WESX

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WESX
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Broadcast area Greater Boston
Frequency 1230 kHz
BrandingWESX 1230 AM
Programming
Format Religious; ethnic
Ownership
OwnerReal Media Group, LLC
WJDA
History
First air date
December 10, 1939 [1]
Former frequencies
1200 kHz (1939–1941)
Call sign meaning
 Essex County
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 49301
Class C
Power 450 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 42°27′10.35″N70°58′48.18″W / 42.4528750°N 70.9800500°W / 42.4528750; -70.9800500
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Public license information
Webcast Listen live

WESX (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious and multi-cultural format, licensed to broadcast in the Nahant, Massachusetts, precinct. The station is owned by Real Media Group, LLC. [3]

Contents

Programming is in Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, and English. The transmitter is located in Lynn, Massachusetts, with studios located in Chelsea.

History

WESX made its debut on December 10, 1939, at 1200 kHz on the AM band, with studios in Salem, Massachusetts; the transmitter was in Marblehead. [4] The station's original owner was Charles W. Phelan, who had been the director of sales for the Yankee Network in Boston from 1928 to early 1939. The station's first program manager also came from the Yankee Network— Van D. Sheldon, who had most recently been in charge of the Artists Bureau, where he auditioned and hired the bands that performed on the air. [5] The programming and advertising on WESX targeted the cities and towns north of Boston, the area known as the North Shore. [6] But by 1949, Phelan was in poor health; in early November, he sold the station to James D. Asher and Joseph H. Tobin, who also owned radio station WJDA in Quincy. [7]

After James D. Asher died in 1973, [8] his son Jay ran the stations until May 2006, at which time they were sold to Otto Miller, who changed both stations from their full-service (news, talk, local sports, music) format to a Spanish-language format. [9] In 2017, the Principle Broadcasting Network sold its stations — WESX, WJDA, and WLIE in Islip, New York — to Universal Stations for $2.3 million; Universal's principals were also associated with Principle. [10] Universal Stations sold WESX and WJDA to Real Media Group effective August 9, 2018. [11]

BBC Up All Night

In 2004, BBC News presenter Rhod Sharp moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts. Wishing to continue to broadcast the BBC Radio 5 Live show Up All Night , he made an arrangement with WESX's owners to use the studios and ISDN line to connect him with Broadcasting House in London, England. [12] The arrangement came to an end in 2007, when Sharp and his wife moved to 18th-century house in Marblehead's Old Town section, which included a suitably equipped home-studio. [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1930s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WESX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WESX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "What We Hear." Boston Globe, December 10, 1939, p. D12.
  5. ↑ "Sheldon Named Manager of WESX, Salem." Broadcasting, November 15, 1939, p. 36.
  6. ↑ "WESX Salem." Broadcasting, October 4, 1948, p. 14.
  7. ↑ "Transfer Requests." Broadcasting, November 28, 1949, p. 72.
  8. ↑ "J. Asher, Owner of Radio Station." Boston Herald, June 5, 1973, p. 19.
  9. ↑ Scott Fybush. "Remembering WJDA Quincy and WESX Salem." May 5, 2006
  10. ↑ "Charlie Banta Buys A Trio Of AMs, In Principle". Radio & Television Business Report. June 12, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Two Boston-Area AMs Sold". All Access. May 25, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ "WESX's 'international' era closes, too". WickedLocal.com. April 26, 2006. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  13. ↑ Joseph P. Kahn (August 3, 2012). "The BBC, live from Marblehead". Boston Globe . Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ "BBC broadcaster to discuss 'Avery's Fall' at Marblehead Museum". WickedLocal.com. October 6, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
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