City | New Britain, Connecticut |
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Broadcast area | Hartford, Connecticut |
Branding | Lite 100.5 WRCH |
Slogan | Southern New England's At Work Station The Christmas Music Station (Nov.-Dec.) |
Frequency | 100.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
First air date | July 1, 1968 |
Format | FM/HD1: Adult Contemporary Christmas Music (Nov.-Dec.) HD2: Smooth Jazz HD3: WBZ-FM (Boston) simulcast |
ERP | 7,500 watts |
HAAT | 381 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 1910 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°42′14″N 72°49′55″W / 41.704°N 72.832°WCoordinates: 41°42′14″N 72°49′55″W / 41.704°N 72.832°W |
Callsign meaning | W Radio Connecticut Hartford or RiCH music |
Owner |
CBS Radio (sale to Entercom pending) (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
Sister stations | WTIC, WTIC-FM, WZMX |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wrch.cbslocal.com |
WRCH is a radio station in the Hartford, Connecticut, United States area and broadcasts at 100.5 FM with an Adult Contemporary format. Its transmitter is located on Rattlesnake Mountain on the WTIC-TV tower, and a backup transmitter in "Radio Park" behind the Connecticut School of Broadcasting (its former studio location), and studios and offices located at 10 Executive Drive, all in Farmington. Its "Pillow Talk" program on weekday evenings features a Soft Adult Contemporary format.
WRCH offers smooth-jazz programming on its HD2 sub-channel, and also offers on its HD3 sub-channel a simulcast of Sports talk-formatted WBZ-FM from Boston, which was formerly simulcast over the HD3 sub-channel of WTIC-FM.