WWEB
| City | Wallingford, Connecticut |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Frequency | 89.9 MHz |
| Format | Variety |
| ERP | 15 watts |
| HAAT | -5.0 meters |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 10861 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°27′34″N 72°48′48″W / 41.45944°N 72.81333°W |
| Callsign meaning | Wallingford Educational Broadcasting |
| Owner | Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation |
| Website | Official website |
WWEB (89.9 FM) is a high school radio station broadcasting a Variety music format. Licensed to Wallingford, Connecticut, United States, the station serves the New Haven area. The station is owned by Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation. WWEB features student and faculty programs supplemented with the programming of WWUH from the University of Hartford.
It is believed that WWEB first signed on in 1969. In the early days the station was on the third floor north attic of the building that we called the Science building (now Humanities) The wide studio shot shows some album poster art. They used a Bauer 5-pot slide board. The transmitter was on a cabinet right behind the turntables, made by Granger. The transmitter fed a 7/8” line up to the roof where a 2-bay horizontal V only antenna was mounted on a pole or small tower section.
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