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40-432: WVEI may refer to: WVEI (AM) , a radio station (1440 AM) licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts, United States WVEI-FM , a radio station (103.7 FM) licensed to Westerly, Rhode Island, United States WWEI , a radio station (105.5 FM) licensed to Easthampton, Massachusetts, United States, which used the call sign WVEI-FM from 2006 to 2011 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

80-648: A deal announced on October 4, 1999, and completed in August 2000. WTAG, which had rejoined CBS in 1993, ended its 14-year affiliation with the network and joined Fox News Radio in February 2007. Over 100 other Clear Channel stations had already been affiliated with Fox News Radio since 2005. In 1945, WTAG received the Alfred I. duPont Award "for outstanding public service in encouraging, promoting and developing American ideals of freedom, and for loyal, devoted service to

120-830: A full-time news/talk format with the All News Morning Journal and the All-News Afternoon Journal during drive times. Talk show hosts included WSB 's Bob Coxe, Kurt Oden (who was an aide to Buddy Cianci ), Paul Stanford (now running a gift shop in Naples), Bob Morgan on Sports, Ron Parshley, Alan Michael Rowey, Skip Quillia with Tests and Trivia, Dick Steven's Feminine Forum, Jeff Katz, John Gallager (formerly of Westwood Family Dental and East/West Mortgage), Steve Booth (daytime talk show producer), Dave Houle (evening talk show producer and later WFTQ p/t announcer), and Mike Moore (sales guru at WAAF). In

160-565: A laryngectomy from throat cancer and did many anti-smoking ads, was the political talk show host following Sportsbeat . In the fall of 1971, WAAB replaced the Don Earle show with an ambitious nightly news block to 7:00 pm, anchored by Ron Parshley and Mike Cabral. A news correspondent for this program was Paul Del Colle, a senior at Holy Cross , who assumed news anchor duties for the Bob Merman's talk show, which ended at 11:00 pm. Bob Merman

200-512: A site was located that would allow for construction of towers. A farm on Shrewsbury Street in Holden, about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the center of Worcester, was purchased in 1934. Construction of a new transmitting facility was begun in 1935. On February 2, 1937, WTAG began transmitting with a power of 1000 watts using a three tower directional antenna system. This transmitter site has been in continuous use since that time. The transmitter used

240-804: Is simulcast on FM translator W235AV at 94.9 MHz, licensed to Tatnuck . WTAG's weekday program schedule includes two local shows: Jim Polito and Jordan Levy . Polito's program is regionally syndicated to WHYN in Springfield , WHJJ in Providence, Rhode Island , WXKS in Boston, and WXTK on Cape Cod . WTAG also airs nationally syndicated talk shows from Premiere Networks , iHeartMedia's programming subsidiary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show , Sean Hannity , America Now with Buck Sexton and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory ; Glenn Beck Radio Program from TheBlaze Network

280-434: Is also aired. Weekends feature shows on money, law, house repair, gardening and restaurants, as well as repeats from some weekday shows. WTAG is a Fox News Radio affiliate. WTAG's history began on May 1, 1924, when the C. T. Sherer Co., a Worcester department store, received the license for WDBH. WDBH began operation May 24, 1924, with a power of 100 watts on a frequency of 268 meters (1120 kHz). The call letters

320-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WVEI (AM) The station that now operates as WVEI originated in Boston as WBET, the radio station of the Boston Evening Transcript , which was granted a license on December 18, 1926. The station was originally authorized with 100 watts on 780 kHz; however, when the station signed on February 27, 1927, it

360-831: The Blue Network ); the Worcester area would thereafter receive NBC's programming via WBZ in Boston and WBZA in Springfield. On December 31, 1958, WTAG announced that it would leave CBS Radio in June 1959 over the station's opposition to the network's "Program Consolidation Plan"; it was the third station to announce its departure from CBS (after WJR in Detroit and WSAN in Allentown, Pennsylvania ) out of an eventual 20 stations, and had been one of eight stations to oppose

400-749: The Hotel Buckminster at Kenmore Square ; by April 20, John Shepard III of Shepard Stores, owner of WNAC and the Yankee Network, had acquired WAAB outright. Shepard had shown interest in the WLEX license as early as the fall of 1929, when he attempted to lease the station and relocate it to Worcester; this plan was rejected by the Federal Radio Commission (FRC) following objections from WTAG . By 1938, WAAB's studios were located at 21 Brookline Avenue. On January 26, 1937,

440-651: The Mutual network." On July 31, 1996, Zapis Communications announced it was selling both WWTM and WAAF to American Radio Systems (ARS) for $ 24.8 million. At that time, ARS also owned WEEI (by now located at 850 kHz), and within a year some WEEI programming was restored to WWTM. On August 13, 1998, David Field's Entercom purchased most of ARS's Boston-market stations, as well as WWTM, for $ 65 million from CBS as part of an anti-trust settlement from CBS's purchase of ARS. WWTM discontinued most of its remaining independent programming in favor of WEEI's in late 2000 and

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480-400: The Holden site survived the 1953 Worcester tornado . However, one of the towers was lost to Hurricane Carol in 1954. The nighttime directional pattern was reworked to use the four remaining towers. The fallen one was never replaced. Those four towers are still in use today. WTAG's affiliation with NBC ended on April 5, 1943, when the station joined CBS , replacing WORC (which moved to

520-851: The Stoddard and Booth families sold WTAG to the Knight Quality Group for $ 2.8 million. The sale put WTAG under the same ownership as WSRS ; that station had, as WTAG-FM, itself been sold by the Telegram & Gazette to Knight Quality in 1963. By 1989, WTAG was one of only four original NBC affiliates to still be affiliated with the radio network. Knight Quality Stations announced the sale of its eight New England radio stations, including WTAG and WSRS, to Capstar Broadcasting Partners in April 1997; upon assuming control in January 1998,

560-412: The consultants from New York and Washington, the air sound was tightened beyond belief, catchy new jingles added, and it wasn't long before their newly-installed PD, Sebastian Tripp, gave me my walking papers. In the early 1970s, WAAB began to shift to a talk format. A local sports talk show, Sportsbeat , was added in the evening with former Boston Bruins TV voice, Don Earle. Bob Merman, who later had

600-593: The majority of the station's programming, WVEI would break away from the WEEI simulcast for local weekend morning public affairs programming and broadcasts of Holy Cross football and basketball. On October 10, 1994, WVEI changed calls to WWTM and was known as "Worcester's Team". It briefly had a locally based sports format. At the time, station chief engineer Eric Fitch wrote, "We have just recently changed our call sign from WVEI to WWTM, effective October 1, 1994. Prior to that we simulcast WEEI from Boston. With their move to

640-560: The newspaper building at 18 Franklin Street. Broadcasting began there in May 1926. The transmitter was still at Sherer's department store on Front Street. The transmitter was a Western Electric IB and the antenna an inverted L. In July 1926 the wavelength was changed to 545.1 meters (550 kHz). It remained there until June 15, 1927, when the wavelength was changed to 516.9 meters (580 kHz). It has remained on 580 kHz ever since. WTAG

680-403: The newsroom were Forest Sawyer (later to work for CBS , ABC , and CNBC ), Bob Parlante (later to work for WHDH and WSB), Aviva Diamond (later to work for ABC), John Sterns, Dave Brown, and Geoff Metcalfe. In 1976, WAAB became WNCR (Worcester's News Center). The station's emphasis shifted to news programming, with the entirety of the station's staff being news staff (automated beautiful music

720-527: The old WHDH frequency of 850 kHz, we found we would be better off programming the station ourselves with IMUS in the Morning , The Fabulous Sports Babe Mid days, Kiley and the Coach 2P to 6P, Dan Miller 6P to 10P and Ron Barr with sports By-Line USA overnight. We also feature Holy Cross Football and Basketball, Giants Football, Bruins Hockey (when they actually play a game), and selected games from

760-651: The owner of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette , on September 23, 1925. The call letters were changed to WTAG in October 1925 and have not changed since. Ellis sold the newspapers and radio station in December 1925 to Harry Stoddard and George F. Booth (1960 recipient of the Yankee Quill Award ). Their families would own the station until 1987. A studio was constructed on the fourth floor of

800-476: The ownership of WAAB and WNAC was consolidated under the Yankee Network, Inc. As a result of the NARBA frequency shift, WAAB moved to 1440 kHz on March 29, 1941. In late 1942, Shepard moved WAAB to Worcester to avoid anti-duopoly rules. Though this gave Shepard his long-desired Worcester station, the move was soon followed by the sale of the Yankee Network to General Tire & Rubber . As early as 1948,

840-563: The plan upon its announcement in October 1958. WTAG would operate as an independent until July 1, 1963, when it rejoined NBC Radio. The station was the radio home of the Boston Red Sox in the Worcester area for forty years, from 1967 to 2006. The Red Sox' Worcester affiliation moved to WVEI and WCRN in 2007. In 1987, after selling the Telegram & Gazette to the owners of the San Francisco Chronicle ,

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920-696: The station moved to 1360 kHz, where it shared time with South Dartmouth station WMAF as well as WSSH. The city of license was changed to Medford in February 1928. However, WBET was plagued by continued technical issues and increasing expenses, leading the Transcript to sell the station; on February 15, 1929, it was purchased by the Lexington Air Stations, owner of Lexington radio station WLEX (now WLLH in Lawrence ) and experimental television station W1XAY . The new owners moved

960-400: The station then and how Atlantic Records purchased it and changed things around in 1967: I was doing the morning show at WAAB in Worcester, my very first stint in rock & roll radio and in a metropolitan market. My first air name, in fact, Stephen Kane. A lot of firsts. Best of all I was given plenty of latitude. At this point I was so engrossed in my new work I was completely oblivious to

1000-463: The station to Lexington and transferred the WLEX call letters from its new sister station (which became WLEY). On March 20, 1930, the station moved to 1410 kHz and was still time-share. WLEX became an affiliate of the Yankee Network on January 20, 1931, and soon thereafter the station moved back to Boston, changing its call letters to WAAB and sharing studios with WNAC (now WBIX ) at

1040-720: The station was broadcasting with 5,000 watts. The Yankee Network leased WAAB, along with WMTW in Portland, Maine , to Radio Enterprises, Inc. in 1949. A year later, Bruff W. Olin, Jr., who previously owned WQUA in Moline, Illinois , bought WAAB for $ 100,000, with $ 85,000 being paid to the Yankee Network and Radio Enterprises receiving $ 15,000. Olin then sold the station to George F. and Kathleen Wilson for $ 160,000 in 1952, marking Wilson Enterprises' return to station ownership after having sold WCNT in Centralia, Illinois , earlier in

1080-703: The station was reverted to the WVEI call letters on August 8, 2000. ** = Audacy operates pursuant to a local marketing agreement with Martz Communications Group . WTAG WTAG (580 AM ) is a radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts . It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a news/talk format. WTAG's studios are in Paxton and it broadcasts from a transmitter in Holden, Massachusetts . The transmitter operates at 5,000 watts day and night. WTAG programming

1120-460: The stations were operated by Capstar's Atlantic Star Communications subsidiary. Capstar and Chancellor Media announced in August 1998 that they would merge ( Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst was a major shareholder in both companies); upon the merger's completion in July 1999, the combined company was named AMFM Inc. AMFM was in turn acquired by Clear Channel Communications (forerunner to iHeartMedia) in

1160-533: The studio were much improved and theater seating allowed for an audience for live programming. The custom RCA mixing console was one of the largest built by RCA for a radio station. WTAG had its own orchestra and originated many music and dramatic shows from studio A. April 9, 1940, marked the beginning of daytime operation with power of 5,000 watts. Nighttime operation with 5,000 watts began January 2, 1942. Two additional Blaw-Knox towers were added to allow 5 kW directional night time operation. The five towers at

1200-404: The upheaval going on across the country and indeed in radio. A progressive music show— Cream , The Doors , The Mothers of Invention —premiered at night hosted by Jeff Starr while we continued our Ron Landryesque comedy in the A.M. It seems that just like almost all of my gigs the good times weren't to last. Atlantic Records bought the station, and you'd think that would be a good thing, but in came

1240-421: The year. Waterman Broadcasting, controlled by Bernard and Edith Waterman, acquired WAAB for $ 163,000 in 1956. On June 15, 1961, WAAB started an FM sister station, WAAB-FM, which later became WAAF and is now WKVB . In the 1950s and 1960s, "14-40 WAAB" was a top-40 radio station. In 1965, the "Fun-in-the-Sun Guys" were Bill Garcia, Chuck Spencer, Don Stevens and Bob Carrigan Morning man Steven Capen recalls

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1280-512: Was Bob Williams. By December 1977, WNCR changed call letters to WFTQ and was known as "Fourteen Q" (14Q). The station had a full-service adult contemporary format playing a mix of music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and weather reports every 20 minutes. In March 1981, the Katz Agency purchased WFTQ and WAAF from Park City Communications. In 1986 the Katz Agency sold all its radio stations to NewCity Communications. This new company

1320-524: Was a charter member of the NBC Radio Network . It carried their first broadcast November 15, 1926. From 1927 until 1934 the station ran various power levels on 580 kHz, finally ending up with 500 watts from a T antenna at 20 Franklin Street, the T&;G building. An RCA 1-B transmitter was put on the air in 1931 and was used occasionally until the mid-1960s. Limited by the downtown location,

1360-622: Was aired during non-drive times). The staff included Bob McMahon (later at WBZ and now at WBUR-FM ), News Director Tom Hughes (later at several Atlanta stations), Larry Cohen, Sarah McGaw, Bob Machson (who hosted the one talk show), Steve D'Agostino (who returned to WFTQ as news director and morning news anchor and later worked for Worcester Magazine , Business Worcester , and Worcester Business Journal ), Pam Coulter and Marcia Salter (both subsequently with ABC News Radio ), Norm McDonald (formerly of WBZ-TV ) on weather, and Greg Gilmartin (later at WTIC ) on sports. The station owner about this time

1400-565: Was an RCA 1-D which was kept until 1977. September 21, 1938, saw the 1938 New England hurricane , which leveled all three towers between 5:00 and 5:20 pm. WTAG operated from the 20 Franklin Street location until May 19, 1939, when the replacement of all three towers was completed. The replacement towers, self-supported and 375 feet (114 m) tall built by the Blaw-Knox company, are still in use today. WTAG's master control and studios were substantially renovated in 1939. The acoustics of

1440-583: Was assigned by the Commerce Department as the next available block of sequential letters. The station used a play on words and represented that they stood for "We Do Business Honestly". The call letters were changed to WCTS in March 1925. Its power went up to 500 watts in April 1925. WCTS joined the WEAF network run by AT&T about the same time. The station was purchased by Theodore Ellis, then

1480-458: Was known for broadcasting live Boston Celtics games. WFTQ had massive lay-offs, however, and began simulcasting WAAF on January 15, 1991. Over the summer of 1991, General Manager John Sutherland cited 18 months of "substantial losses" due to poor advertising sales. On September 3, 1991, WFTQ changed its call letters to WVEI and began simulcasting WEEI , a sports-talk station at that time broadcasting at 590 kHz . Although WEEI supplied

1520-552: Was later replaced by the "Wizard of WAAB", the above-named Parshley, a Pagan who did many of his shows on the occult; he died in 2001. Paul Del Colle eventually became a professor of communications and earned his Ph.D. at New York University. Mike Cabral left WAAB to become the news director at WGNG (now WSJW ) in Pawtucket, Rhode Island , and continued in various news capacities with radio stations in southeastern Massachusetts for many year after. About 1972 or 1973, WAAB switched to

1560-503: Was operating with 500 watts on 1130 kHz. The inaugural broadcast was plagued by severe technical problems, leading to a front-page apology on the next day's paper, and the station went off-the-air until April 20, when WBET moved to 760 kHz and began operating from studios originally used by WGI . After moving to 1240 kHz and then back to 1130 kHz in June 1927, the station moved to 1040 kHz on August 15, sharing time with religious station WSSH; on November 11, 1928,

1600-565: Was organized at the time by members of Katz management to purchase all of Katz's radio holdings, under its subsidiary Katz Broadcasting. During the 1980s, WFTQ was known as "Worcester's Weather Station". As early as 1985, WFTQ was broadcasting in stereo using the Kahn system. During the summer of 1989, NewCity Communications, Inc. sold WFTQ and WAAF to Zapis Communications in exchange for Atlanta station WEKS . WFTQ then underwent restructuring. By 1990, WFTQ called itself "The Sports Channel" and

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