WSVX 1520 AM is a

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Shelbyville, Indiana Shelbyville is a city in Addison Township, Shelby County, in the U.S. state of Indiana and is the county seat. The population was 20,067 as of the 2020 census. History In 1818, the land that would become Shelbyville was ceded to the U ...

. The station broadcasts a

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format and is owned by 3 Towers Broadcasting Company, LLC. WSVX is also heard on 96.5 FM and through a translator in Shelbyville, Indiana and 106.3 FM through a translator in

Hancock County, Indiana Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 79,840. The county seat is Greenfield. Hancock County is included in the Indianapolis- Carmel-Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistica ...

.Giant FM Adds 106.3 FM to 96.5 FM, AM 1520, Giant.FM
, WSVX. March 5, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

History

The station began broadcasting January 14, 1961, and originally held the call sign WSVL.History Cards for WSVX
fcc.gov. Retrieved July 20, 2018. The station was originally licensed to run 250 watts, 24 hours a day, using a directional array. In 1963, the station's daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts. In 1990, the station's call sign was changed to WOOO. WOOO aired a

format in the early 1990s. By 1996, the station had begun airing an

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as ...

format. In 2000, the station's call sign was changed to WKWH. The station continued to air an oldies format, with the branding "Power Oldies". By 2004, the station's format had shifted to

classic hits Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes songs from the top 40 music charts from the late 1960s to the early 2000s, with music from the 1980s serving as the core of the format. Music that was popularized by MTV in the early 1980 ...

, and the station was branded "Classic Hits 1520". In 2007, the station's call sign was changed to WSVX, and the station began airing a CHR format.
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, 2008. p. D-209. Retrieved July 21, 2018. In 2008, 3 Towers Broadcasting Company purchased W243CL 96.5 in Shelbyville for $20,000, and it began rebroadcasting the programming of WSVX. In 2011, the station's daytime power was reduced to 260 watts and the nighttime power was reduced to 4 watts, with omnidirectional daytime and nighttime operation, using a single tower, following the collapse of one of the station's three towers. In 2018, WSVX began to be rebroadcast in Hancock County on 106.3 W292FH. On November 30, 2020 WSVX changed their format from top 40 (CHR) to country, branded as "Giant FM Country".WSVX Flips to Country
Radioinsight - November 30, 2020

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External links

WSVX's website
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