WESX

WESX

City	Nahant, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Greater Boston
Branding	WESX 1230 AM
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	December 10, 1939 (1939-12-10)^[1]
Format	Religious/Ethnic
Power	450 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	49301
Transmitter coordinates	42°27′10″N 70°58′50″W / 42.45278°N 70.98056°W / 42.45278; -70.98056Coordinates: 42°27′10″N 70°58′50″W / 42.45278°N 70.98056°W / 42.45278; -70.98056
Callsign meaning	ESseX County
Former frequencies	1200 kHz (1939–1941)
Owner	The Principle Broadcasting Network LLC (Principle Boston Holdco LLC)
Sister stations	WJDA
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wesx1230am.com

WESX (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious and multi-cultural format, licensed to broadcast in the Nahant, Massachusetts precinct. The station is currently owned by Principle Broadcasting Network.^[2] Programming is in Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, and English. The transmitter is located in Lynn, Massachusetts with studios located in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

BBC Up All Night

In 2004, BBC News presenter Rhod Sharp moved to Marblehead, Massachusetts. Wishing to continue to broadcast the BBC Radio 5 Live show Up All Night, he made an arrangement with WESX's owners to use the studios and ISDN line to connect him with Broadcasting House in London, England.^[3] The arrangement came to an end in 2007, when Sharp and his wife moved to 18th-century house in Marblehead’s Old Town section, which included a suitably equipped home-studio.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1930s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
↑ "WESX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WESX's 'international' era closes, too". WickedLocal.com. 26 April 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
↑ Joseph P. Kahn (3 August 2012). "The BBC, live from Marblehead". Boston Globe. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
↑ "BBC broadcaster to discuss 'Avery's Fall' at Marblehead Museum". WickedLocal.com. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WESX

Radio-Locator Information on WESX

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WESX

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