WATN

Watertown, New York United States
Frequency	1240kHz
Programming
Format	Talk
Affiliations	CBS News Radio Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Community Broadcasters, LLC
Sister stations	WBDR,WEFX,WOTT,WTOJ
History
First air date	February 3, 1941; 84 years ago (1941-02-03)
Call sign meaning	Watertown
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11624
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	43°58′49.22″N75°56′10.73″W / 43.9803389°N 75.9363139°W /43.9803389; -75.9363139
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	cbwatertown.com/watn/

WATN (1240AM) is acommercial radio station inWatertown, New York. The station airs atalk radioformat and is owned byCommunity Broadcasters, LLC.^[2]

WATN is powered at 1,000 watts using anon-directional antenna. Thetransmitter is off Wealtha Avenue in Watertown.^[3]

Most weekday programs on WATN arenationally syndicatedconservative talk shows. Two local programs are heard each weekday:Hotline, an hour-long lunchtime show hosted by former Watertown Mayor Jeffrey Graham, andLive at Five, an afternoondrive time show hosted by Glenn Curry. Syndicated hosts includeHugh Hewitt,Chris Plante,Sean Hannity,Mark Levin,John Batchelor andRed Eye Radio.

Weekend syndicated hosts includeGary Sullivan (home repair),Bill Handel (law), Ron Ananian (car repair),Michio Kaku (science),Joe Pags,Howie Carr and a Sunday nightoldies show. Most hours begin with world and national news fromCBS News Radio.

WATN firstsigned on the air on February 3, 1941.^[4] It is Watertown's oldest radio station, beating 1300 WWNY (now 790WTNY) by three months.

WATN was first owned by the Watertown Broadcasting Corporation with studios at 118 Washington Street. It originally broadcast with 250 watts and has always used WATN as itscall sign.

• Official Web site
• Facility details for Facility ID 11624 (WATN) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WATN inNielsen Audio's AM station database
• "History Cards for WATN".Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)

This article about a radio station in New York is astub. You can help Wikipedia byexpanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Radio stations in New York (state)
• Radio stations established in 1941
• 1941 establishments in New York (state)
• News and talk radio stations in the United States
• Watertown, New York
• New York (state) radio station stubs

• Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas
• Use mdy dates from January 2025
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Coordinates on Wikidata
• Articles using infobox radio station
• All stub articles