WESX
City of license | Nahant, Massachusetts |
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Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
Branding | WESX 1230 AM |
Frequency | 1230 kHz |
First air date | December 10, 1939[1] |
Format | Religious/Ethnic |
Power | 450 watts |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 49301 |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°27′10″N 70°58′50″W / 42.45278°N 70.98056°WCoordinates: 42°27′10″N 70°58′50″W / 42.45278°N 70.98056°W |
Callsign meaning | ESseX County |
Former frequencies | 1200 kHz (1939–1941) |
Owner |
The Principle Broadcasting Network LLC (Principle Boston Holdco LLC) |
Sister stations | WJDA |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wesx1230am.com |
WESX (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious and multi-cultural format, licensed to broadcast in the Nahant, Massachusetts precinct. The station is currently owned by Principle Broadcasting Network.[2] Programming is in Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, and English. The transmitter is located in Lynn, Massachusetts with studios located in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
BBC Up All Night
In 2004, BBC News presenter Rhod Sharp moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts. Wishing to continue to broadcast the BBC Radio 5 Live show Up All Night, he made an arrangement with WESX's owners to use the studios and ISDN line to connect him with Broadcasting House in London, England.[3] The arrangement came to an end in 2007, when Sharp and his wife moved to 18th-century house in Marblehead’s Old Town section, which included a suitably equipped home-studio.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1930s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
- ↑ "WESX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WESX's 'international' era closes, too". WickedLocal.com. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ Joseph P. Kahn (3 August 2012). "The BBC, live from Marblehead". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "BBC broadcaster to discuss ‘Avery’s Fall’ at Marblehead Museum". WickedLocal.com. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WESX
- Radio-Locator Information on WESX
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WESX
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