WWUS (104.1
FM), known as "US-1 Radio", is a
radio station
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in the
Florida Keys
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, based in
Big Pine Key, Florida
Big Pine Key is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States, on an island of the same name in the Florida Keys. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 4,521.
Geography
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.
The station airs
classic hits
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(
R&B,
pop, and
rock music
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from the mid-1950s through the early-1990s) as well as
talk
Talk may refer to:
Communication
* Communication, the encoding and decoding of exchanged messages between people
* Conversation, interactive communication between two or more people
* Lecture, an oral presentation intended to inform or instruct
...
programming.
WWUS covers the lower and middle Keys, and reaches the coast of
Cuba
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near
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. . WWUS has a sister station (
WCNK, 98.7 MHz, 100 kW) that plays contemporary
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
and broadcasts also with 100 kW of power. These stations are also part of the family with
WAVK
WAVK (97.7 FM) is a radio station temporarily broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Marathon, Florida, USA, the station serves the Florida Keys. The station is currently owned by Robert Holladay, through licensee Florida Keys Media, LLC ...
from
Marathon Key
Marathon is a city spread over Knight's Key, Boot Key, Key Vaca, Fat Deer Key, Long Point Key, Crawl Key and Grassy Key islands in the middle of the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a to ...
, part of Florida Keys Media, LLC.
History
Originally, US-1 Radio had its signal on 93.5 FM and broadcast with much lower power. Now it is one of the most powerful stations in the Florida Keys and a reference for news and hurricane warnings for sailors and citizens of the Keys.
In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting, LLC reached a deal to sell its Florida Keys stations (including WWUS) to Florida Keys Media, LLC (a company controlled by Robert H. Holladay).
The sale of WWUS and WCNK, at a price of $475,000, was consummated on January 31, 2014.
WWUS was honored with the 2018 National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for small market radio station of the year. The news department was honored twice with the Radio Television Digital News Association National Edward R. Murrow Award, in 1999 for best small market radio continuing coverage of Hurricane Georges, and again in 2011 for best small market radio newscast, Evening Edition.
References
External links
US-1 Radio official websiteConch Country official website
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WUS
Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1980
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