WUST
Encyclopedia
WUST is a radio station broadcasting on 1120 kHz in the medium-wave AM
band licensed to Washington, DC. Its tower is located in nearby Fairfax, Virginia
. It broadcasts brokered
foreign language programming, including an English language
news program from China Radio International
Mondays through Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and French language
programming from Radio France International from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
WUST used to be a rhythm and blues
station in Washington, D.C.; its callsign came from its studio location at 1120 U Street, NW (later at nearby 815 V Street NW, site of today's 9:30 nightclub
). The station signed on as WBCC in 1947, licensed to the Washington, DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland with 250 watts power, daytime only.
During the 1950s, DJs Lord Fauntleroy Bandy and "Terrible" Thomas popularized R&B
with high school students, weaning them from Top 40. Part of the appeal of WUST was its location in the red light district of the time.
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
band licensed to Washington, DC. Its tower is located in nearby Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia
The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
. It broadcasts brokered
Brokered programming
Brokered programming is a form of broadcast content in which the show's producer pays a radio or television station for air time, rather than exchanging programming for pay or the opportunity to play spot commercials...
foreign language programming, including an English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
news program from China Radio International
China Radio International
China Radio International , the former Radio Beijing and originally Radio Peking, founded on December 3 of 1941, is one of the three state-owned media in China along with China National Radio and China Central Television in the People's Republic of China .As the PRC's external radio station, CRI...
Mondays through Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and French language
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
programming from Radio France International from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Mondays through Saturdays.
WUST used to be a rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
station in Washington, D.C.; its callsign came from its studio location at 1120 U Street, NW (later at nearby 815 V Street NW, site of today's 9:30 nightclub
9:30 Club
Foo Fighters Promise to come back to D.C. and play the 9:30 ClubNightclub 9:30 is a nightclub and concert venue in Washington, D.C. Originally located at 930 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C., in the 1970s it was called the "Atlantis Club", and hosted primarily rock, New Wave, and punk bands...
). The station signed on as WBCC in 1947, licensed to the Washington, DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland with 250 watts power, daytime only.
During the 1950s, DJs Lord Fauntleroy Bandy and "Terrible" Thomas popularized R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
with high school students, weaning them from Top 40. Part of the appeal of WUST was its location in the red light district of the time.
External links
- Official Website
- Historical 1969 photo of building exterior from John In Montana
- Historical 1986 photos of building exterior from Kinorama on Flickr
