City | Haverhill, Massachusetts |
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Broadcast area | Merrimack Valley |
Branding | Impacto 1490 |
Frequency | 1490 kHz |
First air date | 1947WHAV) | (as
Format | Spanish News/Talk |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 49382 |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°46′22.00″N 71°6′1.00″W / 42.7727778°N 71.1002778°W |
Former callsigns | WHAV (1947-2002) WCCM (2002-2007) |
Owner | Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures Limited Partnership |
Sister stations | WCCM, WMVX, WNNW |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
WCEC (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish News/Talk format. Licensed to Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States, the station is currently owned by Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures Limited Partnership, a partnership between Pat Costa and his chief investor, The Eagle-Tribune.
From 1947 to 2002, the 1490 frequency in Haverhill, Massachusetts, was occupied by WHAV. WHAV changed call letters to WCCM on September 23, 2002. On July 30, 2007, the station changed its call sign to the current WCEC.
The call letters WCEC were previously assigned to an AM station (and WCEC-FM to its sister station) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, both of which began broadcasting November 2, 1947. The stations were owned by Josh L. Horne Jr., publisher of the (Rocky Mount) Evening Telegram.