WSAR

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WSAR
City of license Fall River, MA (studios & XMTR. in Somerset, Ma.)
Broadcast area SouthCoast, MA
Slogan "The Region’s #1 Home For News and Talk"
First air date April 1921
Frequency 1480 (kHz)
Format Talk
ERP 5,000 watts
Class B
Callsign meaning sequential
Owner Jim and Bob Karam
Website [1]

WSAR is an AM Radio station in Somerset, MA broadcasting at 1480 AM. WSAR is the second oldest radio station in Massachusetts and the fifth oldest station in the United States. WSAR's format is currently news and talk, although in earlier decades it was a full service music station playing top 40 music. WSAR has been awarded dozens of Associated Press and Massachusetts Broadcasters Association Awards for excellence in journalism and commitment to community.

[edit] The current WSAR news team

  • Keri Rodrigues - Program Director / News Director / Afternoon drive hostess
  • Barry Richard - Morning News Anchor/Midday talk show host
  • Jason Tisi - Afternoon News Anchor/Reporter
  • Rebecca Morse-Whitten - News Anchor

[edit] Current weekday schedule

(Note: news at the top and bottom of each hour.)
5:00AM - 10:00AM -- Happy Hec and Mike In The Morning
10:00AM - 1:00PM – Barry Richard
3:00PM - 6:00PM – Keri Rodrigues
6:00PM - 10:00PM – Laura Ingraham


Radio stations in the New Bedford-Fall River, Massachusetts market (Arbitron #177)

WNBH/1340 | WHTB/1400 | WBSM/1420 | WSAR/1480 | WFHL/88.1 | WUMD/89.3 | WTKL/91.1 | WJFD-FM/97.3 | WCTK/98.1 | WFHN/107.1

Massachusetts Radio Markets
Boston (AM) (FM) · Springfield · Worcester (AM) (FM) · New Bedford-Fall River · Cape Cod (AM) (FM)
See also: List of radio stations in Massachusetts and List of United States radio markets