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Coordinates: 42°5046N 72°4116W / 42.84611°N 72.68778°W / 42.84611; -72.68778
 

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WRSY
Simulcast of WRSI, Turners Falls, Massachusetts
Broadcast areaBrattleboro, Vermont
Frequency101.5 MHz
BrandingThe River
Programming
FormatAdult album alternative
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
  • Sister stations

    WINQ, WKVT-FM
    History

    First air date

    July 1996 (as WSSH)[1]

    Former call signs

    • WAIG (1994–1996)
  • WSSH (1996–2001)[2]
  • Call sign meaning

    similar to WRSI
    Technical information[3]

    Licensing authority

    FCC
    Facility ID17797
    ClassA
    ERP120 watts
    HAAT227 meters (745 ft)

    Transmitter coordinates

    42°50′46N 72°41′16W / 42.84611°N 72.68778°W / 42.84611; -72.68778
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
  • WebcastListen live
    Websitewrsi.com

    WRSY (101.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensedtoMarlboro, Vermont.[4] The station is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group.

    WRSY airs an adult album alternative radio format, via a simulcast of 93.9 WRSIinTurners Falls, Massachusetts. WRSY is heard in Southeastern Vermont and Southwestern New Hampshire.

    History[edit]

    When it was being built, the station first took its call sign WAIG on May 20, 1994, and changed to WSSH on March 1, 1996. It officially launched in July 1996, airing a soft adult contemporary format, simulcast with 95.3 WZSH in Hartford, Vermont (now WZLF).[5]

    Vox purchased the stations from Dynacom in 1999.[6] Vox switched WSSH to the WRSI simulcast on February 1, 2001.[7] The station was granted the WRSY call sign on April 12.[2] Saga acquired WRSI and WRSY in 2003.[8]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Info" (PDF). www.americanradiohistory.com. 2010.
  • ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  • ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRSY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ "Winter 2010 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  • ^ Fybush, Scott (August 19, 1996). "Cape Stations Sabotaged". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  • ^ Fybush, Scott (August 6, 1999). "Sales Galore!". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  • ^ Fybush, Scott (February 5, 2001). "River Flows to New Home". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  • ^ Fybush, Scott (December 29, 2003). "Saga Adds in Pioneer Valley". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
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