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WELD

Fisher, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
Frequency	690 kHz
Branding	690 WELD Radio
Programming
Format	Oldies; classic hits
Affiliations	ABC News Radio Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Thunder Associates, LLC
Sister stations	WELD-FM, WQWV
History
First air date	1956
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60923
Class	D
Power	3,000 watts daytime 500 watts critical hours 14 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	39°3′8.4″N 79°0′20.1″W / 39.052333°N 79.005583°W / 39.052333; -79.005583
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WELD Webstream
Website	WELD Online

WELD is an oldies and classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fisher, West Virginia, serving the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WELD is owned and operated by Thunder Associates, LLC.

History

By the 1950s, Richard Field Lewis Jr. (1907–1957) had added WELD (AM) to the Richard Field Lewis Jr. Stations (later Mid Atlantic Network Inc.).

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WELD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Lewis, Multiple AM Owner, dies" (PDF). Broadcasting. 28 October 1957. p. 74. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
3. "Obituary" (PDF). Television Digest. October 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
4. "Marion P. Lewis". Free Lance-Star. 14 April 2001. Retrieved 18 December 2018.

External links

• 690 WELD Radio Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 60923 (WELD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WELD in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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