WSTC

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WSTC
Simulcasts WSHU, Westport, Connecticut
Broadcast area Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
Frequency 1400 kHz
Programming
Format Public radio, News/Talk
Ownership
Owner Sacred Heart University
WSHU, WSHU-FM, WSUF
History
First air date
September 18, 1941;82 years ago (1941-09-18)
Former call signs
WSRR (1941–1946)
Call sign meaning
Stamford, Connecticut
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 10660
Class C
Power 780 watts
Transmitter coordinates
41°2′49″N73°31′36″W / 41.04694°N 73.52667°W / 41.04694; -73.52667
Links
Public license information
Website www.wshu.org

WSTC (1400 kHz) is a public AM radio station in Stamford, Connecticut. [2] It serves the Stamford-Norwalk area with a non-commercial, listener-supported news/talk radio format, simulcast with co-owned WSHU 1260 AM Westport, Connecticut. WSTC is owned by Sacred Heart University.

Contents

Programming on WSTC and WSHU includes NPR shows Morning Edition , All Things Considered , Fresh Air with Terry Gross and 1A . A local staff supplies Connecticut news updates.

History

The station signed on the air on September 18, 1941;82 years ago. The call sign was WSRR. From the 1950s through the 80s, it was a full service, middle of the road station, featuring popular adult music with local news and sports. In 1947, it added an FM station, WSTC-FM (now WARW).

WSTC was sold by Cox Radio, Inc. in 2011 and was initially operated by Sacred Heart via a local marketing agreement (LMA). Prior to 2011, WSTC and WNLK 1350 AM in Norwalk, Connecticut simulcast a commercial news/talk format. [3]

On January 25, 2016, WSTC dropped its public radio simulcast with WSHU 1260 AM and went silent. It returned to the air on June 1, 2016, with a format of adult standards with some talk shows. That format lasted only a little more than a year.

On July 10, 2017, WSTC returned to a simulcast of NPR news/talk-formatted WSHU 1260 AM Westport. [4]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WSTC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WSTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "Cox Sells WSTC-WNLK To Sacred Heart University". All Access. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  4. WSHU Reclaims WSTC Operations Radioinsight - July 10, 2017