WSDS AM 1480 Salem Twp/Ypsilanti

Slogan/Positioner: La Explosiva

Format: Ethnic; Spanish

Web site: explosiva1480.com

E-Mail: visit web site

Class: B
Daytime Power / # of Towers: 750 watts / 4, directional
Nighttime Power / # of Towers: 3,800 watts / 4, directional

FCC technical information:

• engineering data
• station details

More about station:

• Radio Locator daytime coverage area
• Radio Locator nighttime coverage area
• FCCInfo.com listing
• Recnet Broadcast Query
• WSDS on Facebook
• WSDS from TuneIn
• WSDS from Wikipedia
• Tower photos, thanks Tom Bosscher

Call Sign History:

• WSDS:
• WYSI:

Call Sign Origin: We Serve Detroit's Suburbs

On Air Date: 1963

Owner: Birach Broadcasting

Telephone: (734) 484-1480

Notes/History:

• 6/1/2005: Format change from Classic Country to all-Spanish as Birach takes control of station.
• 1/25/2005: FCC approves sale from Koch Broadcasting to Birach Broadcasting.
• 10/2004: Announced that station has been sold by Koch Broadcasting to Birach Broadcasting for $1.5 million, pending FCC approval.
• 5/2003: Classic Country format returns.
• 9/2002: Monday-Friday Classic Country 'Suds Country' programming is dropped in favor of syndicated talk from Michigan Talk Radio Network. Classic Country is now heard as web feed only.
• by 1966: Format change to country.

• 1963: On-air as WYSI with top-40 format.

Center of antenna array/transmitter location:

Washtenaw County; near Clark and LeForge Rds (Ypsilanti)

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