WAZN (1470 AM) is an

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in the Boston, Massachusetts market,

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. It is owned by

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, and broadcasts

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programming, simulcast from M.R.B.I.'s New York City station.

History

The station signed on in January 1958 as WSRO, operating out of

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. At one time, WSRO was a music station. Additionally, at one time, the station was simulcast in Gardner on

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(1340). However, in 1996, the station filed for bankruptcy, and was sold separately from WGAW in October. The new ownership gradually shifted the station to more of a

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format the following year. WSRO was sold to Alex Langer in 1998. In early 1999, the station let go much of its staff and became a full-time relay of sister station WRPT (650); soon afterward, the station lost its original transmitter location in Marlborough and relocated to a temporary site in

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. In October 2000, WSRO applied to move to Watertown, operating from a transmitter location in Lexington. The station was sold to Multicultural in 2002. The callsign was soon changed to WAZN, as the

WSRO WSRO (650 AM broadcasting, AM HD Radio) is a radio station now broadcasting classical music. Licensed to Ashland, Massachusetts, it serves the MetroWest, Massachusetts, MetroWest area. The station is owned by Alex Langer. WSRO also operates Broad ...

call letters remained with Langer on 650 AM. The move to Watertown was completed by Multicultural in early 2004. The station began broadcasting Chinese programming on February 1, 2016.http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?692331-WAZN-1470-program-changes WAZN Programming Changes

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