WSTC
City | Stamford, Connecticut |
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Broadcast area | Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut |
Branding | 1400 WSTC |
Slogan | Fairfield County's Favorite Radio |
Frequency | 1400 kHz |
First air date | September 18, 1941 (as WSRR) |
Format | Adult Standards, Talk |
Power | 780 watts unlimited |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 10660 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°2′49″N 73°31′36″W / 41.04694°N 73.52667°W |
Callsign meaning | Stamford Town Center, Stamford, CT (reversed)[1] |
Former callsigns | WSRR (1941–1946) |
Owner | Sacred Heart University |
Sister stations | WNLK, WSHU, WSHU-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | vgrradio.com |
WSTC (1400 AM) is a radio station licensed to Stamford, Connecticut[2] and serving the Stamford-Norwalk area with adult standards and talk.[3] The station is owned by Sacred Heart University, after being sold by Cox Radio, Inc. in 2011 and initially operated by Sacred Heart via a local marketing agreement; prior to 2011, WSTC and WNLK simulcast a commercial news/talk format.[4] On January 25, 2016 dropped its simulcast with WSHU (1260 AM) and went silent, and then returned to the air on June 1, 2016 with an adult standards/talk format.
See also
References
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ↑ "WSTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WSHU Launches 'Fairfield County Public Radio'". All Access. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Cox Sells WSTC-WNLK To Sacred Heart University". All Access. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
External links
- WSTC website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WSTC
- Radio-Locator Information on WSTC
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSTC
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