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WASC (AM)

radio station in Spartanburg, South Carolina

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7946737 ↗
Source-derived summary

WASC (1530 AM) is a daytime-only American radio station located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast on 1530 AM.

History

In 1985, WASC attempted to move to 760 AM. However, when the FCC granted WCIS in Morganton, North Carolina, a license to broadcast on 760 AM, they also denied WASC's attempt to change frequencies.

Editorial summary

“WASC (AM)” enters the record as radio station in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WASC, radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1530, 1985—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around WASC, radio and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“WASC (AM)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, WASC, radio and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7946737. Authority coordinates are 34.949, -81.959. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1530 and 1985.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “WASC (AM)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow WASC (AM) primary sources, WASC (AM) archive and WASC research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “WASC (AM)”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “WASC (AM)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.