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Broadcast area | South County |
Frequency | 970 kHz |
Branding | The Station of the Cross |
Programming | |
Format | Catholic radio |
Network | The Station of the Cross |
Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | Holy Family Communications |
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History | |
First air date | March 20, 1955 [1] |
Call sign meaning | Webster-Southbridge [2] |
Technical information [3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 18309 |
Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°3′59.35″N 71°59′26.27″W / 42.0664861°N 71.9906306°W |
Translator(s) | 101.1 MHz W266DK (Southbridge) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website |
thestationofthecross |
WESO (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format, simulcasting sister station WNEB in Worcester. Established in 1955, the station is licensed to serve Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. WESO is owned by Holy Family Communications, [4] and operates as part of The Station of the Cross.
WESO broadcast a country music format as "The Spirit 970" until October 2008, when the station began to simulcast the business talk programming of then-sister station WBNW in Concord. On June 13, 2014, Money Matters Radio, Inc. reached a deal to sell WESO to Emmanuel Communications, Inc., the owner of WNEB. The deal closed on August 29, 2014, at a purchase price of $250,000. Following the sale, WESO was converted to noncommercial operation [5] and began to carry WNEB's "Emmanuel Radio" programming, which included programming from EWTN Radio. [6]
Holy Family Communications, owner of WQOM in Natick and stations in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, began operating WESO and WNEB under a local marketing agreement on January 1, 2022. The stations became part of Holy Family's The Station of the Cross network. [7] In early 2024, Holy Family bought the stations outright for $1,000. [8]
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP ( W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W266DK | 101.1 FM | Southbridge, Massachusetts | 200926 | 250 | D | 42°3′59.3″N 71°59′26.3″W / 42.066472°N 71.990639°W | LMS |