WWUS

WWUS
Broadcast areaFlorida Keys, Florida
Frequency104.1 MHz
BrandingUS 1 104.1 FM
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Joseph Fiorini
  • (Fiorini Keys Media, LLC)
WCNK, WAVK, WAIL, WCTH, WFKZ, WEOW, WKWF
History
First air date
September 22, 1980 (at 93.5)
Former frequencies
93.5 MHz (1980–1983)
104.7 MHz (1983–2002)
Call sign meaning
W W US-1
Technical information
Facility ID14346
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT168 meters (453 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
24°39′48″N 81°25′10″W / 24.66333°N 81.41944°W / 24.66333; -81.41944
Links
WebcastListen live
Websiteus1radio.com

WWUS (104.1 FM), known as "US-1 Radio", is a radio station in the Florida Keys, based in Big Pine Key, Florida.

The station airs classic hits (R&B, pop, and rock music from the mid-1950s through the early-1990s) as well as talk programming.

WWUS covers the lower and middle Keys, and reaches the coast of Cuba near Havana. This stations are also part of the family with WAVK from Marathon Key, part of Fiorini Keys Media, LLC.

History

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Originally, US-1 Radio had its signal on 93.5 FM and broadcast with much lower power. Now it is one of the most powerful stations in the Florida Keys and a reference for news and hurricane warnings for sailors and citizens of the Keys.

In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting, LLC reached a deal to sell its Florida Keys stations (including WWUS) to Florida Keys Media, LLC (a company controlled by Robert H. Holladay).[1] The sale of WWUS and WCNK, at a price of $475,000, was consummated on January 31, 2014.

In July 2024 the station was sold to Fiorini Keys Media, LLC

WWUS was honored with the 2018 National Association of Broadcasters Macaroni Award for small market radio station of the year. The news department was honored twice with the Radio Television Digital News Association National Edward R. Murrow Award, in 1999 for best small market radio continuing coverage of Hurricane Georges, and again in 2011 for best small market radio newscast, Evening Edition.

References

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  1. ^ "Ownership Of Green Bay Cluster Goes Back From Clear Channel To Cumulus". All Access. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2013.
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