WSSO
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Broadcast area | West Point, Mississippi |
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| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Branding | 1230 The Team |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Infinity Sports Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | April 14, 1949 (first license granted) |
Last air date | March 7, 2025 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 57709 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 33°27′9.4″N 88°49′15.2″W / 33.452611°N 88.820889°W |
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Public license information | |
WSSO (1230 AM) was a radio station licensed to the city of Starkville, Mississippi. It was owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Cumulus Licensing LLC. Until going silent in 2025, it broadcast a sports format known as "1230 The Team".[2] The station carried programming from Infinity Sports Network.
AM 1230 is a local Class C frequency within the 48 states, and stations on this frequency are allowed to broadcast 24 hours per day.
WSSO used the same call letters since it began broadcasting.[3][4]
WSSO ceased operations March 7, 2025.[5] It was one of six Cumulus stations to close the weekend of March 7, as part of a larger shutdown of underperforming Cumulus stations,[6] and was one of four defunct Cumulus stations to surrender their licenses that September.[5] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station's license on September 29, 2025.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSSO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ Nielsen Audio station Winter 2019 station listing for WSSO
- ↑ "History Cards for WSSO". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ↑ FCC Call Sign History for WSSO
- 1 2 Venta, Lance (September 29, 2025). "Cumulus Surrenders Four Silent AMs". RadioInsight. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (March 14, 2025). "Twenty Cumulus & Townsquare Media Stations Cease Operations With More To Come". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ↑ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. September 29, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 57709 (WSSO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WSSO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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