WESO

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WESO
City of license Southbridge, Massachusetts
Broadcast area Worcester
Branding The Spirit 970
Frequency 970 kHz
Format Country music
ERP 1,000 watts day
21 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 18309
Transmitter Coordinates 42°3′59.00″N 71°59′28.00″W / 42.0663889, -71.9911111
Callsign meaning WEbester-SOouthbridge[1]
Owner Money Matters Radio, Inc.
Website thespirit970.com

WESO (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the Worcester area. The station is currently owned by Money Matters Radio, Inc..[2]

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WESO's tag line is "The Spirit 970" and is the "Travel and Tourism Station" of southern Worcester County.[citation needed]

The station also broadcasts local high school sporting events, mainly football and basketball. Sean Sweeney, a former sports writer with the Southbridge Evening News, is the station's play-by-play man and works as a one-man broadcast team. Southbridge Evening News sports editor Dave Forbes does the afternoon news and sports Monday through Thursday and helps out with commentary on high school sporting events.

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