WDRC (AM)

WDRC

City	Hartford, Connecticut
Broadcast area	Hartford, Connecticut
Slogan	The Talk of Connecticut
Frequency	1360 kHz 102.9-3 HD WDRC-FM
First air date	December 10, 1922^[1]
Format	News Talk Information
Power	5,000 Watts
Class	B
Facility ID	7711
Former callsigns	WPAJ^[1]
Affiliations	Westwood One, Fox News Radio, Talk Radio Network
Owner	Connoisseur Media (Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WDRC-FM, WSNG, WWCO, WMMW
Website	http://www.talkofct.com

WDRC (1360 AM) is a radio station owned by Connoisseur Media. It operates full-time with 5,000 Watts of power with studios and transmitters located at 869 Blue Hill Avenue in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

WDRC is the flagship station of a cluster of four Connecticut stations running a talk radio format with the slogan "The Talk of Connecticut" The other stations are WSNG in Torrington, WWCO in Waterbury and WMMW in Meriden. Brad Davis hosts the morning show, interviewing local newsmakers and politicians. The rest of the day features syndicated programs, including Dave Ramsey and Michael Savage with additional programming from Fox News Radio, Talk Radio Network and Westwood One.

The Talk of Connecticut stations also broadcast sporting events including New York Yankees major league baseball, New Britain Bees member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Hartford Hawks College basketball and high school sports.

WDRC was the first commercial AM station in the state of Connecticut, originally operating from New Haven.^[1]

On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WDRC, to Connoisseur Media. Buckley had owned an interest in the station since 1957, assuming full control in 1959.^[2] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035.

References

1 2 3 Collins, Michael. "Time Line For Connecticut Broadcasting". Connecticut Broadcaster's Association.
↑ Fillo, Maryellen (March 5, 2014). "Buckley Sells WDRC And CT Stations To Connoisseur". Hartford Courant. Retrieved March 5, 2014.

1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-62

External links

WDRC Website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WDRC

Radio-Locator Information on WDRC

Radio stations in the Hartford–New Britain–Middletown, Connecticut market

By AM frequency	840 910 1080 1150 1170 1230 1290 1360 1410 1480 1550 Springfield, Massachusetts 560

By FM frequency	88.9 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.9 99.1 100.5 101.3 102.9 104.1 104.9 105.9 106.9 Springfield, Massachusetts 93.1 94.7 102.1

By callsign	WAQY WCCC WCTF WDRC WDRC-FM WERB WHCN WHYN WHYN-FM WIHS WJMJ WKCI-FM WKND WKSS WLAT WMAS-FM WMRD WMRQ-FM WNEZ WNPR WNWW WPLR WPOP WQTQ WRCH WRYM WSDK WTIC WTIC-FM WUCS WWUH WWYZ WZBG WZMX

Connecticut radio markets Bridgeport Danbury Hartford–New Britain–Middletown New Haven New London Stamford–Norwalk See also List of radio stations in Connecticut

Radio stations in the Bridgeport, Connecticut market

By AM frequency	600 690 960 1260 1450 1500 1530

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.5 91.1 95.9 96.7 99.9 107.9

By callsign	WADS WCUM WDJZ WEBE WELI WEZN-FM WFIF WFOX WICC WKLV-FM WMNR WPKN WRKI WSHU WSHU-FM WVOF plus some New York City, Long Island, other Connecticut and Hudson Valley radio stations

Connecticut radio markets Bridgeport Danbury Hartford–New Britain–Middletown New Haven New London Stamford–Norwalk NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in Connecticut

Connoisseur Media

Radio Stations

Connecticut	WDRC WDRC-FM WEZN-FM WFOX WMMW WPLR WSNG WWCO WYBC-FM ¹

Wichita, KS	KIBB KVWF

Billings, MT	KBLG KPLN KRKX KRZN KWMY KYYA

Trenton, NJ	WCHR WNJE WPST

Long Island, NY	WALK WALK-FM WBZO WHLI WKJY WWSK

Allentown, PA	WBYN WEEX WODE-FM WTKZ WWYY

Erie, PA	WFNN WJET WRKT WRTS WTWF WXBB

Wilkes-Barre, PA	WSBG WVPO

¹ Managed under a local marketing agreement

Coordinates: 41°48′47″N 72°41′46″W / 41.81306°N 72.69611°W / 41.81306; -72.69611

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