WSTC

WSTC
City Stamford, Connecticut
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 / 41.04694; -73.52667
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.

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References

  1. "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. "WSTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "WSHU Launches 'Fairfield County Public Radio'". All Access. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  4. "Cox Sells WSTC-WNLK To Sacred Heart University". All Access. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
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