WSHU

Westport, Connecticut United States
Broadcast area	Fairfield County, Connecticut North Shore (Long Island)
Frequency	1260 kHz
Branding	WSHU Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio (News and Information)
Affiliations	American Public Media NPR Public Radio International
Ownership
Owner	Sacred Heart University
Sister stations	WSHU-FM, WSTC, WSUF
History
First air date	April 15, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-04-15)
Former call signs	WMMM (1959–1987) WCFS (1987–1989) WMMM (1989–2000)
Call sign meaning	Sacred Heart University
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	43126
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts days 9 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates	41°07′44″N 73°23′20″W / 41.12889°N 73.38889°W / 41.12889; -73.38889
Translator(s)	103.1 MHz W276DY (Westport)
Repeater(s)	See § Repeaters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via TuneIn)
Website	www.wshu.org

WSHU (1260 AM), is an NPR member radio station licensed to Westport, Connecticut. It is owned and operated by Sacred Heart University. By day, WSHU is powered at 1,000 watts using a directional antenna. However, at night, to avoid interference with other stations on 1260 AM, it reduces power to nine watts, effectively limiting its nighttime footprint to the area immediately around Westport.^[2] Programming is also heard on 150-watt FM translator W276DY at 103.1 MHz in Westport.^[3]

WSHU primarily features news, talk and informational programming from National Public Radio with local news updates throughout the day. It holds periodic fundraisers on the air to support the running of the station. AM 1260 is one of the WSHU news and talk frequencies, which also includes the HD2 digital subchannel of WSHU-FM (91.1 FM) Fairfield, Connecticut, WSTC (1400 AM) Stamford, Connecticut, WSUF (89.9 FM) Greenport, New York and WYBC (1340 AM) New Haven, Connecticut.^[4]

History

The station signed on the air on April 15, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-04-15). For its first three decades, the station's call sign was WMMM. It was a daytimer, broadcasting at 1,000 watts by day and required to go off the air at night. Throughout most of its history, WMMM had a full service middle of the road radio format, featuring popular adult music, local news and sports. For many years, it was co-owned with an FM station at 107.9 MHz (now WEBE).

On June 18, 2015, WSHU was granted a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit to change the community of license to Seymour, move to a different transmitter site, decrease day power to 650 watts and increase night power to 17 watts.^[5] The station did not go through with the new construction and the construction permit is no longer listed on the FCC's website.^[6]

Repeaters

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