. Mike Moore, at age 13 in July 1960, began his radio career hosting a "top tunes" show. Moore, now running WLOE

WLOE

WLOE and WMYN is a radio station simucastingtalk and religious formats. Licensed to Eden, NC, USA, it serves the Greensboro, NC area...

/WMYN, continued to work at WSAT until 1966. He believed he was the youngest person working in radio at that time.

In the 1990s WSAT broadcast an oldies format in the morning, nostalgia/big band

Big band

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 and easy listening

Easy listening

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 during the midday hours, and ESPN radio

ESPN Radio

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 in the late afternoon. The station was also an affiliate for Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 baseball broadcasts.

Former WSAT personality Buddy Poole bought the station in 2002 and changed the station to the current format. For four years, the station used the Memories

Unforgettable Favorites

Unforgettable Favorites was a satellite driven format distributed by ABC Radio Networks...

 format until that format was discontinued by its syndicator ABC Radio Networks.