WSSO (1230 AM) was a radio station licensed to the city of Starkville, Mississippi. It was owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Cumulus Licensing LLC. Until going silent in 2025, it broadcast a sports format known as “1230 The Team”.[2] The station carried programming from Infinity Sports Network.
AM 1230 is a local Class C frequency within the 48 states, and stations on this frequency are allowed to broadcast 24 hours per day.
WSSO used the same call letters since it began broadcasting.[3][4]
WSSO ceased operations March 7, 2025.[5] It was one of six Cumulus stations to close the weekend of March 7, as part of a larger shutdown of underperforming Cumulus stations,[6] and was one of four defunct Cumulus stations to surrender their licenses that September.[5] The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on September 29, 2025.[7]
References
- ^ “Facility Technical Data for WSSO”. Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Nielsen Audio station Winter 2019 station listing for WSSO
- ^ “History Cards for WSSO”. Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
- ^ FCC Call Sign History for WSSO
- ^ a b Venta, Lance (September 29, 2025). “Cumulus Surrenders Four Silent AMs”. RadioInsight. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
- ^ Venta, Lance (March 14, 2025). “Twenty Cumulus & Townsquare Media Stations Cease Operations With More To Come”. RadioInsight. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
- ^ “License Cancelled”. Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. September 29, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 57709 (WSSO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WSSO in Nielsen Audio‘s AM station database