WARE (1250 AM) is a

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station broadcasting a classic hits format.

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, United States, the station serves the Springfield

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. The station is currently owned by Success Signal Broadcasting. WARE also operates an FM

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in Springfield, W249DP (97.7

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). The translator has its tower near

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, and is powered at 250 watts. The station calls itself "The Valley's Classic Hits" referring to the

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of the

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History

WARE first

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the air in 1948, originally as WRMS.Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 170
/ref> It was owned by Donald W. Howe and was a

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. It transmitted with 1,000 watts and had to go off the air at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations on

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. A year later, in 1949, it switched its call letters to WARE.

Unusual call letters

WARE is one of three stations in the United States where the

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spells out the name of the

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. The other stations are

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, and

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(a satellite of

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* * ARE Classic hits radio stations in the United States Mass media in Hampshire County, Massachusetts Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Massachusetts Ware, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-radio-station-stub