WORD-AM (Greenville, SC)
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WORD, known on-air as "ESPN Upstate", is a sports-formatted radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. The Entercom Communications outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to Spartanburg, SC, and broadcasts at 950 kHz with power of 5,000 watts non-directional daytime and directional at night. The programming on WORD is simulultaneously broadcast on WYRD 1330 AM Greenville,W249DL-FM 97.7 MHz, Greenville and W246BU-FM 97.1 MHz, Spartanburg. The "ESPN Upstate" format can also be heard on WFBC-HD3, Greenville. WORD's transmitter is located on the aptly named Broadcast Drive in Spartanburg, while its studios are in Greenville. Source
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| Scope | Local |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
| Media Market | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson |
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Area College Players Garner NABC Honors
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Furman Concludes Season After NIT Snub
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8 College Basketball Teams Hope "The Well" Doesn't Run Dry
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