please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message wsdk city bloomfield connecticut broadcast area hartford connecticut branding wsdk 1550 am slogan life changing radio frequency 1550 khz first air date october 6 1963 format religious programming power 5 000 watts day 2 400 watts night class b facility id 37804 transmitter coordinates 41 51 47 n 72 44 1 w 41.86306 n 72.73361 w 41.86306 ; 72.73361 former callsigns wext 1963 1977 wmlb 1977 1986 wgab 1986 1988 wlvx 1988 1993 wrdm 1993 1998 wdzk 1998 2011 affiliations salem radio network owner blount communications blount masscom inc. webcast listen live website wsdk1550.com wsdk 1550 am is a radio station licensed to bloomfield connecticut . the station is owned by blount communications and broadcasts religious programming . history edit wsdk signed on october 6 1963 1 as wext licensed to west hartford connecticut with a 1000 watt daytime only signal on 1550 khz and a country and western format . the studios at that time were located at 999 farmington avenue in west hartford center and the transmitter and tower were at 99 grassmere avenue in west hartford . flood control work on trout brook adjacent to the transmitting tower resulted in damage to the ground system . in 1972 the studios were moved to the 2nd floor of the culbro building at 630 oakwood avenue in west hartford . in 1977 the station changed ownership and the call letters were changed to wmlb which was a combination of the first names of the three owners mary lou and barry . soon afterward wmlb was one of the first stations in the state to install a satellite downlink when the mutual broadcasting system of which wmlb was an affiliate agreed to place a 3 meter downlink on the roof of the transmitter building . this site then served as the connecticut hub for mutual and also for the associated press for the next ten years . in 1985 the station was sold to a group of investors from long island new york and the format became talk radio as the talk of hartford . springfield talk show host dan york was brought in as program director and the station secured the rights to run the larry king show at midnight formerly on wpop . shortly afterward the station s city of license was changed from west hartford to bloomfield connecticut and the transmitter site was moved to bloomfield to facilitate a daytime power increase up to 5 000 watts and the addition of nighttime service at 2 400 watts . the bloomfield facility which is still in use today utilizes six tower on 9 acres 36 000 m2 of land in its directional antenna system . it also changed its call letters to wgab the following march . 2 however the talk format proved short lived by the end of the year wgab went off the air due to financial hardship and the station remained silent for nearly two years . in september 1988 the station returned to the air as wlvx under the ownership of living communications who also owned wlix in islip new york . the new owners brought a contemporary christian format to the station and they moved the studios to the wintonbury mall in bloomfield . in 1993 the station was sold again this time to a local group who changed the call letters to wrdm and began programming station in italian . the studios were moved to 880 maple avenue in hartford where they shared space with a sister low power television station w13bf which subsequently changed its call letters to wrdm lp to match the radio station . in 1998 the station was sold again this time to hibernia corporation . the format was switched to radio disney and the studios moved to franklin avenue in hartford . the call sign was changed to wdzk . the walt disney company purchased the station from hibernia in 2000 and continued to operate from the franklin avenue location until 2004 when the studios were moved to 160 chapel road in manchester connecticut . in february 2008 wdzk commenced hd radio broadcasting . disney took wdzk along with wddz in pawtucket rhode island off the air on september 30 2010 and put the station up for sale ; 3 that november it was sold to blount communications . 4 the call letters changed to wsdk on february 15 2011 ; 2 on march 19 the station resumed broadcasting with its current programming . 5 references edit wsdk wext . ct broadcast history . retrieved february 24 2011 . a b call sign history . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved march 19 2011 . fybush scott september 27 2010 . disney shutters ams in ri ct . northeast radio watch . retrieved september 27 2010 . disney sells off another radio disney station hartford s wdzk 1550 . radio info.com . november 18 2010 . retrieved november 18 2010 . manchester s wskd launches saturday . courant.com . march 18 2011 . retrieved march 19 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wsdk radio locator information on wsdk query nielsen audio s am station database for wsdk timeline for connecticut broadcasting v t e radio stations in the hartford new britain middletown connecticut market by am frequency 840 910 1080 1150 1170 1230 1290 1360 1410 1480 1550 springfield massachusetts 560 by fm frequency 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.9 99.1 100.5 101.3 102.9 104.1 104.9 105.9 106.9 springfield massachusetts 93.1 94.7 102.1 by callsign waqy wccc wctf wdrc wdrc fm werb whcn whyn whyn fm wihs wjmj wkci fm wknd wkss wlat wmas fm wmrd wmrq fm wnez wnpr wnww wplr wpop wqtq wrch wrym wsdk wtic wtic fm wucs wwuh wwyz wzbg wzmx connecticut radio markets bridgeport danbury hartford new britain middletown new haven new london stamford norwalk see also list of radio stations in connecticut v t e religious radio stations in the state of connecticut stations wccc hartford wcse lp ledyard wctf vernon wfif milford wihs middletown wjmj hartford wnln lp niantic wnww west hartford wsdk bloomfield wsgg norfolk wwbw lp higganum 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 classical jazz religious spanish smooth jazz other retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wsdk & oldid 679377883 categories bloomfield connecticutradio stations in connecticutradio stations established in 1963christian radio stations in the united statesmoody radio affiliate stations1963 establishments in connecticuthidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2009all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 september 2015 at 05 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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