WESO

WESO
City of license Southbridge, Massachusetts
Broadcast area Worcester, Massachusetts
Branding Money Matters Radio
Frequency 970 kHz
First air date March 20, 1955[1]
Format Business talk
Power 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°N 71.9911111°W
Callsign meaning WEbster-SOuthbridge[2]
Owner Emmanuel Communications, Inc.
Sister stations WBNW
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.weso970am.com

WESO (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Business Talk/Lifestyle Talk format, simulcasting sister station WBNW in Concord.[3] It previously broadcast a country music format as "The Spirit 970" until October 2008. Licensed to Southbridge, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the Worcester area. The station is currently owned by Emmanuel Communications, Inc.[4]

On June 13, 2014, Money Matters Radio, Inc. reached a deal to sell WESO to Emmanuel Communications, Inc., the owner of Worcester Catholic radio station WNEB (1230 AM). The deal closed on August 29, 2014, at a purchase price of $250,000. Following the sale, WESO will be converted to noncommercial operation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-213. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. ↑ "The demise of another "local" station". Radio-Info.com.
  4. ↑ "WESO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

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