WELC

WELC
Simulcasting WKEZ Bluefield
Welch, West Virginia;
Broadcast area	Welch, West Virginia; McDowell County, West Virginia
Frequency	1150 kHz
Branding	98.7 EZ-FM
Programming
Format	Soft adult contemporary
Affiliations	West Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
Owner	First Media Services
Sister stations	WAMN, WKQB
History
First air date	1950
Call sign meaning	WELCh
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52865
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates	37°25′1.0″N 81°36′58.0″W / 37.416944°N 81.616111°W
Translator(s)	93.3 W227DU (Welch)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	myezradio.com

WELC (1150 kHz, "98.7 EZ-FM") is a soft adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Welch, West Virginia serving Welch and McDowell County, West Virginia. WELC is owned by First Media Services, LLC.

At midnight on January 1, 2020, the station flipped to soft adult contemporary as "98.7 EZ-FM", in simulcast with WKEZ 1240 AM Bluefield.^[2]

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Facility details for Facility ID 52865 (WELC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WELC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Facility details for Facility ID 200705 (W227DU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
W227DU at FCCdata.org

v t e Radio stations in the Southern West Virginia region
By AM frequency	970 1150 1290 1360 1400
By FM frequency	90.7 92.5 92.7 96.5 101.1 101.9 106.7 107.7
By callsign	WBTH WELC WFGH WHJC WHQX WKQR WVKM WVOW WVOW-FM WVWP-LP WWYO WXCC WZAC-FM
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v t e Daytime-only radio stations in West Virginia
Stations	WBKW - Beckley WELC - Welch WFSP - Kingwood WHJC - Matewan WMOV - Ravenswood WRRL - Rainelle WSCW - South Charleston WSLW - White Sulphur Springs WTHQ - Point Pleasant WVMR - Frost WYKM - Rupert WYMW - Hurricane
Defunct	WCFC - Beckley WPDX - Clarksburg
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Simulcasting WKEZ Bluefield

Welch, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Welch, West Virginia McDowell County, West Virginia
Frequency	1150 kHz
Branding	98.7 EZ-FM
Programming
Format	Soft adult contemporary
Affiliations	West Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
Owner	First Media Services
Sister stations	WAMN, WKQB
History
First air date	1950
Call sign meaning	WELCh
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52865
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates	37°25′1.0″N 81°36′58.0″W / 37.416944°N 81.616111°W / 37.416944; -81.616111
Translator(s)	93.3 W227DU (Welch)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	myezradio.com

v t e Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of West Virginia
Barrackville WFGM-FM Bluefield WKEZ Charleston WVAF Martinsburg WLTF Princeton WSTG Ridgeley WDYK Saint Marys WRRR-FM Spencer WYRC-LP Webster Springs WAFD Welch WELC Wheeling WKWK-FM Williamstown WVVV
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