WELI
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Facility ID | 11933 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′14″N 72°56′15″W / 41.37056°N 72.93750°W |
Translator(s) | 96.9 W245DK (New Haven) |
Repeater(s) | 101.3 WKCI-FM HD3 (Hamden) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
Website | 960weli |
WELI (960
WELI is powered at 5,000
Programming
Weekdays begin with a news and interview show, "The Vinnie Penn Project",
On weekends, WELI airs syndicated shows including At Home with Gary Sullivan, Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham and Somewhere in Time with Art Bell, as well as repeats of weekday shows. WELI Sports Director George DeMaio Jr. hosts a Saturday morning show.
History
Early years
WELI
With the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, WELI and most other radio stations, were required to move to a different frequency. It switched to 960 kHz, getting night time authorization. It was powered at 1,000 watts by day, 500 watts at night. WELI was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, carrying its dramas, comedies, news and sports during the "Golden Age of Radio".[6]
Shows in the 1930s, 40s and 50s
In its early decades, WELI had local musicians play live music. A weekly program Poetry and an Organ, broadcast in the late 1930s, starred organist Don Raphael.[7][8] Other musicians heard regularly on WELI in the 1930s and 1940s included organist Marion J. Reynolds, who was the station's musical director since its first day, pianist Margaret Shepard, the Esther String Trio, the Continental Trio directed by violinist Sy Byer, Ray Block's Swing Fourteen, and Charles Magnante's accordion quartet.[9] The Polish Eagles Radio Show, featuring Polish language and Polish instrumental music and hosted by Victor Zembruski, aired every Sunday on WELI during the 1950s.[10] The station's singers included Millicent Scott, Edith Jolson, and Louise DeMars. Dick Carlson hosted the record request and dedication show Danceland Ballroom.
WELI also had
Other local shows regularly heard on WELI in its early years included What Are You Reading? with Elida Sterling, about novels, Stories of the Stars with Lewis Doolittle, about astronomy, and Theater News on the Air about live performances. WELI also aired many local sports games and tournaments, including tennis, golf, basketball, and baseball. Meet the Eagles was hosted by Will Cude, the goalie of the local professional ice hockey team, the New Haven Eagles.
Clear Channel ownership
In 1984,
Jerry Kristafer was the host for The WELI Morning Show from 1998 until 2008 when he moved to WDRC-FM in Hartford.[14] The show was replaced by the syndicated Imus in the Morning show from WABC in New York City.[15] In 1998, WELI again began broadcast college football games of the Yale Bulldogs.[16]
WELI had carried The Rush Limbaugh Show from noon to 3 p.m. for many years. Limbaugh died in February 2021 and WELI aired repeats of Limbaugh's show for several months. When it was discontinued in June 2021, the station replaced it with The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Other national shows formerly heard on WELI include The Mark Levin Show, The Savage Nation with Michael Savage, The Laura Ingraham Show, Kim Komando Computer Show, Dr. Dean Edell, and Jim Cramer's Real Money Talk.[17][18][19]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WELI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WELI-AM 960 kHz - New Haven, CT". radio-locator.com.
- ^ "W245DK-FM 96.9 MHz - New Haven, CT". radio-locator.com.
- ^ "960 WELI - New Haven's News, Weather & Traffic Station".
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1937 page 58, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1942 page 114, Broadcasting & Cable
- ^ "New Haven" (PDF). Radio Daily. December 2, 1937. p. 6. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "New Haven" (PDF). Radio Daily. February 11, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ a b "WELI: New Haven's Own Station" (PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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(help) - ^ "Polish Eagles Show" (PDF). Broadcasting, Telecasting. March 29, 1954. p. 86. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ISBN 9780826209528.
- ^ "George Mazzacane" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 15, 1943. p. 45. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1987 page B-53
- ^ Maryellen Fillo (December 22, 2007). "Change at the Morning Mike at WDRC-FM". Hartford Courant. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^ "WELI Adds Imus". All Access. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
- ISBN 9780738545325.
- ^ "NEWS/TALK 960 WELI ON-AIR SCHEDULE". Archived from the original on August 13, 2002.
- ^ "NEWS/TALK 960 WELI ON-AIR SCHEDULE!". Archived from the original on March 12, 2005.
- ^ "960 WELI". Archived from the original on February 13, 2009.
External links
- 960 WELI -- Official website
- WELI in the FCC AM station database
- WELI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W245DK in the FCC FM station database
- W245DK at FCCdata.org
- FCC History Cards for WELI