WSPT

For the Stevens Point, Wisconsin radio station that held the call sign WSPT at 1010 AM from 1996 to 2011, see WPCN.

WSPT
City	Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids
Branding	97.9 WSPT
Slogan	Greatest Hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s
Frequency	97.9 MHz
First air date	1961
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	103 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	2104
Transmitter coordinates	44°32′17.00″N 89°35′43.00″W / 44.5380556°N 89.5952778°W / 44.5380556; -89.5952778
Callsign meaning	W Stevens PoinT^[1]
Former callsigns	WSPT (1961-1996) WSPT-FM (1996-2012)
Owner	Richard L. Muzzy (Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC)
Sister stations	WKQH, WPCN
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	979wspt.com

WSPT (97.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA, the station serves the Stevens Point-Wisconsin Rapids area. The station is currently owned by Richard L. Muzzy, through licensee Muzzy Broadcast Group, LLC.^[2]

Format history

For many years, WSPT was a dominant Top-40 station in the Wausau-Stevens Point market. originally an AM-FM Simulcast with its AM sister station at 1010 kHz, becoming FM-only when WSPT-AM became WXYQ in the Fall of 1977, airing a Country Music Format. Through the early 1990s WSPT popularity and ratings was second only to rival Wausau-based WIFC. During the early 90s, the station switched to a Mainstream Adult Contemporary format, branding itself as "Sunny 98". by the mid 90's they changed over to a Modern AC format as "Today's Music Revolution, 98 WSPT". In the 2000s, it segued to Hot AC as "97.9 WSPT" By 2005, it added ABC Radio's syndicated Adult Hits "Jack FM" format, returning to "97.9 WSPT" using Scott Shannon's "True Oldies Channel". When that syndicated format ceased operations on June 30, 2014, WSPT segued to its current Classic Hits format, airing Scott Shannon's "America's Greatest Hits" program on the Weekends.

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "Welcome to Muzzy Broadcasting". Muzzy Broadcasting.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WSPT

Radio-Locator information on WSPT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WSPT

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	KSPP W212BB W221CN W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA-FM WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Classic Hits radio stations in Wisconsin

By frequency	900 980 1100 1400 1460 1470 1600 92.1 93.1 94.3 94.9 95.7 95.9 97.7 97.9 98.1 98.7 99.1 99.3 102.1 102.3 102.3 103.1 103.9 104.9 107.3

By callsign	WATK WAUH WBIZ WBOG WHTL WIBD WISM-FM WISS WJBL WKFX WLMX-FM WMDC WMQA-FM WNXR WOGB WOLX WOWN WQDC WPRE WRIT-FM WRKU WRPN WSPT WVBO WXXM WYDR

By city	Altoona/Eau Claire Antigo Balsam Lake Baraboo Berlin Eau Claire Forestville Iron River Ladysmith Mayville Milwaukee Minocqua Neenah-Menasha Prairie du Chien Reedsville Rice Lake Ripon Shawano Stevens Point Sturgeon Bay Sun Prairie Tomah Wautoma West Bend Whitehall Winneconne

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin See also Oldies Classic Hits

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