WSTP

WSTP (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to and serving the area of Salisbury, North Carolina, United States.

Its letters stood for "Salisbury Times and Post", the town's morning and afternoon newspapers.

Salisbury eventually became the state's smallest town with two radio stations and a daily newspaper.

[6] Harrell hired over 200 people over the years, many of them high school and college students, and he said a lot of those who started their careers at WSTP stayed in radio or a related field Also during the early-to-mid-1970s WSTP put out a weekly "top 40 type list" which was available at local retailers and record shops.

[citation needed] The station was known as the "Top 40 Rock of The Piedmont" and then, during the disco era, "15 Fever".

[3] WSTP personalities who went on to become famous were Cincinnati Reds voice Marty Brennaman, Bob Rathbun and Helen Little.

[3] Doug Rice, president and general manager and a co-anchor for Performance Racing Network,[3] joined WSTP in 1977, working a variety of on-air jobs and eventually becoming morning host and program director.

[3] Dalton Group, owner of WWMG in Charlotte, bought WSTP and WRDX in 1995 for $3 million and began operating the stations under a local marketing agreement.

[13][14] Platt interviewed many famous people for National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association events and the Bing Crosby golf tournament in Bermuda Run, including Flip Wilson, Bob Hope, Bobby Knight, Michael Jordan and Jim Valvano.

[15] A September 10, 2013 legal notice said the property owned by Timothy and Lisa Coates where the radio station was located would be sold as a result of foreclosure by NewBridge Bank.

A sale of the station to William Marc Graham's 2B Productions, LLC was consummated on May 7, 2015, at a price of $236,000.