WUNR
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| WUNR | |
| City of license | Brookline, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Slogan | One World, One Station |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 |
| Format | Ethnic |
| ERP | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | United Nations of Radio (reflecting its ethnic format) |
| Owner | Herbert Hoffman |
| Website | http://www.wunr.com/ |
WUNR is a radio station serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, licensed to nearby Brookline. It broadcasts on 1600 kHz on the AM radio dial with an ethnic format. It is owned by Herbert Hoffman.
[edit] History
The station first signed on in 1948 as WVOM, a local station. WVOM was one of the earliest stations in the Boston area to adopt 24-hour broadcasting on a regular basis. The station was sold to Herbert Hoffman in 1955, who changed the call letters to WBOS and eventually added an FM station, WBOS-FM.
The AM station had some leased-time ethnic programming, but also for a time in the mid 1950's was home to one of the first rock-and-roll shows on Boston radio, hosted by a young Arnie "Woo-Woo" Ginsberg. In the late 1950's, WBOS was mostly a beautiful music simulcast on both AM and FM, although some ethnic programming remained on the AM side.
In the late 1960s, WBOS-AM gradually abandoned simulcasting with WBOS-FM and increased the amount of ethnic programming on the AM side. The call letters of WBOS-AM became WUNR in 1969 to reflect its ethnic format.
WUNR's tramsmitter and antenna are located in nearby Newton, Massachusetts. Work has started on a project which will result in a more powerful signal for the station in most of the Boston area, but still "nulled" to the southwest somewhat to protect WWRL in New York City.
[edit] References
- The Boston Radio Dial: WUNR(AM). The Archives at BostonRadio.org (2005-3-24). Retrieved on January 22, 2006.
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