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| Frequency | 1450kHz |
| Branding | 99.5 The Beast |
| Programming | |
| Format | Active rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Four Seasons Media, Inc. |
| WTSA-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 19,1950 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Tri-State Area (Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 67763 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°52′13.3″N72°33′33.32″W / 42.870361°N 72.5592556°W /42.870361; -72.5592556 |
| Translator(s) | 99.5 W258DQ (Brattleboro) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wtsaradio |
WTSA (1450AM, "99.5 The Beast") is a radio stationlicensed to serveBrattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Four Seasons Media and broadcasts anactive rock format, also carried byFM translator W258DQ (99.5). It first signed on in 1950.
WTSA signed on April 19, 1950, as a sister station toWKBR inManchester, New Hampshire. The station was first in Brattleboro and was positioned to serveVermont,New Hampshire andMassachusetts. WTSA was sold to the Puritan Radio Group, and later to McGavern/Guild. McGavern changed themiddle of the road format totop 40 in the mid 1960s. WTSA was always the most popular station in the region, being a strongly personality directed format. In 1967 WTSA had a Hooper Index listenership of 49.7 market share out of a 13-station measure.WTSA-FM would be added in 1975, and with ownership changes, the format on AM was moved to FM.[citation needed] The station became WMMJ on July 1, 1984, but was reassigned the WTSA call letters by theFederal Communications Commission on August 1,1986.[1]
On March 4, 2019, WTSA changed its format fromsports to active rock, branded as "99.5 The Beast" in reflection of itsFM translator, W258DQ (99.5).[3]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W258DQ | 99.5 FM | Brattleboro, Vermont | 202741 | 99 | D | 42°53′21″N72°36′45″W / 42.88917°N 72.61250°W /42.88917; -72.61250 (W258DQ) | LMS |
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