branding am 1240 slogan the talk of connecticut frequency 1240 khz format news talk information power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 40678 transmitter coordinates 41 33 59 n 73 3 23 w 41.56639 n 73.05639 w 41.56639 ; 73.05639 callsign meaning waterbury connecticut affiliations fox news radio talk radio network westwood one owner connoisseur media connoisseur media licenses llc sister stations wmmw wsng wdrc website official website wwco 1240 am is a radio station licensed in waterbury connecticut broadcasting a talk radio format . wwco is part of a four station simulcast along with 1470 wmmw meriden 610 wsng torrington and the home base 1360 wdrc am hartford . the four stations use the slogan the talk of connecticut featuring a local morning show and syndicated programs the rest of the day including dave ramsey and michael savage . the station is owned by connoisseur media licenses llc and features programming from fox news radio talk radio network and westwood one . 1 2 the station provides a blend of issue oriented talk news and information . it also broadcasts new york yankees baseball games . history edit wwco first went on the air in 1946 with a 250 watt signal . it was a mutual network affiliate with studios in the mattatuck historical society building at 119 west main street . in the 1950s their format was mostly pop music and they were the first station in waterbury to play rock and roll records . on air personalities during this era included bob records crager les davis joe mulhall later known as ken griffin in hartford and los angeles bob rouge wildman steve gallon and davis and wwco were featured in an article in the april 25 1995 edition of life . during the 1960s and the 1970s wwco was owned by merv griffin and operated as 1240 super music c o a top 40 station . on air personalities during this era included tom collins later known as joe cipriano the voice of the fox network cbs and nbc . the station evolved from top 40 to an adult contemporary format called all star music wwco at about the same time as wkci switched to an adult contemporary top 40 as kc 101 . many who believe that wkci s switch to the new format hastened wwco s departure from top 40 with some wwco personalities leaving to take jobs at kc 101 . around 1984 wwco abandoned the all star format returning to its super music c o format under the direction of program director steve skipp . owned at the time by westport resident sam brownstein s greater radio the station continued to alternate between top 40 and adult contemporary formats . the station found success with a night time urban contemporary format called nightflight which it used from 1984 to 1989 with ricky j . he brought the highest ratings ever to the station . from an 0.3 share to an incredible 13.4 from 7pm 12 midnite . later when financial issues caused wwco to terminate some of its personalities and to carry unistar s niche 29 adult oriented rock aor format . having been sold to winthrop broadcasting whose relatives owned waterbury s wqqw 1590 am wwco relocated from its longtime location on the straits turnpike in middlebury to a brand new studio in waterbury . by 1990 wwco again returned to its top 40 format as 1240 super music c o. steve skipp returned for a short tenure as program director although wally mann succeeded him and continued in that position as the station switched to an oldies format . general manager tom coffey and former wwyz salesman rob johnson formed mattatuck communications and purchased the station moving it to a new location when . while most am stations had already abandoned contemporary music wwco and its on air talent continued into the early 1990s with an adult contemporary format . wwco was then when sold to buckley broadcasting parent of wdrc in hartford and moved to wdrc s studios in bloomfield . it now broadcasts the same programming as wdrc . on march 5 2014 buckley broadcasting announced that it would sell its connecticut radio stations including wwco to connoisseur media . 3 the sale was consummated on july 7 2014 at a price of 7 922 035 . references edit connecticut portal wwco facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wwco station information profile . arbitron . fillo maryellen march 5 2014 . buckley sells wdrc and ct stations to connoisseur . hartford courant . retrieved march 5 2014 . external links edit query the fcc s am station database for wwco radio locator information on wwco query nielsen audio s am station database for wwco v t e news talk radio stations in connecticut stations wedw stamford weli new haven wgch greenwich wicc bridgeport wlad danbury wmmw meriden wmrd middletown wnlk norwalk wsng torrington wstc stamford wtic hartford wwco waterbury see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in connecticut v t e connoisseur media radio stations connecticut wdrc 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