WPID
| City | Piedmont, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Branding | E-Z 1280 Piedmont |
| Frequency | 1280 kHz |
| First air date | 1953 |
| Format | Adult Contemporary |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 84 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 52550 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°55′50″N 85°35′00″W / 33.93056°N 85.58333°W |
| Callsign meaning | PIeDmont |
| Owner | Piedmont Radio Company |
WPID (1280 AM, "E-Z 1280") is a radio station licensed to serve Piedmont, Alabama, USA. The station, established in 1953, is currently owned by Piedmont Radio Company.
WPID broadcasts an adult contemporary music format. Along with its usual music programming, WPID is the Piedmont affiliate of the Fox News Radio network, Dick Bartley's Rock'n'Roll's Greatest Hits, Dick Bartley's American Gold, and American Top 20 with Casey Kasem.
Each Friday night in high school football season, WPID broadcasts each Piedmont High School football game live. Other sporting events that WPID carries include opening day baseball for the Piedmont Parks and Recreation Department and occasional high school basketball games. WPID was an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves Radio network from 1986 through 2006 but dropped the broadcasts for of lack of support.
This station began broadcasting in 1953 as a 1,000 watt daytime-only station on 1280 kHz licensed to Piedmont Radio Station, Inc. This company, owned and operated by Cary L. Graham, was part of the Cary L. Graham Stations Group along with WETO in Gadsden and WANA in Anniston.
Graham sold WPID to Terrence J. Gladden in 1965. Alex Allen Carwile acquired WPID on April 21, 1977, and operated the station with a country & western music format.
In May 1984, Alex Allen Carwile, doing business as Radio Station WPID, reached an agreement to sell this station to David Brent Morrison and Jimmy Wayne Kennedy, jointly doing business as Piedmont Communications Company. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 15, 1984, and the transaction was consummated the next day.
In November 1993, Piedmont Communications Company agreed to transfer the broadcast license for WPID to Piedmont Radio Company, a sole proprietorship owned by Jimmy Wayne Kennedy. The deal was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on December 27, 1993, and the transaction was consummated on January 1, 1994.
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