WKND

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WKND
Broadcast areaHartford
Frequency 1480 kHz
BrandingThe Power
Programming
Format Urban Contemporary
Ownership
OwnerGois Broadcasting of Connecticut, LLC
WLAT, WNEZ
History
First air date
March 4, 1961
Former call signs
  • WSOR (1961–1966)
  • WEHW (1966–1969)
  • WKND (1969–2004)
  • WNEZ (2004–2007)
Call sign meaning
KND Corporation (former owner Kenneth Dawson)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 26302
Class D
Power
  • 500 watts day
  • 14 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
41°51′10″N72°40′43″W / 41.85278°N 72.67861°W / 41.85278; -72.67861
Translator(s) 97.5 W248CR (Windsor)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website Official website

WKND (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to the city of Windsor, Connecticut. The transmitter site is in Windsor, while the studios are in Hartford. WKND is owned by Gois Broadcasting of Connecticut, LLC. WKND operates with 500 watts during the day and 14 watts at night. WKND airs a Urban Contemporary format which is also broadcast on FM translator W248CR (97.5).

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History

WKND signed on in 1961 as WSOR, and featured a country/western and Polish format. It was a 500-watt daytime-only station. After a couple sales of the station in the mid-1960s, WSOR became WEHW in 1966.

In 1969, The KND Corporation purchased the station, and changed the callsign to WKND. A format change to R&B soon followed, and WKND became the first radio station in the state to feature a format targeting the African American community. In 1981, Hartcom Inc. purchased the station. Hartcom was formed by an all-minority group of individuals committed to keeping the station serving the African-American community. Studios eventually moved to the Windsor Parkade Shopping Center. Major transmitter site renovations were undertaken in the mid-1990s, with the replacement of the station's three towers and a retuning of the station's directional antenna pattern. [2]

In 2004, under an LMA with Freedom Communications of Connecticut, WKND's call sign and format moved to Freedom's WNEZ (1230 AM). With the move to 1230, WKND became a 24-hour station for the first time and got a power boost to 1,000 watts. They ran on-air announcements "The all-new 24 Hour, Twice the Power WKND 1230 AM". The 1480 facility then took the WNEZ call letters from 1230 AM and became urban gospel-formatted "Heaven 1480" for a few months, and then became Spanish oldies "La X 1480". WNEZ soon joined its sister stations WLAT and WKND at 330 Main Street in Hartford.

Freedom Communications ended up in receivership, and in 2007, WKND and its R&B oldies format returned to 1480, with 1230 going back to WNEZ and a Spanish-language format. Gois Broadcasting acquired WLAT and WNEZ in 2008 and WKND in 2009. The three stations were moved into new studios on Burnside Avenue in East Hartford shortly thereafter.

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Logo while simulcasting WNEZ

Translators

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W248CR97.5 MHz FM Windsor, Connecticut 13903225049  m (161  ft)D LMS

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WKND". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Hartford Radio History's page on WKND