WESO

WESO
City Southbridge, Massachusetts
Broadcast area South County
Branding Emmanuel Radio 970 AM
Slogan Truth for Life
Frequency 970 kHz
First air date March 20, 1955[1]
Format Catholic radio
Power 1,000 watts day
21 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 18309
Transmitter coordinates 42°3′59.00″N 71°59′28.00″W / 42.0663889°N 71.9911111°W / 42.0663889; -71.9911111 (WESO)Coordinates: 42°3′59.00″N 71°59′28.00″W / 42.0663889°N 71.9911111°W / 42.0663889; -71.9911111 (WESO)
Callsign meaning WEbster-SOuthbridge[2]
Affiliations EWTN Radio
Owner Emmanuel Communications, Inc.
Sister stations WNEB
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1230radio.com

WESO (970 AM; "Emmanuel Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format, simulcasting sister station WNEB in Worcester. Established in 1955, the station is licensed to serve Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. WESO is owned by Emmanuel Communications, Inc.[3]

WESO broadcast a country music format as "The Spirit 970" until October 2008, when the station began to simulcast the business talk programming of then-sister station WBNW in Concord. On June 13, 2014, Money Matters Radio, Inc. reached a deal to sell WESO to Emmanuel Communications, Inc., the owner of WNEB. The deal closed on August 29, 2014, at a purchase price of $250,000. Following the sale, WESO was converted to noncommercial operation[4] and began to carry WNEB's "Emmanuel Radio" programming, which includes programming from EWTN Radio.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-213. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. ↑ "WESO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 23, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ Boynton, Donna (June 28, 2014). "Worcester Catholic radio to buy WESO station". Worcester Telegram and Gazette. Retrieved April 18, 2017.


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