WTRI
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°18′41.0″N 77°36′26.0″W / 39.311389°N 77.607222°W |
| Translator(s) | W269DH (101.7 MHz, Leesburg) |
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| Website | www |
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.By day, WTRI broadcasts with 17,000
History
WTRI first
WTRI was owned by the Lyndon LaRouche organization based in nearby Leesburg, Virginia, from 1986 to 1991. The LaRouche organization sold the failing station and it switched to a local music format in 1992.[4]
On October 1, 2007, WTRI flipped to brokered Spanish language programming. The station's former "Vegas Radio" adult standards format was abandoned at that time.
As of March 3, 2009, WTRI was effectively
In January 2010, the "Radio Earl" format was abandoned in favor of leasing the station's signal to nearby
In January 2011, WTRI began broadcasting Spanish language music as "Radio La Grande 1520." On May 18, 2011 WTRI began carrying "KHZ Network" with eclectic pop music also carried on Maryland stations WKHZ, WYRE and WAMD (AM). In September 2011, the station again went silent.
In May 2012, WTRI began relaying the South Asian programming from "Radio Asia" based in New Jersey. As of March 3, 2013, the station was again silent.
In May 2014, after repeated fines for going silent without permission, the station fell into receivership by order of the Federal Communications Commission. WTRI was off the air and in receivership until it was bought for $275,000 in May 2015 by Hasmukh Shah, who also owns WXMC in New Jersey.
Shah began broadcasting the "Radio Asia" format on WTRI, airing a variety of
. The purchase was consummated on August 6, 2015, at a price of $275,000.Translator
In addition to the main station, WTRI is relayed by one translator.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W269DH | 101.7 FM | Leesburg, Virginia | 141387 | 220 | 54 m (177 ft) | D | LMS |
References
External links
- WTRI in the FCC AM station database
- WTRI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database