WBNW (AM)

WBNW

City	Concord, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Greater Boston
Branding	Money Matters Radio
Frequency	1120 kHz
First air date	August 28, 1989^[1]
Format	Business talk
Power	5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	3013
Transmitter coordinates	42°26′54.00″N 71°25′39.00″W / 42.4483333°N 71.4275000°W / 42.4483333; -71.4275000 (WBNW)
Callsign meaning	Business NeWs or Business News Wadio. W represents the R.
Former callsigns	WADN (1989–1998)
Owner	Money Matters Radio, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.moneymattersboston.com

WBNW (1120 AM) is a business talk radio station in the Boston market. The station is owned by Money Matters Radio, Inc. and is licensed to Concord, Massachusetts. It is simulcast on sister station WESO (970 AM) in nearby Southbridge; much of its programming is also relayed on WPLM (1390 AM) in Plymouth. WBNW's flagship program, Money Matters, is syndicated to several other stations in the Eastern United States through the Money Matters Radio Network. Recently talk hosts Michael Graham, Don Imus, and John Batchelor were added to the lineup.

History

The station first took to the air August 28, 1989^[1] as WADN, with a folk music format.^[2] Much of the station's staff had previously worked at an earlier Boston-area folk music station, WCAS (740 AM, now WJIB).^[3] Original owner Walden Communications Company sold the station to Assabet Communications Corporation on June 4, 1993.^[4] Shortly after the original WBNW (590 AM) was acquired by Salem Communications and became religious station WEZE in December 1996, WADN announced that it would begin carrying some Bloomberg Radio programming;^[5] by the end of the month, the folk format was moved to weekends only to accommodate the business and talk programming,^[3] and in April 1997 folk was dropped entirely. Money Matters Radio bought WADN in 1998;^[6] it had produced the station's morning show, also simulcast on WPLM and, initially, on WNRB (1510 AM, now WMEX) and Attleboro-based WARA (1320 AM), since 1997.^[7] The call letters were changed to WBNW on December 1, 1998.^[8] The station currently belongs to a partnership led by Canadian American investment counsellor Barry Armstrong.

References

1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-209. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ Bickelhaupt, Susan (August 15, 1989). "WADN-AM to feature folk music". The Boston Globe. Retrieved January 27, 2012. (subscription content preview)
1 2 Fybush, Scott (December 30, 1996). "So Long to Folk on WADN". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ "Application Search Details". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (December 12, 1996). "WEZE Moves to 590". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (May 14, 1998). "1150 Splits Off...". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (October 23, 1997). "Sales and Format Changes Everywhere...". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (December 11, 1998). "Big Apple's Big Changes, and, We Visit The Midwest". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2012.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBNW

Radio-Locator Information on WBNW

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Radio stations in Boston, including Eastern Massachusetts

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