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| Broadcast area | Springfield Metropolitan Area |
| Frequency | 1250kHz |
| Branding | Classic Hits 97.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Success Signal Broadcasting, Inc. |
| Through part-owner Kurt Jackson: | |
| History | |
First air date | July 11,1948 (as WRMS) |
Former call signs | WRMS (1948–1949)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Ware (city of license) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70877 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°14′43.33″N72°12′27.29″W / 42.2453694°N 72.2075806°W /42.2453694; -72.2075806 |
| Translator | 97.7 W249DP (Springfield) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WARE (1250AM) is acommercial radio station broadcasting aclassic hits format.Licensed toWare, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves theSpringfieldradio market. The station is currently owned by Success Signal Broadcasting. WARE also operates anFMtranslator inSpringfield,W249DP (97.7MHz).[3] The translator has its tower nearPalmer, Massachusetts, and is powered at 250 watts.
The station calls itself "The Valley's Classic Hits" referring to thePioneer Valley of theConnecticut River.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W249DP | 97.7 FM | Springfield, Massachusetts | 63474 | 250 | D | 42°8′30.3″N72°20′53.3″W / 42.141750°N 72.348139°W /42.141750; -72.348139 (W249DP) | LMS |
WARE firstsigned on the air in 1948, originally as WRMS.[4] It was owned by Donald W. Howe and was adaytimer. It transmitted with 1,000 watts and had to go off the air at sunset to avoid interfering with other stations onAM 1250. A year later, in 1949, it switched its call letters to WARE.
WARE is one of three stations in the United States where thecall sign spells out the name of thecity of license. The other stations areWACO-FM inWaco, Texas, andWISE-FM inWise, Virginia (a satellite ofWVTF).
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