WUSL
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| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Delaware Valley |
| Branding | Power 99 FM |
| Slogan | Philly's #1 Station! Bangin' Hip Hop and R&B! |
| Frequency | 98.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 98.9 HD-2 for Tropical Music |
| First air date | 1961 (as WPBS) |
| Format | Mainstream Urban |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 27,000 watts |
| HAAT | 204 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 20349 |
| Callsign meaning | W US 1, LIN Broadcasting (former branding and owner) |
| Former callsigns | WPBS (1961–1976) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.) |
| Sister stations | WDAS-FM, WIOQ, WISX, WRFF, WDAS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | power99.com |
WUSL, better known to the listeners as "Power 99 FM", is a mainstream urban radio station, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to Philadelphia. WUSL broadcasts from a class B signal with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 27,000 watts (27 kilowatts (kW)) on the 98.9 Megahertz (MHz) frequency from a tower located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia, and its studios are located in Bala Cynwyd.
In 1961, the 98.9 frequency signed on as WPBS "Philadelphia's Bulletin Station", under common ownership with the city's largest daily newspaper at the time, The Evening Bulletin. The station was cross-promoted with the newspaper and featured an easy listening format. At one point, WPBS was called "Velvet Stereo".
In 1976, the newspaper sold the station to LIN Broadcasting, which at the time also owned WFIL 560. WPBS changed calls to WUSL, which stood for "US-1", and Program Director Jim Nettleton instituted a Soft Adult Contemporary format mixed with standards which had crossed over to the 1960s/1970s pop charts (e.g. Engelbert Humperdinck, Barbra Streisand, etc.). The morning newsman at this time was Jim Gearhart, who is now on NJ 101.5.
On July 3, 1981, the station switched to a "3-in-a-row" country music format as "Continuous Country, US-99FM". Two months later, co-owned WFIL switched to a more personality and information-leaning country station. Realizing that they were splitting their own audience, WUSL signed off the country format in the early hours of October 9, 1982. The last country song played was "Get Into Reggae, Cowboy" by The Bellamy Brothers, and went silent for 24 hours.
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