WTSN (AM)

WTSN

City	Dover, New Hampshire
Broadcast area	Seacoast Region
Branding	WTSN AM 1270
Frequency	1270 kHz
First air date	August 19, 1956 (1956-08-19)
Format	News/talk/sports
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	23254
Transmitter coordinates	43°11′1.00″N 70°51′14.00″W / 43.1836111°N 70.8538889°W / 43.1836111; -70.8538889 (WTSN)
Callsign meaning	Twin State Network (originally a sister station to WTSA, WTSL, and WTSV, which are located along the New Hampshire–Vermont border)^[1]
Affiliations	ABC News Radio CBS Sports Radio Westwood One New York Yankees Radio Network Boston Celtics Radio Network
Owner	Robert Demers (sale pending to Binnie Media) (Garrison City Radio Group, LLC)
Sister stations	WBYY
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wtsnam1270.com

WTSN (1270 AM) is an AM broadcast station licensed to Dover, New Hampshire. It broadcasts with 5,000 watts of power. It currently is the only station in New Hampshire that broadcasts the New York Yankees. The station also carries select CBS Sports Radio programming, as well as live high school sports. Justin McIsaac is the sports director of the station, and Mike Pomp is the news director and hosts the award-winning Open Mic Show. Judi Currie anchors the morning news updates.

WTSN's most well known personality was Paul LeBlanc, who hosted the WTSN morning show for over 40 years, having started at WTSN in 1964. He retired on July 11, 2008, after 44 years with the station. The "Morning Information Center" is now hosted by Mike Pomp.

WTSN's weekend programming features Pat Kelly hosting "Open Mic: Weekend Edition", and Justin McIsaac hosting a sports talk show entitled "McIsaac on Sports".

WTSN was named the New Hampshire AM Radio Station of the year in 2006 by The New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters. WTSN AM/1270 was named the 2007 New Hampshire Radio Station of the year by the same broadcast organization. The station added the Howie Carr Show on February 16, 2015.

In August 2015 WTSN and its sister station WBYY joined with Aruba Capital Holdings's WXEX and Port Broadcasting's WNBP and WWSF to form Coastal Media Partners, with Port Broadcasting management assuming immediate oversight of WTSN and WBYY.^[2] The merger failed to close, and in April 2016 WTSN and sister station WBYY were sold to Binnie Media for $2.1 million pending FCC approval.^[3]

References

↑ "LeBlanc a pillar of the Dover community". Portsmouth Herald. May 16, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
↑ Three New England Groups Merge Into Coastal Radio Partners Lance Venta, RadioInsight, August 31, 2015
↑ Binnie Media to acquire WTSN and WBYY Nik Beimler, Fosters Daily Democrat, April 11, 2016

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Radio stations in the Portsmouth–Dover–Rochester market

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Defunct	1340 WWNH

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