WISP (1570 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States. The station is currently owned by Holy Spirit Radio Foundation, Inc.

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,

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in 1975, and back to MOR a short time later. In 1988, the station dropped its MOR format for an

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format, but would later flip to

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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

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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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1948 establishments in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub