WNEB
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| City | Worcester, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Branding | Emmanuel Radio 1230 AM |
| Slogan | Truth for Life |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| First air date | December 16, 1946 |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 249 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°16′23.00″N 71°49′23.00″W / 42.2730556°N 71.8230556°W |
| Callsign meaning |
New England Broadcasting (original owner) New Evangelization Broadcasting |
| Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
| Owner | Emmanuel Communications, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WESO |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1230radio |
WNEB (1230 AM) is a Catholic radio station broadcasting religious programming. Licensed to Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Worcester area. The station is owned by Emmanuel Communications, Inc. and features EWTN programming.
WNEB signed on December 16, 1946 under the ownership of the New England Broadcasting Company. It was Worcester's fourth radio station (after WTAG, WORC, and WAAB), and its first independent station. New England Broadcasting, owned by John Hurley, sold the station to George Steffy and Harold Glidden in 1960; around this time, WNEB had a middle of the road (MOR) format. Its independent status ended in 1963, when the station joined the CBS Radio Network.
Glidden took full control of WNEB in 1975, shortly after Steffy's death; soon afterward, the station shifted to a country music format. The CBS affiliation had also ceased by this time, and moved to WAAB. Two years later, WNEB was sold to Segal Broadcasting. Segal reverted the station to MOR and affiliated it with the ABC Entertainment network. WNEB shifted to a big band format in 1981; the next year, it rejoined CBS. AAMAR Communications bought the station in 1986. Financial problems soon forced AAMAR to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on December 4, 1990; on August 23, 1991, WNEB went dark.
Bob Bittner, owner of WJIB in Cambridge, purchased WNEB in 1994, and brought the station back on the air October 24, 1996 with a simulcast of WJIB's beautiful music format. A year later, Bittner sold the station to Heirwaves, Inc., which relaunched the station with a contemporary Christian music format on November 29, 1997. Heirwaves sold WNEB to Great Commission Broadcasting in 1999, which implemented a simulcast of similarly-formatted WJLT from Natick (which Great Commission programmed at that time) soon afterward. Great Commission later changed its name to Grace Broadcasting.
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