WACM (AM)

WACM (1270 AM, "Kool Radio") is a radio station licensed to serve Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by John Fuller, through licensee Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. It airs an oldies music format, simulcasting WSKP 1180 AM Hope Valley, RI.[1] Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the station had a Top 40 format. Later decades, the station had a talk/news approach before its current format.

WACM

City	Springfield, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Springfield, Massachusetts
Branding	Kool Radio AM
Slogan	Good Times Great Oldies
Frequency	1270 kHz
Translator(s)	100.1 W261DD (Springfield)
First air date	June 1936 (as WSPR)
Format	Oldies (WSKP simulcast)
Power	5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	18717
Transmitter coordinates	42°05′24″N 72°36′11″W 42°06′06″N 72°37′23″W auxiliary (backup)
Former call signs	WSPR (1936–2016)
Owner	John Fuller (Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations	WSPR
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	koololdiesradio.net

The station was assigned the WSPR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission in 1936.[2] On April 12, 2016, it changed its call sign to the current WACM.

On May 1, 2016 WACM changed their format from Spanish tropical (as "Bomba 1270") to oldies, branded as "Kool Radio AM" (simulcasting WSKP 1180 AM Hope Valley, Rhode Island).

WACM’s programming is also simulcasted on W261DD, a translator station broadcasting on 100.1 FM.