WPAY (AM)
| City of license | Portsmouth, Ohio |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Scioto County, Ohio |
| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| First air date | April 15, 1935[1] |
| Format | Defunct |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 800 watts (night) |
| Facility ID | 54835 |
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| Owner | Douglas L. Braden (Radio Stations WPAY/WPFB, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WNKE |
WPAY (1400 AM, "Talk 14") was an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Portsmouth, Ohio. The station was last owned by Douglas L. Braden and the final broadcast license was held by Radio Stations WPAY/WPFB, Inc. Established in 1935, the station fell silent in June 2011 and its license was revoked in June 2012.
After WPAY's owner sold its sister stations to WNKU licensee Northern Kentucky University in January 2011,[2] he was unable to find a buyer for the lone small-market AM station and the decision was made to take the station off the air for financial reasons while seeking a new buyer.[3] Before falling dark, WPAY broadcast a news/talk radio format branded as "Talk 14" to the Scioto County, Ohio, area.[4]
The station which began broadcasting on April 15, 1935, ended over 75 years of service on June 3, 2011.[5][6] Under the terms of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, as a matter of law a radio station's broadcast license is subject to automatic forfeiture and cancellation if they fail to broadcast for one full year.[7]
The station was assigned the call sign "WPAY" by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). After the station's broadcast license was revoked, the WPAY call sign was deleted from the FCC database on June 8, 2012.[8]
Previous call letters
Prior to being known as WPAY, the station's call letters were WHBD. The change occurred in 1935.[9]
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