WELD (AM)
Radio station in Fisher, West Virginia, United States
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WELD (690 kHz) is a commercial classic hits formatted broadcast AM radio station licensed to Fisher, West Virginia, serving the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.
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| Broadcast area | Potomac Highlands of West Virginia |
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| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| Branding | WELD AM690 |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Save Our Station, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | 1956 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60923 |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°3′8.4″N 79°0′20.1″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
By day, WELD is powered at 3,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna. But because 690 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations CKGM in Montreal and XEWW in Rosarito, WELD reduce power during critical hours, and reduce power at night to 14 watts.
History
By the 1950s, Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957) had added WELD (AM) to the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.).[2][3][4]
