WSNO

WSNO
City of license Barre, Vermont
Broadcast area Central Vermont
Slogan "Central Vermont's Talk Station"
Frequency 1450 kHz
Format Talk
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 34813
Transmitter coordinates 44°11′40″N 72°30′52″W / 44.19444°N 72.51444°W
Callsign meaning "Snow"
Affiliations CBS Radio Network
Dial Global
Yahoo! Sports Radio
Cumulus Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Owner Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations WRFK, WWFY
Website www.wsnoradio.com

WSNO (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont. The station is owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio. It airs a talk radio format featuring Glenn Beck, Imus in the Morning, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Jim Bohannon, and Clark Howard. WSNO also features local news and weather, high school sports, NFL Football, Boston Bruins and NCAA Basketball. Jim Severance is the Program Director.[1]

The station has been assigned the WSNO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

WSNO, along with 29 other stations in northern New England formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.[3][4] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[5] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2012. (updated May 23, 2012)
  5. ↑ Kitch, Michael (December 1, 2012). "Binnie closes on purchase of WLNH". Laconia Daily Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 11, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.

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