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| Broadcast area | Columbia metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 1400kHz |
| Branding | Fox Sports Radio 1400 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
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| History | |
First air date | 1939 |
Call sign meaning | Columbia, South Carolina |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 4673 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | foxsportsradio1400 |
WCOS (1400AM) is acommercial radio station inColumbia, South Carolina. It carries asports radioformat and is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. The station goes by the nameFox Sports Radio 1400. Its studios and offices are on Graystone Boulevard in Columbia nearInterstate 126. Thetransmitter is on Short Street in Columbia, near Millwood Avenue (U.S. Route 76).[2]
WCOS is anaffiliate of theAtlanta Braves radio network, with the largest number of stations inMajor League Baseball.[3]
WCOSsigned on in 1939, making it Columbia's second radio station. The station featured programming fromNBC'sBlue Network (which later became theABC Radio Network) as well as local programming.
In 1958, the station stunted by playingSammy Kaye's "I Wish I Was In Dixie" over a period of 24 hours before switching over to the "Top 60 in Dixie" playlist, a format that it kept for the next 20 years under various monikers like "Super COS", and "Position 14".
In 1980, after being beaten in the ratings by rival FM Top 40WNOK, WCOS changed over tocountry, simulcasting parts of the broadcasting day of their sister FM,WCOS-FM. In the early 1990s, the station adjusted its format to satellite-fedclassic country, but went back to simulcasting WCOS-FM within a year's time.[citation needed] In 1995, WCOS switched toCNN Headline News.[4]
In 1996, WCOS adopted its present sports talk format.
In 2007, WCOS re-branded itself as "The Team". On January 3, 2012, as part of a three-way swap,WVOC's news/talk format moved toWXBT-FM, which changed its calls to WVOC-FM. WVOC then changed its calls to WXBT (AM), which took WCOS' sports talk programming. WCOS became "Hallelujah 1400", anurban gospel station.
On November 6, 2014, WCOS switched back to sports while WXBT returned to news/talk as WVOC, and WVOC-FM returned to urban contemporary as WXBT.[5]
The station is owned byiHeartMedia, which also owns WCOS-FM,CHR stationWNOK,variety hits stationWLTY,urban contemporary stationWXBT andnews/talk stationWVOC in the Columbia radio market.
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