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WSPG
WSPG (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Spartanburg, South Carolina. It is owned by Ryan Delaney, through licensee Fox Sports Spartanburg 2 LLC. The WSPG studios and transmitter are located at 340 Garner Road in Spartanburg.
History.
The station signed on the air September 1, 1952. In the 1970s WKDY was first owned by Capitol Broadcasting Corporation until the late 70s. In 1991 the station was purchased and went back on air as WYYR and was owned by some of the former employees
Operation Pushover) at WSPG.
- 21 November 1950 – Viking 5 set a single-stage altitude record of 107 miles.
- August 1951 – Viking set a single-stage altitude and speed record of 135 miles at 4,100 miles per hour.
- 1951 – Talos program testing moves to WSPG from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.
- August 1952 – First Talos missile launch at WSPG.
- May 1953 – Base name formally changed from White Sands Proving Ground to White Sands Missile Range (WSMR