WUSX

WUSX (98.5 MHz) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Salisbury, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, Southern Delaware, Virginia, and the rest of Delmarva, with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury, Maryland. Its tower is located in Seaford, Delaware. Programming features Wilhite & Wall, Erica Gray, Glassman and Big Woody Hayes.

For the Addison, Vermont radio station that held the call sign WUSX at 93.7 FM from 2005 to 2010, see WIFY.
WUSX
CitySeaford, Delaware
Broadcast areaSalisbury-Ocean City
Frequency98.5 MHz
BrandingUS 98.5
SloganEverything Country
Programming
FormatGold-Based Country
Ownership
OwnerAdams Radio Group, LLC
(Adams Radio of Delmarva Peninsula, LLC)
WZBH, WOCQ, WGBG-FM
History
First air date
1972 (as WSUX-FM at 98.3)
Former call signs
WSUX-FM (1972-1991)
WECY-FM (1991-1995)
WSUX (1995-1998)
WGBG (1998-2016)
WGBG-FM (2016-2018)
WKHI (2018)
Former frequencies
98.3 MHz (1972-1998)
Technical information
Facility ID4340
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT98 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°36′47″N 75°35′12″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websiteus985.com

Mornings previously featured The Bob and Tom Show, middays and afternoons with local on air personalities, and nights with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper. Music consisted classic rock from the 1970s, '80s, and '90s.

History

98.3 WSUX-FM signed on the air in February 1972, carrying the programming of 1280 WSUX.

Previous studios were located along U.S. Route 13 in Seaford, Delaware. The station originally transmitted at 98.3 FM before moving to 98.5 FM in 1998. Previous formats included an easy listening format with call letters WSUX-FM (Sussex County) and WECY-FM (Easy).

On August 17, 2018, the station's WGBG-FM call letters and format moved from 98.5 FM to WKHI 107.7 FM Fruitland, MD, and 98.5 continued to simulcast 107.7 under new WKHI calls, until a new format is announced.[1] The station changed its call sign again on August 24, 2018 to WUSX.

On September 17, 2018, WUSX split from its simulcast with WGBG-FM and began stunting towards a new format to launch on September 21, 2018 at 5 pm.[2]

On September 21, 2018 at 5 p.m., WUSX flipped to a Gold-Based Country music format, branded as "US 98.5".

Former personalities
  • Dave Fleetwood (1970s, now afternoons at WVLT/Vineland, New Jersey)
  • Allan Frazier (1972-1980)

Transmitter

The transmitter is a class A transmitter, 6,000 watts, HAAT 98 meters, located in Seaford, Delaware. Facility ID 4340. Located on coordinates 38°36′47″N 75°35′12″W

References
  1. K107.7 Gives Way to Big Classic Rock Delmarva Radioinsight - August 17, 2018
  2. Adams to Launch US 98 Salisbury on Friday? Radioinsight - September 18, 2018


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