WARE
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Broadcast area | Springfield Metropolitan Area |
Frequency | 1250kHz |
Branding | Classic Hits 97.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | Success Signal Broadcasting, Inc. |
Through part-owner Kurt Jackson:WQVR,WQVD,WATR | |
History | |
First air date | July 11,1948(as WRMS) |
Former call signs | WRMS (1948–1949)[1] |
Call signmeaning | Ware (city of license) |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70877 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°14′43.33″N72°12′27.29″W/ 42.2453694°N 72.2075806°W |
Translator(s) | 97.7W249DP (Springfield) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | classichits977 |
WARE(1250AM) is acommercialradio stationbroadcasting aclassic hitsformat.LicensedtoWare, Massachusetts,United States, the station serves theSpringfieldradio market.The station is currently owned by Success Signal Broadcasting. WARE also operates anFMtranslatorinSpringfield,W249DP(97.7MHz).[3]The translator has its tower nearPalmer, Massachusetts,and is powered at 250watts.
The station calls itself "The Valley's Classic Hits" referring to thePioneer Valleyof theConnecticut River.
Translator
[edit]Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W249DP | 97.7 FM | Springfield, Massachusetts | 63474 | 250 | D | 42°8′30.3″N72°20′53.3″W/ 42.141750°N 72.348139°W | LMS |
History
[edit]WARE firstsigned onthe air in 1948, originally as WRMS.[4]It was owned by Donald W. Howe and was adaytimer.It transmitted with 1,000 watts and had to go off the air at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations onAM 1250.A year later, in 1949, it switched its call letters to WARE.
Unusual call letters
[edit]WARE is one of three stations in the United States where thecall signspells out the name of thecity of license.The other stations areWACO-FMinWaco, Texas,andWISE-FMinWise, Virginia(a satellite ofWVTF).
References
[edit]- ^"WARE reception verification"(PDF).March 24, 1949.RetrievedMay 17,2014.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WARE".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Radio-Locator /W249DP
- ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 170
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 70877 (WARE)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WAREinNielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 63474 (W249DP)in theFCCLicensing and Management System