WISP (AM)

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WISP

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| city = Doylestown, Pennsylvania

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| airdate = 1948

| frequency = 1570 kHz

| format = Religious

| power = 5,000 watts day
900 watts night

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| class = B

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 48310

| coordinates = {{coord|40|19|34.00|N|75|9|40.00|W|region:US-PA_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = WBUX (1948–1999)

| owner = Holy Spirit Radio Foundation, Inc.

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| webcast =

| website = [http://www.holyspiritradio.org holyspiritradio.org]

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}}

WISP (1570 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WISP |title=WISP Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} Licensed to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States. The station is currently owned by Holy Spirit Radio Foundation, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.arbitron.com|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron }}

History

The station went on the air in 1948. WBUX went through multiple formats throughout many years. First as a country format in the 1960s, and later to MOR in 1970, Top 40 in 1975, and back to MOR a short time later. In 1988, the station dropped its MOR format for an Adult Standards format, but would later flip to News/Talk a year later. It remained as a talk station until flipping to a 1970s music format in 1994. Three years later in 1997, the format changed to an oldies format. A couple of years later, the station went back to news/talk before changing its callsign to WISP in 1999 and flipping to its current christian format.

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