WSHU (AM)

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WSHU
Broadcast area
Frequency 1260 kHz
BrandingWSHU Public Radio
Programming
Language(s) English
Format Public radio (News and Information)
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner Sacred Heart University
WSHU-FM, WSTC, WSUF
History
First air date
April 15, 1959;65 years ago (1959-04-15)
Former call signs
  • WMMM (1959–1987)
  • WCFS (1987–1989)
  • WMMM (1989–2000)
Call sign meaning
Sacred Heart University
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 43126
Class D
Power
  • 1,000 watts (day)
  • 9 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°7′44″N73°23′20″W / 41.12889°N 73.38889°W / 41.12889; -73.38889
Translator(s) 103.1 MHz  W276DY (Westport)
Repeater(s) See § Repeaters
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live (via TuneIn)
Website www.wshu.org

WSHU (1260 AM), is an NPR member radio station licensed to Westport, Connecticut. It is owned and operated by Sacred Heart University. By day, WSHU is powered at 1,000 watts using a directional antenna. However, at night, to avoid interference with other stations on 1260 AM, it reduces power to nine watts, effectively limiting its nighttime footprint to the area immediately around Westport. [2] Programming is also heard on 150-watt FM translator W276DY at 103.1 MHz in Westport. [3]

Contents

WSHU primarily features news, talk and informational programming from National Public Radio with local news updates throughout the day. It holds periodic fundraisers on the air to support the running of the station. AM 1260 is one of the WSHU news and talk frequencies, which also includes the HD2 digital subchannel of WSHU-FM (91.1 FM) Fairfield, Connecticut, WSTC (1400 AM) Stamford, Connecticut, WSUF (89.9 FM) Greenport, New York and WYBC (1340 AM) New Haven, Connecticut. [4]

History

The station signed on the air on April 15, 1959;65 years ago. For its first three decades, the station's call sign was WMMM. It was a daytimer, broadcasting at 1,000 watts by day and required to go off the air at night. Throughout most of its history, WMMM had a full service middle of the road radio format, featuring popular adult music, local news and sports. For many years, it was co-owned with an FM station on 107.9 MHz (now WEBE).

On June 18, 2015, WSHU was granted a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to change the community of license to Seymour, move to a different transmitter site, decrease day power to 650 watts and increase night power to 17 watts. [5] The station did not go through with the new construction and the construction permit is no longer listed on the FCC's website. [6]

Repeaters

Call sign Frequency Band City of license State Facility ID
WSHU-HD2 91.1 (HD2)FM Fairfield Connecticut 58515
WYBC 1340AM New Haven Connecticut 72820
WSTC 1400AM Stamford Connecticut 10660
W276DY [a] 103.1FM Westport Connecticut 200235
WSUF 89.9FM Greenport New York 58516

Notes:

  1. ↑ Translator; rebroadcasts WSHU

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSHU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WSHU
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W276DY
  4. ↑ "WSHU Launches 'Fairfield County Public Radio'". All Access. March 18, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission.
  6. ↑ FCC.gov/WSHU
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