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)
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′46″N 72°41′16″W / 42.84611°N 72.68778°W / 42.84611; -72.68778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewrsi.com

WRSY (101.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Marlboro, 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 WRSI in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. WRSY is heard in Southeastern Vermont and Southwestern New Hampshire.

History

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

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

External links

Radio stations in Brattleboro, Vermont and Keene, New Hampshire (Windham and Cheshire County)
Saga Communications, Inc.
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