WNTY(WXCT) Connecticut

[Jeff Lehmann]

They're all owned by Fuller now, and yes, the Kool Oldies format will be moving to 1270 in Springfield.

Jeff Lehmann

> On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:16 AM, Rob Landry <011010001@interpring.com> wrote:
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> WSKP 1180 is John J. Fuller (Red Wolf Broadcasting); the original call letters were WJJF. I'm not sure about the other stations, but am intimately familiar with 1180 because it was owned for a few years by Chris Jones (Judson Group), one of my clients, and before that by Charles River Broadcasting, my last full time employer.
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> Rob
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>> On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, dw wrote:
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>> Last summer driving through Connecticut I heard a very appealing oldies
> format on 990. The ID was WXCT. I liked it so much I bookmarked it to
> listen on the internet (the website for "listen on air" was a page from
> Davidson Media). I heard that station broadcast the same programming on
> 1490 West Springfield. By the end of the fall, the Davidson site was no
> longer up and I had to listen via Tune-In. The station was then mentioning
> programming was also carried on 1180 WSKP Hope Valley RI and on a HD2 FM
> channel in Pawcatuck. As of today the station identifies as WNTY 990
> Southington, 96.1 Hartford-Meriden, WSKP 1180 Hope Valley and WBMW 104.5
> Pawcatuck. WACM now carries Bomba Urban/EDM Bachata (which is wonderful to
> listen to - I have bookmarked that), and it sounds like it's WSPR. Two
> days ago when I was driving in Hartford I tuned to 1270 and heard
> announcements advising listeners to tune to 1490 and 104.5. A few weeks
> ago the 990 oldies station was alerting listeners "we'r!
> e moving down the dial and up in power." I assumed that 1490 would no longer be
> oldies. Are they moving to 1270? May 1 was a date mentioned.  Does anyone
> have the lowdown on this whole operation? Why did it drop the WXCT call
> letters? Does the oldies station(s) have a web site?(I don't like
> listening to Tune-in - it often drops the streaming). Last summer Fred
> King had a M-F morning show briefly and then moved to midday for a short
> while. Now he's gone. Why did he leave WARE where he was previously? Does
> anyone know what he's doing these days? Btw, when I google Bomba the home
> page for 97.1 lists 99.5, 98.5, 104.5 and 1270(Springfield). Does the
> Bomba owner have any connection to the Kool Radio 1180 owner? Is the
> "Bomba format" a national thing or is it locally programmed? Today when I
> was listening between 5-7pm there was "DJExtreme" and he gave a request
> line number that seemed like it was in Florida.