WTSL

WTSL
	kHz
Branding	97.5 & 101.7 The Penguin
Programming
Format	Adult hits
Affiliations	CBS News Radio
Ownership
Owner	Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations	WFYX, WHDQ, WGXL, WWOD, WTSV, WXXK
History
First air date	October 1950
Call sign meaning	Twin State Lebanon
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	12083
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	43°41′03″N 72°17′46″W / 43.68417°N 72.29611°W
Translator(s)	97.5 W248DA (Hanover); 101.7 W269DI (Claremont);
Repeater(s)	106.1-2 WHDQ-HD2 (Claremont)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	uppervalleypenguin.com

WTSL (1400

radio station licensed to Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. It airs an adult hits radio format and serves the Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction area. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC.^[3] WTSL also broadcasts Dartmouth College Big Green football and hockey

games.

Listeners can also hear WTSL programming on

FM translator stations W248DA at 97.5 MHz in Hanover and W269DI at 101.7 in Claremont, as well as on the second HD subchannel of WHDQ

. The stations call themselves "97.5 & 101.7 The Penguin".

History

In October 1950, WTSL first

signed on.^[4] It was owned by Granite State Broadcasters and was powered at only 250 watts, a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System

. In 1961, the daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts. In the 1980s, the nighttime power was also boosted to 1,000 watts.

In June 1970, the station was acquired by Tri City Broadcasting from Knight Quality Stations. Sound Citizens Communications bought the station in 1974.

CBS Radio Network and later, returning to the Mutual Broadcasting System as a secondary affiliation. This change would allow WTSL to switch from overnight music to Larry King's Mutual talk show

.

After a period with Mutual, WTSL was asked to become its primary affiliate in the Lebanon–Hanover market, but turned it down. Mutual then moved to

Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in 2000. During the time, WTSL held onto the rights to Red Sox baseball (since then baseball has moved to sister station WWOD

).

Logos used while simulcasting with WTSV

Clear Channel continued the talk radio format,

ESPN Radio Network

.

On June 12, 2018, WTSL dropped the ESPN sports format and began

Sugarhill Gang, in preparation of launching new translator W248DA (97.5 FM).^[7] (1230 WTSV continues with the sports format.) On June 21, 2018, the stunting ended, with WTSL and W248DA changing format to classic hip hop, branded as "Hot 97.5."^[8]

On July 29, 2022, WTSL dropped the classic hip hop format and flipped to adult hits, branded as "97.5 & 101.7 The Penguin"; with this format change, the station began simulcasting on the second HD subchannel of WHDQ (the former WTSV-FM), along with a Claremont translator, W269DI (101.7 FM).

References

^ "WTSL reception verification" (PDF). December 31, 1958. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WTSL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1951 page 202
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-162
^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-356
^ WTSL Stunting With Rapper's Delight Radioinsight - June 13, 2018
^ Hot 97 Brings Classic Hip-Hop to Upper Connecticut valley Radioinsight - June 21, 2018

External links

WTSL in the FCC AM station database
WTSL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W248DA in the FCC FM station database
W248DA at FCCdata.org
W269DI in the FCC FM station database
W269DI at FCCdata.org

[nrc-wtslmeaning-1] "WTSL reception verification" (PDF). December 31, 1958. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

[2] "Facility Technical Data for WTSL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[3] "WTSL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[4] Broadcasting Yearbook 1951 page 202

[5] Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-162

[6] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-356

[7] WTSL Stunting With Rapper's Delight Radioinsight - June 13, 2018

[8] Hot 97 Brings Classic Hip-Hop to Upper Connecticut valley Radioinsight - June 21, 2018

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