WORD (AM)
| Simulcasts WYRD Greenville | |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Upstate South Carolina |
| Frequency | 950 kHz |
| Branding | The Fan Upstate |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Sports |
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| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | February 17, 1930 |
Former call signs | WSPA (1930–2002) |
Call sign meaning | Word; no particular meaning otherwise |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66390 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°58′53.00″N 81°59′14.00″W / 34.9813889°N 81.9872222°W |
| Translator(s) | 97.1 W246CV (Spartanburg) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
| Website | www |
WORD (950 kHz), known on-air as "The Fan Upstate", is a sports-formatted AM radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. The Audacy, Inc. outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Spartanburg, South Carolina, and broadcasts with a power of 5,000 watts during the day and 65 watts at night using a non-directional antenna. The programming on WORD is simultaneously broadcast on WYRD 1330 AM Greenville; W249DL 97.7 MHz, Greenville; and W246CV 97.1 MHz, Spartanburg. "The Fan Upstate" format can also be heard on WFBC-FM HD3, Greenville. WORD's transmitter is located on the aptly named Broadcast Drive in Spartanburg, while its studios are in Greenville.