WSNO (AM)
Currently kHz | |
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Branding | The Penguin 97.9 105.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Adult hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Great Eastern Radio, LLC |
WRFK, WWFY, WWFK, WSNO-FM | |
History | |
First air date | October 13, 1959[1] |
Call sign meaning | "Snow" |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 34813 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°11′40″N 72°30′52″W / 44.19444°N 72.51444°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | thepenguinvermont.com |
WSNO (1450
The station has been assigned the WSNO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[3]
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/WSNO_logo.png/220px-WSNO_logo.png)
WSNO signed on October 13, 1959.
Kimel sold WSNO and sister station WORK (107.1 FM, now WRFK) to Bull Moose Broadcasting in 1997;[11] two years later, the stations were purchased by Vox Radio Group.[12] Nassau Broadcasting Partners acquired most of Vox's northern New England radio stations in 2004.[13]
WSNO, along with 29 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.[14][15] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[16] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.[17][18]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/WSNO1450.png/220px-WSNO1450.png)
In the later years of its talk format, WSNO's programming included
On January 1, 2022, WSNO began simulcasting newly-acquired sister station
WSNO went silent in September 2023 after losing its transmitter site; the "Penguin" programming was moved to the second HD Radio channel of WWFY (100.9 FM) to continue to feed the 105.7 translator.[24]
References
- ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-455. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Summer 2016 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ 1961–62 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1961. p. B-174. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ 1971 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1971. p. B-212. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 (PDF). 1980. p. C-234. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-240. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 (PDF). 1994. p. B-380. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996 (PDF). 1996. p. B-431. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997 (PDF). 1997. p. B-460. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (January 26, 1997). "Back From the Dead..." North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (April 2, 1999). "The Eagle Has Crash-Landed". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Nassau Will Buy 10 Vox Stations in New England". Radio World. March 16, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2012. (updated May 23, 2012)
- Laconia Daily Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 11, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
- ^ a b Venta, Lance (August 31, 2016). "Beat Dropping Into Central Vermont". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Delcore, David (August 31, 2016). "All change at 'Central Vtermont's Talk Station'". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ^ Beat Dropping Into Central Vermont
- ^ WSNO Becomes 105.7 The Beat
- ^ Venta, Lance (January 1, 2022). "Penguins Founds In Vermont". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
- ^ FCC Report 9/24: Audacy Proposes to Revive Silent Las Vegas AMs Radioinsight - September 24, 2023
External links
- WSNO in the FCC AM station database
- WSNO in Nielsen Audio's AM station database