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WINY
WINY (1350 AM) is a heritage radio station and is owned by Gary and Karen Osbrey through licensee Osbrey Broadcasting Company. It operates during the daytime with 5,000 watts of power, and at 79 watts nighttime. Its studios and transmitter are located in Putnam, Connecticut. In addition to its original programming, WINY is also a member station of the Boston Red Sox Radio Network, the New England Patriots Radio Network, and the Motor Racing Network. History WINY first signed on the air on May 3, 1953, under the call letters WPCT. The station was financed by three French Canadian businessmen from Central Falls, Rhode Island: named Goyette, Albert Lanthier, and Rene Cote. The station was managed by Daniel Hyland with an original announcing staff of Dick Alarie, Ed Read, and Frank Carroll. The call letters were changed to WINY in September 1960, when the station was purchased by the Herbert C. Rice family and the Winny Broadcasting Company. The call letters were changed to repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Red Sox Radio Network
The Boston Red Sox Radio Network is an American radio network composed of 54 radio stations which carry English language coverage of the Boston Red Sox, a professional baseball team in Major League Baseball (MLB). Lawrence, Massachusetts station WEEI-FM (93.7 FM broadcasting, FM), which serves Boston, Massachusetts, Boston and the Greater Boston area, serves as the network's Flagship (broadcasting), Flagship. The network also includes 49 Network affiliate, affiliates in the U.S. states of Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York (state), New York, and Florida: 28 AM stations, 24 of which supplement their signals with one or more FM Broadcast relay station, translators; and 21 full-power FM stations, one of which supplements its signal with several FM translators. Joe Castiglione currently serves as the network's play-by-play announcer; since the start of the 2020 Boston Red Sox season, 2020 Red Sox season, Will Flemming, Sean McDonough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Patriots Radio Network
The New England Patriots Radio Network is a radio network which carries live game broadcasts of the New England Patriots. The network's Flagship (radio), flagship station is WBZ-FM in Boston. Bob Socci, who now does the play-by-play with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak providing the color commentary and former Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham and WBZ-TV/WSBK-TV sports reporter Steve Burton (sports journalist), Steve Burton providing the sideline reports. Marc Bertrand and ''Boston Globe'' sports columnist Chris Gasper host the pregame, and the postgame show is hosted by Bertrand. Albert Breer and ''Patriots Football Weekly'' writers Paul Perillo is a regular guest analyst on the network's pre-game show. Marc D. Cappello has been the producer since 1995. Gil Santos, former WBZ (AM), WBZ 1030 sports reporter who was known as the "Voice of the New England Patriots," retired after 2012 New England Patriots season, the 2012 season and was replaced by Bob Socci. Santos call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putnam, Connecticut
Putnam is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 10,214 at the 2020 census. History Putnam, originally known as Aspinock, then part of Killingly, is a New England mill town incorporated in 1855. Created from sections of Killingly, Pomfret, and Thompson, the town was named in honor of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. Putnam was a key contributor in providing clothing and other goods to the Civil War soldiers. There were numerous mills and a train ran through the town, providing transportation for the goods being produced. On August 19, 1955, Putnam was devastated by floods from torrential downpours caused by two hurricanes, which hit Connecticut within the span of a week. Hurricane Connie affected Connecticut on August 13, dropping between four and six inches (152 mm) of rain across the state. Hurricane Diane soaked the state with of rain on August 18–19. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Connecticut
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Connecticut, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WAAQ * WAOF * WBIB-FM (1947–1954) * WBRL * WBVC * WBZY (1947–1964) * WCAC * WCFV-LP * WCJ * WCON * WCSE-LP (2002–2022) * WCWS * WDAK (1922–1924) * WDJZ (1977–2016) * WELI-FM * WFHA * WGCH-FM * WHNM * WICT-LP * WKAX * WKKA * WKKK (unaired) * WKNB-FM * WLAC * WLCR * WLIZ * WLNV * WMDX-LP * WNLC (1936–1997) * WNLN-LP * WOAS * WOGS-LP * WQAD * WQQW * WQSA-LP * WSAG * WSCH-FM * WSPV-LP * WTHT (1936–1954) * WTHT-FM (1948–1950) * WWBW-LP (2005–2022) * WWEB * WXRN * WYBC 640 AM * WYPH-LP (2014–2022) * WZMA-LP References {{DEFAULTSORT:Radio Stations In Connecticut Connecticut Radio stations Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio signal, audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WILI (AM)
WILI (1400 kHz) is an AM radio station in Willimantic, Connecticut, broadcasting at a power of 1,000 watts, full-time. WILI's programming is also heard on translator station W237EL (95.3 FM broadcasting, FM). It is affiliated with the ABC News Radio, ABC Entertainment Network, the Red Sox Radio Network, and the UConn Basketball and Football Networks. Its sister station is WILI-FM (98.3). The station is owned by Hall Communications, Inc. and its studios are located on Main Street in Willimatic, near the Willimantic Footbridge. Ownership In May 2005, Florida-based Hall Communications reached an agreement to acquire WILI and WILI-FM from Nutmeg Broadcasting Co. At the time of the purchase, Hall already owned WICH and WCTY in Norwich and WNLC and WKNL in New London. In addition, Hall owns a number of stations in medium-sized markets along the eastern seaboard from Vermont to Florida. Boom Box Parade WILI has gained international attention for its unusual July 4 Boom Box Parade. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainstream Adult Contemporary Radio Stations In The United States
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Full Service Radio Stations In The United States
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Willimantic, CT
Willimantic is a census-designated place located in Windham, Connecticut, United States. Previously organized as a city and later as a borough, Willimantic is currently one of two tax districts within the Town of Windham. Willimantic is located within Windham County and the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. Known as "Thread City" for the American Thread Company's mills along the Willimantic River, it was a center of the textile industry in the 19th century. Originally incorporated as a city in 1893, it entered a period of decline after the Second World War, culminating in the mill's closure and the city's reabsorption into the town of Windham in the 1980s. Willimantic was populated by a series of ethnic groups migrating to the city to find work at the mills, originally Western European and French Canadian immigrants, later Eastern Europeans and Puerto Ricans. Architecturally, it is known for its collection of Victorian-era houses and other buildings in the hill secti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WILI-FM
WILI-FM (98.3 FM, "Hit Music i-98.3") is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 format. Licensed to the village of Willimantic, Connecticut, it serves eastern Connecticut. It is the sister station to WILI (1400 AM). The station is currently owned by Hall Communications, Inc. The studios are located on Main Street in Willimantic, near the Willimantic Footbridge. History The history of 98.3 FM in Willimantic began in 1971, with two competing proposals for the allocation of 98.3 in Connecticut: a proposal for the allocation to go to Willimantic submitted by Colin K. Rice and his family's Nutmeg Broadcasting, and a competing proposal from a group headed by Randal Mayer of WWUH and WHCN and Kenneth N. Dawson of WKND to allocate the frequency to Enfield. In early 1972, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated the frequency to Willimantic, making 98.3 the only FM in Windham County. By December 1972, Nutmeg Broadcasting and the newly formed Windham Broadcast Group w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Saybrook, CT
Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut Middlesex County is a county in the south central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population was 164,245. The county was created in May 1785 from portions of Hartford County and New London County. Middlese ..., United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 10,481 at the 2020 census. It contains the incorporated borough of Fenwick, Connecticut, Fenwick, and the census-designated places of Old Saybrook Center, Connecticut, Old Saybrook Center and Saybrook Manor, Connecticut, Saybrook Manor. History In 1624, shortly after establishing their New Netherland settlements, first settlement at Governors Island, New Netherlander, Dutch settlers established a short-lived factory (trading post), factory at present-day Old Saybrook. The trading post was named Kievits Hoek, or "Plover's Corner". Kievits Hoek was soon abandoned as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLIS
WLIS (1420 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The station is owned by Crossroads Communications of Old Saybrook, LLC. and airs a talk radio–adult standards format. The station is also simulcast on WMRD in Middletown, Connecticut. The station has held the call letters WLIS since it was initially licensed. Translator References External links * * * ( Guide to reading History Cards) ;FM translators * * 1957 establishments in Connecticut Nostalgia radio in the United States Old Saybrook, Connecticut Radio stations established in 1957 LIS LIS or LiS may refer to: Computing * LIS (programming language) * Lis (linear algebra library), library of iterative solvers for linear systems * Laboratory information system, databases oriented towards medical laboratories * Land information sys ... Talk radio stations in the United States {{Connecticut-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southington, CT
Southington ( ) is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 43,501. Southington contains the villages of Marion, Milldale, and Plantsville. History Although Southington was formally established as a town in 1779, its roots go back to a much earlier time. Samuel Woodruff, Southington's first white settler, moved from Farmington to the area then known as "Panthorne" that was settled in 1698. The land was formerly occupied by the Tunxis or Sepores Indians. The settlement grew, prospered, and came to be known as "South Farmington" and then later, the shortened version, Southington. The town's most important early visitor was General George Washington, who passed through the town in 1770 on his way to Wethersfield. The Marion section of Southington is one of the most historic places in the town. It is the site of an encampment by the great French genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
