WLAT
History
This station originally came on the air May 20, 1949, as WHAY. Its original studios were in New Britain; the transmitter was located at the present location on Birdseye Road in Farmington. The call sign were changed in February 1965 to WRCH, and a few years later, the station adopted a beautiful music format. In 1967, new studios were constructed at the tower site on Birdseye Road. They called the facility "Radio Park". The call sign were changed to WRCQ ("91 Q") on October 23, 1974. After American Radio Systems purchased the station in the late-1980s, the format was changed to rebroadcasting CNN Headline News; the station became WNEZ on January 5, 1990. On March 26, 1997, the station flipped to urban contemporary as "Jamz 910 AM". In 2001, Spanish broadcaster Mega Broadcasting's Alfredo Alonso purchased the station for $750,000, and changed the format to Spanish as "Amor 910" on May 5 of that year. At that time, studios were off Route 6 in Farmington. Mega later moved the studios to 330 Main Street in Hartford. On May 25, 2001, Mega swapped the call letters with their other Hartford area station (1230 AM), with 910 becoming WLAT. The station was purchased by Freedom Communications in 2002. Gois purchased the station in 2008.
Translator
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W269DE | 101.7 FM | New Britain, Connecticut | 143539 | 250 | D | 41°42′58.4″N 72°48′35.4″W / 41.716222°N 72.809833°W | LMS |
References
- ^ "WLAT" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. 1999. p. D-79. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
- ^ "WRCQ (WLAT) history cards". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Call Sign History (WLAT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
- ^ "Mega Flips Spanish 'NEZ/Hartford To UC" (PDF). R&R. March 28, 1997. p. 10 – via worldradiohistory.com.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 1911 (WLAT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WLAT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 1911 (WLAT) in the REC Networks database
- Facility details for Facility ID 143539 (W269DE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W269DE at FCCdata.org
- W269DE at FCCdata.org