WUSX (98.5 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Seaford, Delaware, and serving Salisbury, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, Southern Delaware, Virginia, and the rest of Delmarva, with studios and cluster offices located in Salisbury. Its tower is located in Seaford. WUSX simulcasts a talk radio format with WGMD (92.7 FM) in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
History WSUX-FM 98.3 signed on the air in February 1972, carrying the programming of WSUX (1280 AM).
Previous studios were located along U.S. Route 13 in Seaford, Delaware. The station originally transmitted at 98.3 FM before moving to 98.5 FM in 1998. Previous formats included an easy listening format with call signs WSUX-FM (Sussex County) and WECY-FM (Easy).
On August 17, 2018, the station's WGBG-FM call sign and classic rock format moved from 98.5 FM to WKHI (107.7 FM) in Fruitland, Maryland, and 98.5 continued to simulcast 107.7 under a new WKHI call sign, until a new format was announced.K107.7 Gives Way to Big Classic Rock Delmarva Radioinsight - August 17, 2018 The station changed its call sign again on August 24, 2018, to WUSX.
On September 17, 2018, WUSX split from its simulcast with WGBG-FM and began stunting towards a new format to launch on September 21, 2018, at 5 pm.US98.5 Launches In Delmarva Radioinsight - September 18, 2018 On September 21, 2018 at 5 p.m., WUSX flipped to a gold-based country music format, branded as "US 98.5".
On November 30, 2021, WUSX was purchased by Mark Giuliani's Datatech Digital, LLC and changed format on December 1 from country to a simulcast of talk-formatted WGMD from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.US 98.5 Salisbury Flips To WGMD Simulcast Radioinsight - December 2, 2021
Former personalities Dave Fleetwood (1970s, now afternoons at WVLT/Vineland, New Jersey) Allan Frazier (1972–1980) Bob Mathers Dave Jackson (David Pinson)
Transmitter The transmitter is a class A transmitter, 6,000 watts, HAAT 98 meters, located in Seaford, Delaware. Facility ID 4340. Located on coordinates
References
External links Adams Radio Group Website