WHCN
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| City | Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Broadcast area | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Branding | The River 105.9 |
| Slogan | Hartford's Variety Station |
| Frequency | 105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| ERP | 16,000 watts, directional |
| HAAT | 264 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 72144 |
| Callsign meaning | W Hartford Concert Network |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | WKSS, WPOP, WUCS, WWYZ |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 41°33′47″N 72°50′42″W / 41.563°N 72.845°W
WHCN ("The River 105.9") is an adult hits music formatted radio station based in Hartford, Connecticut. The city of license is Hartford, Connecticut. The iHeartMedia, Inc. outlet broadcasts at 105.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 16,000 watts from New Haven County, Connecticut West Peak State Park in Meriden, Connecticut. Its format blends Classic rock and new wave, with current and recurrent hit songs of today. It is similar to the "JACK-FM" formats that have been heard across the U.S. Studios are at 10 Columbus Boulevard, in Hartford, Connecticut. "The River" brand, shared with many adult contemporary stations nationwide, is a local reference to the Connecticut River.
WHCN has a long history, going back to when it was licensed as W1XSL in 1936. It subsequently became W1XPW, W65H, WDRC-FM and WFMQ before arriving at WHCN in 1958. The call letters stood for Hartford Concert Network." WHCN remained a classical music station from that point until shifting to progressive rock in 1969. The format was flipped to mainstream album rock in late 1976. Known as "106-WHCN", it was very successful in the 1970s and the 1980s. It was home to the morning show Picozzi and The Horn, up until the mid-1990s. Picozzi would later move across town to WCCC-FM. WHCN flipped to Classic rock in the mid-1990s to compete for the older rock audience that grew up with WHCN, but changing owners would signal changes at WHCN as well. It would become "105-9 WHCN" and adapt a harder-edged classic rock sound billed as "Classic Rock that really rocks!". WHCN would be snapped up by Liberty Broadcasting and then SFX Broadcasting/Capstar, then AMFM and then Clear Channel Communications in 2000.
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