WEAF (AM)

This article is about the current WEAF. For the station formerly known as WEAF, see WFAN (AM).

WEAF (1130 kHz) is an urban contemporary gospel formatted AM radio station in Camden, South Carolina, United States. The station is owned by Glory Communications. Programming is featured from the Worship & Word Network.

WEAF

Camden, South Carolina United States
Frequency	1130 kHz
Programming
Format	Urban contemporary gospel
Ownership
Owner	Glory Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	1971
Former call signs	WPUB (1970–1982) WCCG (1982–1983) WPUB (1983–1987) WVEF (1987–1995) WAME (1995–1999) WQIS (1999–2005)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	24146
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day 7 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	34°15′32.5″N 80°34′46.3″W
Translator	99.5 W258DL (Camden)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.worshipandwordnetwork.com

By day, WEAF is powered at 5,000 watts. Because AM 1130 is a clear-channel frequency, reserved for Class A stations KWKH in Shreveport and WBBR in New York City, WEAF reduces power at night to 7 watts to avoid interference. WEAF programming is simulcast on FM translator station W258DL at 99.5 MHz in Camden, South Carolina.

History

At one time, this station had the letters WAME and an adult standards format. Then-owners GHB Broadcasting switched the format to sports talk and changed the callsign to WQIS.

Colonial Radio Group acquired WQIS in 2003.^[3] In April 2006, Glory Communications Inc. purchased WEAF from Colonial Radio Group for a reported sale price of $222,500; at that time, the format was urban contemporary gospel.^[4]

On November 8, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission granted WEAF a construction permit to move to 1120 kHz from a new transmitter site, change the community of license to Saint Stephen, decrease day power to 390 watts, and eliminate night operation.^[5]

From 1922 to 1946, WEAF was the callsign of the radio station that became WNBC and the flagship station of the NBC Red Network.^[6] This station is now known as WFAN in New York.^[1] In the mid-1970s, WEAF was the callsign of the current WPTI in Eden, North Carolina.