WBRK (AM)

WBRK

City of license	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Slogan	"Today's soft hits and yesterday's favorites"
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	1936^[1]
Format	Soft Adult Contemporary
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	71232
Transmitter coordinates	42°27′00″N 73°12′55″W / 42.45000°N 73.21528°W / 42.45000; -73.21528
Callsign meaning	BeRKshire
Owner	WBRK, Inc.
Sister stations	WBRK-FM
Website	http://www.wbrk.com/

WBRK (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Pittsfield, Massachusetts. WBRK was the Berkshires first radio station taking to the air in 1938 in studios located on "Bank Row" in downtown Pittsfield. As with many stations of that era, the spacious studios allowed for live performances by the big bands and orchestras of the day. The company later founded the only commercial television station to call the Berkshires home in the 1950s with WMGT. The television station, with a tower on Mount Greylock, was later sold and eventually evolved into WTEN-TV based in Albany, New York. The radio station is currently owned by WBRK, Inc. It airs a Soft Adult Contemporary (a contemporary form of Easy Listening without so-called "Elevator music") music format while airing CBS Sports Radio featuring Jim Rome and Doug Gottlieb.^[2] The station was assigned the WBRK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[3]

In addition to its usual music programming, WBRK carries New York Yankees, and local sports broadcasts.^[1]

From 1941 to 1960 Mr. Dan Healy worked as a sports broadcaster for WBRK.

References

1 2 "Station Profile". WBRK.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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Radio stations in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts market

By AM frequency	860 1110 1230 1340 1420 New York 590 810 1230 1300 1460

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 91.1 91.7 91.9 93.9 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.1 101.1 101.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 New York 90.3 91.1 91.5 93.5 97.5 103.1 103.9 106.5

By callsign	W230AU W242AT W252BG W254AU W266AW WAMC WAMQ WBCR-LP WBEC WBEC-FM WBRK WBRK-FM WBSL WCFM WGDJ WGY WGY-FM WHAZ WHUC WHVP WJJW WKGT-LP WNAW WOPG WPYX WQBK WROW WRPI WRRS-LP WSBS WSGG WTBR WUPE WUPE-FM WZCR

Massachusetts radio markets Boston Cape Cod New Bedford–Fall River Springfield Worcester Other Massachusetts radio regions Pittsfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

Adult Contemporary radio stations in the state of Massachusetts

By frequency	860 1340 1390 1490 93.1 93.3 94.7 95.9 96.1 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.9 100.5 101.7 104.1 104.7 106.7

By callsign	WATD-FM WBMX WBRK WBRK-FM WHAI WHYN-FM WJDF WKFY WMAS-FM WMJX WMRC WOCN-FM WPLM WPLM-FM WQRC WSBS WSNE-FM WSRS W263CU

By community of license	Barnstable Boston Boston East Harwich Great Barrington Greenfield Hyannis Marshfield Milford Orange Orleans Pittsfield Pittsfield Plymouth Plymouth Springfield Springfield Taunton Worcester

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts

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