WSTP is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to and serving the area of Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury, North Carolina

Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County...

, USA. The station broadcasts a News Talk format. The station is owned by Rowan Media Inc.. Programming includes: G. Gordon Liddy

G. Gordon Liddy

George Gordon Liddy was the chief operative for the White House Plumbers unit that existed from July–September 1971, during Richard Nixon's presidency. Separately, along with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy organized and directed the Watergate burglaries of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in...

, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Kim Kommando, Jim Bohannon

Jim Bohannon

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, The Laura Ingraham Show

Laura Ingraham

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, Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly (commentator)

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, and The Savage Nation

The Savage Nation

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(Michael Savage

Michael Savage (commentator)

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).

The station is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves

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 radio network, the largest radio affiliate network in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. WSTP is also affiliated with the Tar Heel Sports Network

Tar Heel Sports Network

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, a division of Learfield Sports.

History

Doug Rice joined WSTP in 1977, working a variety of on-air jobs and eventually becoming morning host and program director. He also served as play-by-play announcer for Catawba College

Catawba College

Catawba College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA. Founded in 1851 by the North Carolina Classis of the Reformed Church in Newton, the college adopted its name from its county of origin, Catawba County, before moving to its current home of Salisbury...

 football for nearly a decade, and color analyst for Howard Platt for Catawba basketball.