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WFIS (AM)
Radio station in Fountain Inn-Simpsonville, South Carolina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WFIS (1600 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format to the Fountain Inn/Simpsonville, South Carolina, United States, area. The station was owned by Timeless Media, Inc.
In 1956 the station went on the air with Fountain Inn-Simpsonville Enterprises INC. It was founded by Melvin Younts the original owner was LeRoy Hamilton with 9 local investors from the Fountain Inn-Simpsonville Community. In 1970 the corporation purchased a weekly newspaper, The Tribune Times and co-located it with the broadcast facility on 1318 North Main Street in Fountain Inn. In 1987 the newspaper was sold to Multi-Media INC which owned The Greenville News and then both were sold later to Gannett INC. In 1988 WFIS was sold to Steven D Blair, and Golden Strip Broadcasting INC was formed. In 1999 Joe LaStringer purchased WFIS for $199,000 and was successfully run til its sale in 2013. WFIS signed off the air after 57 years Broadcasting to the Golden Strip Community at Noon December 31, 2013. The last song played with the Star Spangled Banner by the Gaither Vocal Band.
On January 2, 2014, the station licensee was surrendered to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for cancellation. The licensee indicated that the surrender was related to their pending application to increase the broadcast power of co-owned station WTZQ in Henderson, North Carolina.[2] On January 3, 2014, the FCC cancelled the station license.
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WFIS was relayed by an FM translator in Fountain Inn, to improve coverage in areas of the community where reception was poor: First on Frequency 105.5FM then at 94.9FM.
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