WTIC-FM

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WTIC-FM
FCC
Facility ID66465
ClassB
ERP20,000 watts
HAAT247 meters (810 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°46′26″N 72°48′18″W / 41.774°N 72.805°W / 41.774; -72.805
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WebcastListen live (via Audacy)
Websitewww.audacy.com/965tic

WTIC-FM (96.5

hot adult contemporary radio format. The station's studios and offices are located on Executive Drive in Farmington
.

WTIC-FM has an

news/talk
format of WTIC (AM).

History

Early years

WTIC-FM is the second oldest FM station in Hartford, after

signing on the air originally as W1XSO on February 5, 1940, and using a frequency of 43.5 MHz.[4] In December 1941, it became a commercial operation using the call sign W53H. In 1943, the call letters were changed to WTIC-FM, representing its original owner, The Travelers Insurance Company. On April 17, 1948, the station moved to 96.5 MHz where it has remained to this day.[5]

It mostly

full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. During the 1960s, WTIC-FM broke away from its AM counterpart for most of the day, playing classical music. In the early 1970s, it ran beautiful music
by day and classical music at night.

Hot Hits

In 1974, Travelers Insurance sold the TV station to

CHR format, as "Hot Hits".[7] The station was consulted by Mike Joseph who installed a playlist
of all current hits, the 30 to 40 songs on the current charts were repeated frequently, with upbeat DJs and numerous jingles by the legendary TM Studios. Once a Hot Hit fell off the charts, even million-sellers, it was not played anymore. After a couple of years, WTIC-FM moved to a more conventional Top 40/CHR direction.

Hot AC

From the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, WTIC-FM was locked in a Top 40/CHR battle with

hot AC format on June 15, 1994.[7]
Initially, the station's playlist moved a bit softer; since then, the hot AC format as a whole has embraced more upbeat music, and so has the station. Since its days as a Top 40/CHR station in 1977, WTIC-FM has referred to itself on the air variously as "Your Music Connection 96 TICS WTIC FM", "96 TICS WTIC-FM", "Hot Hits! 96 TICS WTIC-FM", "96 TIC-FM", and "The New 96.5 TIC-FM".

In 1998, WTIC-AM-FM were acquired by

Entercom.[8] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on November 17.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTIC-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WTIC-FM 96.5 MHz - Hartford, CT". radio-locator.com.
  3. ^ "HD Radio Guide for Hartford - New Britain & Middletown, Connecticut".
  4. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1940 page 374
  5. ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1951 page 102" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Broadcasting Yearbook 1976 page C-33" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b "CHR 96 TIC-FM Becomes Hot AC 96-5 TIC-FM". June 15, 1994.
  8. ^ "CBS Radio To Merge With Entercom - RadioInsight".
  9. ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  10. ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.

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