WSKI

WSKI
City of license Montpelier, Vermont
Branding CBS Sports 1240
Frequency 1240 kHz
First air date December 7, 1947
Format Sports
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 23049
Transmitter coordinates 44°14′40″N 72°32′47″W / 44.24444°N 72.54639°W
Affiliations CBS Sports Radio
Owner Northeast Broadcasting
(Galloway Communications, Inc.)

WSKI (1240 AM, "CBS Sports 1240") is a radio station licensed to serve Montpelier, Vermont. The station is owned by Galloway Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Bedford, New Hampshire-based Northeast Broadcasting.[1] It airs a sports radio format and derives most of its programming from CBS Sports Radio.[2][3]

The station was assigned the WSKI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]

Programming

While it airs the sports radio format and most of its programming from ESPN Radio, WSKI also airs local sports play by play, including being the official radio home for the Vermont Mountaineers of the NECBL.

Late night programing includes Speed freaks, The Video Game Review, and Sports Overnight America. [5]

WSKI's longest continual running program is The Classic Country Jamboree, which has aired every Saturday since 1996. The show is hosted by former WSKI radio host Dick Sicely who was with the station from the 1960s to the 1980s. 16-year station veteran Tom McLeod decided to re-launch the type of show Sicely hosted and the pair can be heard Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. WSKI forecaster Bob Misenberger is along for the show at noon. The station has had a number of announcers still found in area markets. The longest serving announcer, the late Bob Bannon, was with the station from the late 1940s and into the 1990s.

History

WSKI began broadcasting December 7, 1947, on 1240 kHz with 250 W power. The station was owned by Carl R. Taylor and B.M. Jacobsen.[6]

Previous Logo

(WSKI's logo under previous ESPN Radio affiliation)

References

  1. ↑ Galloway Communications (2005-11-23). "Biennial Ownership Report on FCC Form 323". Retrieved 2008-06-29. Application reference number BOA-20051123AJV.
  2. ↑ "ESPN Radio: Affiliate List". ESPN Radio.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ http://www.sportsbyline.com/affil.htm#Vermont
  6. ↑ "Vermont Governor Helps Debut WSKI Montpelier". Broadcasting. December 15, 1947. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

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