WTSA (1450 AM, "99.5 The Beast") is a radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Four Seasons Media and broadcasts an active rock format, also carried by FM translator W258DQ (99.5). It first signed on in 1950.
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| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| Branding | 99.5 The Beast |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Four Seasons Media, Inc. |
| WTSA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 19, 1950 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Tri-State Area (Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67763 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°52′13.3″N 72°33′33.32″W / 42.870361°N 72.5592556°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.5 W258DQ (Brattleboro) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wtsaradio |
History
editWTSA signed on April 19, 1950, as a sister station to WKBR in Manchester, New Hampshire. The station was first in Brattleboro and was positioned to serve Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. WTSA was sold to the Puritan Radio Group, and later to McGavern/Guild. McGavern changed the middle of the road format to top 40 in the mid 1960s. WTSA was always the most popular station in the region, being a strongly personality directed format. In 1967 WTSA had a Hooper Index listenership of 49.7 market share out of a 13-station measure. WTSA-FM would be added in 1975, and with ownership changes, the format on AM was moved to FM.[citation needed] The station became WMMJ on July 1, 1984, but was reassigned the WTSA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 1, 1986.[1]
On March 4, 2019, WTSA changed its format from sports to active rock, branded as "99.5 The Beast" in reflection of its FM translator, W258DQ (99.5).[3]
Translator
edit| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W258DQ | 99.5 FM | Brattleboro, Vermont | 202741 | 99 | D | 42°53′21″N 72°36′45″W / 42.88917°N 72.61250°W | LMS |
References
edit- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ The Beast Rocks Into Brattleboro Radioinsight - March 5, 2019
External links
edit- WTSA AM official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 67763 (WTSA) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WTSA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 202741 (W258DQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W258DQ at FCCdata.org
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