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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WURD
| logo             = File:WURD 96.1-900 logo.png
| city             = [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| area             = [[Delaware Valley]]
| branding         =
| airdate          = [[1958 in radio|1958]]
| frequency        = 900 [[kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|96.1|W241CH|Philadelphia}}
| format           = [[Talk radio|Urban talk]]
| power            = 1,000 [[watt]]s day<br>105 watts night
| erp              =
| class            = D
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id      = 52442
| callsign_meaning = WURD = Word
| former_callsigns = WFLN (1958–1985)<br>WDVT (1985–1988)<br>WFLN (1988–1989)<br>WURD (1989–1999)<br>WEMG (1999–2001)
| owner            = LEVAS Communications, LP
| webcast          =
| website          = [http://www.900amwurd.com/ 900amwurd.com]
| affiliations     =
}}
'''WURD''' (900 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] in [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], broadcasting in an urban [[talk radio]] format and owned by LEVAS Communications, LP. It is also simulcast on FM translator W241CH on 96.1&nbsp;MHz.
==History==
The station began operations around 1958 as WFLN, serving as a daytime-only AM simulcast of classical station [[WBEN-FM|WFLN-FM]].
WDVT made little impact in the ratings, and after a few years, Ford took the station off the air and returned its license to the owners of WFLN, who sold it to Willis Broadcasting, a Virginia-based religious broadcaster, which changed the call letters to WURD.
In 1996, Spanish broadcaster [[Alfredo Alonso]] bought the station for $1.5 million and turned it into a Spanish-language operation as [[WEMG]], "Mega 900." The station became the first property purchased by Alonso, who founded Mega Broadcasting that same year. Eventually, Mega moved the WEMG call sign to 1310&nbsp;kHz, and sold 900 AM for $8.5 million in 2002.
The new owner, [[Walter P. Lomax Jr.]], reinstituted the WURD call sign. After a period of apparent indecision, during which the station aired various types of music and [[Headline News|CNN Headline News]], management settled on the current talk format.
===Post 2024 presidential debate interview===
Radio host Andrea Lawful-Sanders resigned from WURD Radio after acknowledging that her [[2024 United States presidential debates#June 27 presidential debate (Atlanta)|post-debate]] interview with President [[Joe Biden]] included questions pre-selected by Biden's campaign team, the station informed CNN on July 7, 2024. Sara Lomax, president, and CEO, said, "The interview featured pre-determined questions provided by the White House, which violates our practice of remaining an independent media outlet accountable to our listeners".<ref>{{cite news |last=Rothenberg |first=Eva |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/07/media/biden-interview-radio-host-philadelphia/index.html |title=Radio host who interviewed Biden leaves station after admitting campaign aides gave her pre-selected questions |work=[[CNN]] |date=2024-07-07 |accessdate=2024-07-08 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=52621&.pdf FCC History Cards for WURD]
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