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WMRQ-FM
WMRQ-FM (104.1 MHz) is an alternative rock radio station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, and serving Greater Hartford and New Haven. WMRQ-FM is owned by Full Power Radio and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000 watts. Its transmitter is on West Peak in Meriden, Connecticut. Its tower is shared with former sister station 95.7 WKSS. WMRQ-FM's studios and offices are located on Blue Hills Avenue ( Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with its other co-owned radio stations. The station broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a Spanish tropical music and contemporary hit radio format known as "Bomba FM", also heard on translator stations 97.1 W246CC in Bolton, 99.5 W258AL in Clinton and 104.5 W283BS in Bridgeport. Much of the programming is also broadcast on WSPR (1490 AM) and W283CK (104.5 FM) in West Springfield, Massachusetts, as well as 98.5 W253BQ in Meriden, and 104.5 W283BW in New London. At times, Bomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSPR (AM)
WSPR (1490 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to West Springfield, Massachusetts, and serving the Springfield metropolitan area. The station is owned by John Fuller, through licensee Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. It airs a Spanish contemporary hit radio and tropical music radio format known as Bomba FM. WSPR programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator station 104.5 W283CK, West Springfield. Much of the programming originates on the HD2 channel of WMRQ-FM in Hartford, Connecticut, which also feeds a network of FM translator stations around Connecticut. History The station first signed on the air on August 28, 1949. Its call sign was originally WTXL. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, WTXL aired a Top 40 format. Although it was programmed well, it never achieved rating success due to the heavy competition from crosstown WHYN (560 AM). With a 5,000-watt signal and much lower on the AM dial, WHYN could easily be heard around Western Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meriden, Connecticut
Meriden ( ) is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. The city is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, South Central Connecticut Planning Region. In 2020, the population of the city was 60,850.Census – Geography Profile: Meriden city, Connecticut . United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 17, 2021. History 
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WDRC (AM)
WDRC (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut. It is owned by Full Power Radio and airs a conservative talk radio format. The studios and transmitter site are located on Blue Hill Avenue ( Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations. WDRC is the flagship station of "The Talk of Connecticut", which is simulcast in Torrington on WSNG (610 AM). 250-watt FM translator station W277DT, 103.3 MHz, also carries WDRC programming for listeners in Hartford and adjacent communities. WDRC operates fulltime with 5,000 watts. The signal is non-directional by day, but because AM band signals travel farther at night, after sunset the station uses a directional antenna that sends most of its coverage eastward, in order to protect other stations on AM 1360. Programming Most program hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio. The morning show is hosted by former Connecticut state representative Gary Byro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSNG
WSNG (610 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station licensed in Torrington, Connecticut, broadcasting a talk radio radio format, format. WSNG is simulcasting 1360 WDRC (AM), Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. The stations use the slogan "The Talk of Connecticut" featuring Mornings with Gary Byron and broadcast syndication, syndicated programs the rest of the day, including The Savage Nation, Michael Savage. The station is owned by Red Wolf Broadcasting and features programming from Fox News Radio, Salem Radio Network, and Westwood One. The Talk of Connecticut stations also broadcast sporting events such as New York Yankees major league baseball, New Britain Rock Cats minor league baseball, Hartford Hawks college basketball and high school sports. History WSNG was originally signed on in the late 1940s as WTOR which transmitted from 93 Perkins Street with 250 watts on 1490kc. It moved the transmitter to Harwinton in 1964 (WBZY (Connecticut), WBZY was forced to shut down) after being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFAR
WFAR (93.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Danbury, Connecticut. The station is owned by Danbury Community Radio, Inc. It airs a Christian radio format from 2 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day with the remaining time filled by a variety of ethnic and local programming blocks. The station broadcasts in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. The station was assigned the WFAR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 20, 1984. See also *List of community radio stations in the United States Following is a list of FCC-licensed community radio stations in the United States, including both full-power and low-power non-commercial educational services. The list is divided into two sections: * Full-power community stations * Low-pow ... References External links WFAR official website Community radio stations in the United States FAR FAR Radio stations established in 1981 1981 establishments in Connecticut Portuguese-language radio statio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Peak (New Haven County, Connecticut)
:''Should not be confused with West Rock, another traprock summit in Connecticut'' West Peak, , of the Hanging Hills, is the highest traprock peak in the state of Connecticut. The peak hangs above the city of Meriden below and is characterized by its vertical cliffs and sweeping views of southern Connecticut, Long Island Sound, and the Berkshires to the west. On a clear day, Mount Tom, in Massachusetts, can be seen 47 miles to the north. The 62-mile Metacomet Trail crosses West Peak. Activities enjoyed on the peak include hiking, picnicking, and bird watching. West Peak is on an important raptor migration path. Edwin Howard Armstrong, who invented FM radio and was a network radio pioneer, used West Peak as the location of one of the first FM radio broadcasts, in 1939. His original 70-foot radio mast is still there. Currently, West Peak is home to seven FM broadcast stations, WNPR, WWYZ, WZMX, WDRC-FM, WKSS, WHCN, and WMRQ-FM. It is also known as West Peak State Park. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNTY
WNTY (990 AM) is an oldies radio station licensed to Southington, Connecticut, and serving the Hartford area. The station is owned by John Fuller, through licensee Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation, and broadcasts with 2.5 kilowatts daytime and 80 watts nighttime from a studio and tower site on Old Turnpike Road in Southington. History After WBZY, a station in Torrington that operated on 990 kHz, was shut down, an application for a new station on the same frequency in Southington was made in 1964. The new station, WNTY went on September 2, 1969, initially as a daytime-only radio station. WNTY's original format would continue in some form until early 1999 when the death of then-owner Donato F. Sarapo, who had purchased the station from the original owners, led to WNTY being sold to ADD Radio Group for $850,000. ''La Brava 990'' In April 1999, WNTY was leased by Hartford-based El Principe Communications.''La Brava'' would last until September 15, 2000, when ADD Radio terminated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDRC-FM
WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation, with studios located on Blue Hills Avenue ( Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations and a transmitter site in Meriden, Connecticut. History WDRC-FM traces its roots to the Doolittle Radio Company, which established what would become WDRC (AM) in 1922. In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. Doolittle sold the FM station in 1956 to General Broadcasting Corporation and the AM station in 1959 to Buckley Broadcasting. Buckley inherited a second FM license, which it used to establish the current WDRC-FM. The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN. The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test aut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterbury, Connecticut
Waterbury is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Waterbury had a population of 114,403 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census. The city is southwest of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford and northeast of New York City. Waterbury is the largest city in the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and second-largest city in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County. Throughout the first half of the 20th century, Waterbury had large industrial interests and was the leading center in the United States for the manufacture of brassware (including castings and finishings), as reflected in the nickname the "Brass City" and the city's motto ''Quid Aere Perennius?'' ("What Is More Lasting Than Brass?"). It was also noted for the manufacture of watches and clocks (Timex Group USA, Timex). The city is alongside Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts), Interstate 84 (Yankee Expressway) and Connecticut Route 8, Route 8 and has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBOM
WBOM (1470 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Meriden, Connecticut, and covering Central Connecticut. The station broadcasts an urban adult contemporary format, aimed at the Hartford area. The station is owned by Full Power Radio, through Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. WBOM's programming is also heard on FM translator W273DS (102.5); the station's branding emphasizes the FM frequency. History The station's original construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on January 2, 1947; it was initially assigned the call sign WMMB, but changed to WMMW on March 4. It began broadcasting June 8, 1947, on 1470 kHz with 1,000 watts of power. The station was licensed to Silver City Crystal Company. An FM sister station, WMMW-FM (95.7), would be added by that December. On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WMMW, to Connoisseur Media Connoisseur Media LLC is an American medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton, Connecticut
Bolton ( ) is a small rural New England town, town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,858 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Bolton was incorporated in October 1720 and is governed by town meeting, with a first selectman and board of selectman as well as other boards serving specific functions. Bolton was named after a town of the same name in England, also located near Manchester. History Originally part of the town of Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, the area was referred to as Hartford Mountains or Hanover, until incorporation in October 1720. On November 11, 1723, Jonathan Edwards (theologian), Jonathan Edwards was installed as the pastor of Bolton. Bolton was known for its high quality schist stone in the 18th century, and many tombstone carvers such as Gershom Bartlett and Jonathan Loomis sourced their stone from Bolton quarries. Bolton was removed from Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County when Tolland County was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signed On
A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio broadcasting, radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonwealth countries except Canada), which is the sequence of operations involved when a Radio broadcasting, radio or television station shuts down its transmitters and goes off the air for a predetermined period; generally, this occurs during the overnight hours although a broadcaster's digital specialty or sub-channels may sign-on and sign-off at significantly different times than its main channels. Like other Television show, television programming, sign-on and sign-off sequences can be initiated by a broadcast automation system, and automatic transmission systems can turn the carrier signal and transmitter on/off by remote control. Sign-on and sign-off sequences have become less common due to the increasing prevalence of 24/7 service, 24/7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
