WAXB

WAXB
City	Ridgefield, Connecticut
Branding	B107.3
Slogan	Danbury's Classic Hits
Frequency	850 kHz
Translator(s)	107.3 W297AN (Danbury)
First air date	March 15, 1985
Format	Classic Hits
Power	2,500 watts daytime only
Class	D
Facility ID	66327
Transmitter coordinates	41°17′27″N 73°29′16″W / 41.29083°N 73.48778°W / 41.29083; -73.48778
Former callsigns	WVFR (?-1985) WREE (1985) WREF (1985-2011)^[1]
Owner	The Berkshire Broadcasting Corp.
Sister stations	WLAD, WDAQ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	b1073fm.com

WAXB (850 AM, "B-107.3") is a radio station licensed to Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States, one of three area stations owned by The Berkshire Broadcasting Corporation. The others are News/Talk 800 AM WLAD and Hot AC 98Q/98.3 FM WDAQ.

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the call letters WREF to the frequency on January 18, 1984. ^[1] WREF began broadcasting on March 15, 1985.

WREF programmed a nostalgia/big band format from sign on through sale to Berkshire in 1996 when the new owners switched the format to oldies.

In late March 2004, WREF became the first station to air Scott Shannon's "True Oldies Channel." After a period of tweaking on WREF, Shannon put the format into nationwide syndication in July 2004.

On February 1, 2011, WREF rebranded as "B107.3," adopted the call letters WAXB and began a rebroadcast of 850AM on FM translator W297AN (107.3 FM licensed to Danbury, CT). The WAXB calls had previously been in the market at 105.5FM before Cumulus abandoned the oldies format on this frequency in 2002.

B107.3 switched to a locally programmed Classic Hits format, featuring pop and rock hits of the 70's and 80's, on January 31st, 2013.

References

1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-63
http://meduci.com/stations.html

External links

WAXB official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAXB

Radio-Locator Information on WAXB

Radio stations in the Danbury, Connecticut market

By AM frequency	800 850 940

By FM frequency	91.7 93.3 95.1 96.7 98.3 99.9 105.5 107.3

By Callsign	W297AN WAXB WDAQ WDBY WEZN-FM WFAR WINE WKLV-FM WLAD WRKI WXCI

Connecticut radio markets Bridgeport Danbury Hartford–New Britain–Middletown New Haven New London Stamford–Norwalk NYC Metro Markets Long Island Hudson Valley [partial] Poughkeepsie Middlesex-Somerset-Union Monmouth-Ocean Morristown Bridgeport Danbury New Haven Stamford-Norwalk See also List of radio stations in Connecticut

Oldies radio stations in the state of Connecticut

By frequency	850 990 1320 102.9-2 107.3

By callsign	WATR WAXB WDRC-HD2 WXCT W297AN

By city	Hartford Ridgefield Southington Waterbury

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Connecticut See also Oldies Classic Hits

AM Stereo radio stations in the United States

The following 87 stations broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo.

By callsign	KALV KBPS KCLI KCSR KDIA KDTH KDYA KEYZ KGRN KGVL KJAA KJAN KLXX KNRO KQWB KRIB KRML KROS KSET KSIB KVMI KVON KWAL KWHW KWOD KWWJ KXEO KYET KYIZ KYVA KZSJ WAMB WAQE WAXB WBCO WBFJ WBBT WBLQ WCAZ WCNF WCOR WCTC WDIC WDWS WEUP WFAS WGFT WGOL WGSV WGTN WGUE WHIY WHWH WIKE WINY WION WIRY WIXE WKBF WKHB WLNO WLS WLWL WMBD WMCE WMNI WNNC WOAP WPAX WPCC WPCF WPFJ WQLR WQRX WQUN WRDN WRNE WRPQ WRSB WSBM WSLM WSON WTHU WTNI WXYG WYAM WZKY WZZB

By frequency	540 610 620 620 660 700 740 770 830 850 860 870 890 890 920 920 980 990 1060 1080 1090 1120 1170 1190 1190 1200 1220 1220 1220 1230 1230 1230 1230 1240 1240 1270 1270 1270 1270 1290 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1340 1340 1340 1340 1350 1350 1360 1370 1390 1400 1400 1400 1410 1410 1410 1430 1430 1430 1430 1440 1450 1450 1450 1450 1470 1480 1490 1490 1490 1520 1530 1540 1550 1580 1600 1620 1640 1640 1660 1660 1660 1670 1700

Daytime-Only radio stations in Connecticut

Stations	WADS - Ansonia WAXB - Ridgefield WCTF - Vernon WDJZ - Bridgeport WFIF - Milford WHDD - Sharon

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