WSDS

Infobox Radio station
name = WSDS


city = Salem Township, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WSDS&service=AM&status=L&hours=D] (Daytime)
[http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WSDS&service=AM&status=L&hours=N] (Nighttime)
branding = La Explosiva
slogan = ¡La que se escribe con Rojo!
airdate = 1963
frequency = 1480 (kHz)
format = Ethnic, Spanish
power = 750 watts (daytime)
3800 watts (nighttime)
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning = We Serve Detroit's Suburbs
former_callsigns = WYSI
owner = Birach Broadcasting
webcast =
website = [http://www.wsds1480.com/ http://www.wsds1480.com/]
affiliations =

WSDS is a radio station in Salem Township, Michigan, that broadcasts at 1480 kHz. Known as "La Explosiva," WSDS broadcasts an all-Spanish schedule. The station previously had a country music format until its sale to Birach Broadcasting from Koch Broadcasting.

WSDS began broadcasting around 1963 as WYSI (Ypsilanti), airing a Top 40 format. By 1966, the station had adapted a country music format [http://www.keener13.com/images/billboard070266.gif] , and later changed to a full-service format, similar to Detroit's WJR or Ann Arbor's WAAM Fact|date=October 2007. The WSDS call letters ("We Serve Detroit's Suburbs," a reflection of the station's new strategy of focusing on the western suburbs of Detroit) were adopted in 1968. In 1980, the station switched back to country Fact|date=October 2007.

Affectionately known as "Suds Country," WSDS continued playing country music until new owners, Birach Broadcasting, changed the format to Spanish in June 2005. Toward the end of its country format, WSDS was playing chiefly classic country music with some rock and roll oldies mixed in and specialty programming in Spanish (the root of the station's current all-Spanish format) and Chinese.

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-s/wsds.html Michiguide.com - WSDS History]

External links

*AMQ|WSDS