WSJS
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| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | AM 600 WSJS |
| Slogan | The Triad's News Radio |
| Frequency | 600 kHz |
| First air date | April 17, 1930 |
| Format | News/Talk and Sports |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 58391 |
| Callsign meaning | Winston-Salem Journal Sentinel (named for the city's two daily papers, the Winston-Salem Journal and the Twin City Sentinel |
| Affiliations |
CBS Radio News CBS Sports Radio Westwood One |
| Owner | Curtis Media Group |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wsjs.com |
WSJS (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina and broadcasting to the Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point media market. It airs a News/Talk and Sports radio format, with national news supplied by CBS Radio News. WSJS is owned by the Curtis Media Group and its slogan is "The Triad's News Radio", where "Triad" refers to the Piedmont Triad. The station has a news sharing relationship with the Piedmont Triad's NBC-TV Network affiliate, WXII-TV Channel 12. Both WXII-TV and WSJS were co-owned until 1972 and both stations used to share the same WSJS call letters. WSJS has studios and offices on West Fifth Street and its transmitter is near Robinhood Road, both in Winston-Salem. The station operates at 5,000 watts day & night.
In 1929, entrepreneur and radio engineer Doug Lee began talking with Owen Moon, publisher of the two Winston-Salem newspapers, The Winston-Salem Journal and The Twin City Sentinel. The call letters refer to the newspapers, "Winston-Salem Journal" plus "Sentinel".
WSJS signed on the air on April 17, 1930, Holy Thursday. Three days later, the station aired live coverage of the Easter Sunrise Service from God's Acre in Old Salem. That broadcast has continued every year since, and is believed to be the longest continuously airing special program in radio history.
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