WAVZ

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WAVZ (1300 AM) is a sports talk radio station serving New Haven, Connecticut. They are an ESPN radio affiliate owned by Clear Channel Communications.

The station switched formats in time for Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007.

The station was formerly known as the New Waves, or Lucky 13 WAVZ (pronounced "waves") and was a popular Top 40 radio station in the 1960s and 1970s. During the 60s, WAVZ competed with WDEE (1220, now WQUN), and later with WNHC (1340, now WYBC) for radio listeners. WAVZ generally won most of the rating "books." More recently, the station was a progressive talk radio station affiliate with Air America Radio.

More information about WAVZ can be found in an ebook by former WAVZ program director John Long at www.oidar.com.


Radio stations in the New Haven market (Arbitron #109)

AM Stations: 600 | 660 | 690 | 710 | 740 | 770 | 880 | 960 | 1050 | 1080 | 1220 | 1300 | 1340 | 1500
FM Stations: 88.7 | 89.5 | 90.5 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 92.5 | 93.7 | 94.3 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.5 | 99.1 | 99.9 | 100.5 | 101.3 | 102.9
104.1 | 104.9 | 105.9 | 106.1 | 107.9