WARA (AM)
| City | Attleboro, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Branding | WARA 1320 AM |
| Slogan | Voice of the Attleboros |
| Frequency | 1320 kHz |
| First air date | October 8, 1950 |
| Format | Talk/Oldies |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 65197 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°57′33″N 71°19′37″W / 41.95917°N 71.32694°W |
| Callsign meaning | Attleboro Radio Association (original owners) |
| Former callsigns |
WARA (1950–April 17, 1998) WJYT (April 17, 1998–December 6, 2000) WARL (December 6, 2000–April 13, 2014) WRNP (April 13, 2014–May 6, 2015) |
| Owner | Attleboro Access Cable Systems, Inc. |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wararadio.com |
WARA (1320 AM) is a radio station in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Its transmitter is located in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Attleboro Access Cable Systems.
WARA first signed on October 8, 1950. It was the local Attleboro radio station from then until 1998. Its original power was 1 kW. WARA had the callsign WIRD assigned to it until it changed to WARA on March 29, 1950.
WARA's owners applied for a power increase to its currently-authorized 5 kW day & night on September 24, 1985 (BP-19850924AF). The F.C.C. granted the increase on April Fools' Day 1986 with a license to cover being issued on September 25, 1987. Additionally, WARA changed ownership from Jerome Ottmar to James H., Peter H. & David J. Ottmar in 1986.
WARA is talk radio as "Talk 1320" by this time. It is owned by Peter Ottmar's Back Bay Broadcasting, along with WPNW, WWKX & WBNW.
On July 31, 1995, WARA, now owned by Dr.Michele E. Merolla of Fairhaven Ma., began syndicating Coast to Coast AM hosted by Art Bell. Art held the East of the Rockies line open in the final half-hour of the show to take calls from WARA listeners.
WARA became Spanish-language WJYT. ADD Radio Group bought the station effective June 1.
WJYT changed calls to WARL on December 6, 2000. As WARL, it has had many formats, which are detailed below. The first of these formats was "Web Access Radio Live"- a brokered time/internet T.V. hybrid. By this time, the station shifted its focus to the nearby Providence, Rhode Island area, even though it cannot be received well in parts of Providence.
WARL became easy listening with Norm Jagolinzer as host. Later that year the format changed from easy listening to urban as "Power 1320".
WARL changed formats again to all-conspiracy talk "Reality Radio 1320" (featuring programming from Genesis Communications Network). The programming had been airing on WALE until its bankruptcy sale in May 2003.
WARL's format once again changes, this time to sports talk "1320 The Drive" programmed by Scott MacPherson as a companion to his Sports Journal newspaper. WARL was the Providence-area affiliate of Sporting News Radio from 2004–2006. It was the flagship station for the Providence Bruins Radio Network for the 2005–06 season.
...
Wikipedia