branding true talk 830 frequency 830 khz first air date december 5 1994 1 format news talk power 50 000 watts class b facility id 9201 transmitter coordinates 42 14 50.00 n 71 55 52.00 w 42.2472222 n 71.9311111 w 42.2472222 ; 71.9311111 callsign meaning carter radio network affiliations cbs radio network talk radio network owner carter broadcasting webcast listen live website wcrnradio.com wcrn is an am radio station in worcester massachusetts owned by carter broadcasting . the station broadcasts at 830 am at a transmitter power output of 50 000 watts and can be heard from maine to providence rhode island and from boston to springfield massachusetts during the day . the signal is directional pointed away from such other stations at 830 khz as wcco in minneapolis minnesota . after sunset wcrn s signal is made further directional towards the east ; as a result it is not clearly audible in western massachusetts after sunset minneapolis st. paul timezone . the station bills itself as true talk 830 with a talk radio format all day except for financial shows from 9 11 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. weekdays and infomercials at assorted times on saturdays and sundays . the station is owned by the carberry family who also own wace in chicopee massachusetts . kurt carberry is the vice president and general manager ; the program director is hank stolz . on february 4 2013 it was announced former wtkk talk host michael graham will do noon to 3pm weekdays also broadcast on weso southbridge wplm plymouth and wbnw concord effective on february 11 2013 . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wcrn signed on december 5 1994 1 2 carrying religious programming from the carter radio network based out of then sister station wrol in boston . 3 in december 2000 this was abandoned in favor of a big band format swing 830 . 4 5 the format was changed to oldies via abc radio s the true oldies channel in august 2004 6 and then to the current talk format on may 8 2006 . 7 in 2000 the station was allowed to increase its daytime power from 5 000 watts to the current 50 000 watts . 5 8 nighttime power was also increased from 5 000 watts to 50 000 watts on april 4 2007 just in time for the first boston red sox night game of the season . 9 programming edit wcrn s programming features the following programs weekdays in morning drive with hank stolz previously at rival wtag and sherman whitman dennis miller the howie carr show jerry doyle and doug stephan . weekends progressive talk from jeff santos sports programming from talk radio network and radio america and the twilight zone radio dramas . weekend political talk on the weekends includes conservatively speaking hosted by mike wade on saturdays from 6 00 am until 9 00 and all politics is local in massachusetts hosted by jon fetherston and terry hendrix sunday s from 10 am until noon . featuring national state and local elected officials and how all political decisions effect local communities . wcrn was the flagship for the worcester tornadoes minor league baseball team during the 2005 and 2010 seasons . the station is also an affiliate of the university of massachusetts amherst network for football and men s basketball broadcasts . from 2007 through 2009 and since 2011 wcrn has shared the worcester affiliation of the boston red sox radio network with weei satellite station wvei an arrangement made in order to take advantage of wcrn s then new 50 000 watt night signal to serve areas of metrowest that had difficulty receiving either wvei itself or the team s then flagship wrko particularly at night when most red sox games are played with wvei selling local advertising on both stations . 10 the two stations replaced wtag which had carried sox games for 40 years . wvei became the sole red sox affiliate in worcester in 2010 but wcrn returned to the red sox network in 2011 . references edit a b new am station signs on . telegram & gazette . december 20 1994 . retrieved september 30 2012 . pay content preview fybush scott d june 22 1995 . new england radio watcher all over the place . rec.radio.broadcasting . google groups . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott march 6 2003 . rambling around central massachusetts . tower site of the week . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott december 25 2000 . wmex goes business . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 17 2010 . a b fybush scott january 1 2008 . fm flip flop in the pioneer valley . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott august 30 2004 . choi wins a reprieve . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott may 8 2006 . sox & entercom so happy together . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott march 24 2000 . wfau loses a tower wfnx gains a state nerw visits california s coast . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott april 2 2007 . hornell s wkpq changes hands maybe . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 17 2010 . fybush scott march 26 2007 . rhode island public radio gets local . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 17 2010 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wcrn radio locator information on wcrn query nielsen audio s am station database for wcrn v t e radio stations in the worcester massachusetts market by am frequency 580 760 830 940 970 1230 1310 1440 1490 by fm frequency 88.1 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.9 94.9 96.1 98.9 100.1 104.5 107.3 by callsign w235av waaf wbpr wchc wcrn wcuw weso wgfp wicn wmrc wneb worc worc fm wsrs wtag wvei wvne wwfx wxlo wyqq nearby radio markets boston hartford new britain middletown manchester providence springfield see also list of radio stations in massachusetts v t e news talk radio stations in the state of massachusetts by callsign wbec wbix wbmx hd4 wbnw wbsm wbz wcap wcrn wgaw whmp whmq whnp whyn wmex wpkz wrko wsar wtag wvbf wxks wxtk by frequency 560 580 680 830 980 1030 1120 1200 1240 1260 1280 1340 1400 1420 1420 1480 1510 1530 1600 95.1 104.1 4 by community of license boston boston boston boston boston concord east longmeadow fall river fitchburg gardner greenfield lowell middleborough center new bedford newton northampton pittsfield springfield west yarmouth worcester worcester see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in massachusetts retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wcrn & oldid 700228096 categories radio stations in worcester massachusettsnews and talk radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1994 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 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