branding 105.7 the beat slogan central vermont s hit music station frequency 1450 khz translator s 105.7 w289ch barre first air date october 13 1959 1959 10 13 1 format top 40 chr power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 34813 transmitter coordinates 44 11 40 n 72 30 52 w 44.19444 n 72.51444 w 44.19444 ; 72.51444 callsign meaning snow owner great eastern radio llc sister stations wrfk wwfy webcast listen live website www.thebeatvermont.com wsno 1450 am ; 105.7 the beat is a radio station licensed to serve barre vermont . established in 1959 the station is owned by jeffrey shapiro s great eastern radio . the station broadcasts a top 40 format . 2 wsno s programming is also heard on translator w289ch 105.7 fm the station has been assigned the wsno call letters by the federal communications commission . 3 history edit wsno s logo as a talk station used until august 29 2016 wsno signed on october 13 1959 . 1 the original owners jkl broadcasting company sold the station to robert kimel and bessie grad owners of wwsr in st. albans in 1960 . by 1961 the station had affiliated with the cbs radio network . 4 by 1970 wsno had a middle of the road format with twelve hours weekly of country music . 5 in 1980 the station shifted to a full time country music format . 6 7 the station had added an affiliation with mutual by 1993 while remaining a cbs affiliate . 8 in 1996 the station switched to a news talk format . 9 10 kimel sold wsno and sister station work 107.1 fm now wrfk to bull moose broadcasting in 1997 ; 11 two years later the stations were purchased by vox radio group . 12 nassau broadcasting partners acquired most of vox s northern new england radio stations in 2004 . 13 wsno along with 29 other nassau stations in northern new england was purchased at bankruptcy auction by carlisle capital corporation a company controlled by bill binnie owner of wbin tv in derry on may 22 2012 . the station and 12 of the other stations were then acquired by vertical capital partners controlled by jeff shapiro . 14 15 the deal was completed on november 30 2012 . 16 the vertical capital partners stations were transferred to shapiro s existing great eastern radio group on january 1 2013 . 17 18 in the later years of its talk format wsno s programming included imus in the morning the glenn beck radio program the rush limbaugh show and the howie carr show . 19 wsno also featured local news and weather high school sports nfl football boston bruins and ncaa basketball . wsno ended its talk format after 20 years on august 29 2016 and began stunting . the station introduced a top 40 format at midnight on september 2 2016 and concurrently began simulcasting on translator w289ch 105.7 fm ; the station is branded as 105.7 the beat . the first song on the beat was can t stop the feeling by justin timberlake . despite the format change wsno will continue its high school sports coverage . 19 20 21 22 references edit a b broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 455 . retrieved august 31 2016 . summer 2016 station information profile . arbitron . call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . 1961 62 broadcasting yearbook pdf . 1961 . p. b 174 . retrieved august 31 2016 . 1971 broadcasting yearbook pdf . 1971 . p. b 212 . retrieved august 31 2016 . broadcasting yearbook 1980 pdf . 1980 . p. c 234 . retrieved august 31 2016 . broadcasting cable yearbook 1981 pdf . 1981 . p. c 240 . retrieved august 31 2016 . broadcasting & cable yearbook 1994 pdf . 1994 . p. b 380 . retrieved august 31 2016 . broadcasting & cable yearbook 1996 pdf . 1996 . p. b 431 . retrieved august 31 2016 . broadcasting & cable yearbook 1997 pdf . 1997 . p. b 460 . retrieved august 31 2016 . fybush scott january 26 1997 . back from the dead ... . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 31 2016 . fybush scott april 2 1999 . the eagle has crash landed . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 31 2016 . nassau will buy 10 vox stations in new england . radio world . march 16 2004 . retrieved august 31 2016 . carlisle capital corp. wins bidding for rest of nassau stations . all access . may 22 2012 . retrieved may 22 2012 . venta lance may 22 2012 . nassau broadcasting auction results . radioinsight . retrieved may 24 2012 . updated may 23 2012 kitch michael december 1 2012 . binnie closes on purchase of wlnh . laconia daily sun . retrieved december 1 2012 . application for consent to assign broadcast station construction permit or license or to transfer control of entity holding broadcast station construction permit or license . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . december 11 2012 . retrieved june 8 2013 . consummation notice . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . january 4 2013 . retrieved june 8 2013 . a b venta lance august 31 2016 . beat dropping into central vermont . radioinsight . retrieved august 31 2016 . delcore david august 31 2016 . all change at central vtermont s talk station . barre montpelier times argus . retrieved august 31 2016 . beat dropping into central vermont wsno becomes 105.7 the beat external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wsno radio locator information on wsno query nielsen audio s am station database for wsno query the fcc s fm station database for w289ch radio locator information on w289ch v t e radio stations in the montpelier barre st. johnsbury vermont market by am frequency 550 1240 1340 1450 by fm frequency 89.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.9 94.1 96.1 96.5 97.7 100.3 100.9 101.7 103.3 104.7 105.5 106.5 107.1 by callsign w231bq w243at w293br wcmd fm wcvt wdev wdev fm wezf wgmt wgdh wgdr wjpl lp wkxh wncs wqjq wrfk wski wsno wstj wwfy wwmp vermont radio markets burlington montpelier barre st. johnsbury rutland white river junction other vermont radio regions northeast kingdom see also list of radio stations in vermont this article about a radio station in vermont is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wsno & oldid 740288365 categories radio stations in vermontcontemporary hit radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 19591959 establishments in the united statesvermont radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 20 september 2016 at 04 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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