WTSV

WTSV
City Claremont, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area
Branding 94.5 ESPN Radio
Frequency 1230 kHz
First air date 1948
Format Sports (WTSL simulcast)
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Class C
Facility ID 17795
Transmitter coordinates 43°22′15.00″N 72°19′42.00″W / 43.3708333°N 72.3283333°W / 43.3708333; -72.3283333 (WTSV)
Callsign meaning W Twin State Valley
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations WFYX, WHDQ, WGXL, WWOD, WTSL, WXXK
Webcast Listen Live
Website wtsl.com

WTSV (1230 AM; "94.5 ESPN Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a sports/talk format, simulcasting WTSL (1400 AM). Licensed to Claremont, New Hampshire, USA, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area. The station is currently owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio.[1]

The station's call letters stand for Twin State Valley, as the station serves the Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont. It was built by the original owners of WKBR in Manchester as part of a chain of "Twin State Network" stations, which also included WTSL in Hanover, WTSA in Brattleboro, and WTSN in Dover.

Former logo of the radio station

WTSV, along with 29 other stations in northern New England formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro; this reunited WTSV with WTSL, which is owned by Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio.[2][3] After the sale's completion on November 30, 2012, WTSV dropped its sports radio format from ESPN Radio and began simulcasting WTSL.[4] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Great Eastern Radio on January 1, 2013.[5][6]

On July 7, 2016, Dartmouth College announced that WTSV would carry Big Green football, mens hockey and women's hockey broadcasts as part of the Big Green Sports Network / Learfield Sports.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "WTSV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 24, 2012. (updated May 23, 2012)
  4. ↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79804/northern-new-england-change-rundown/
  5. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 11, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=211056403


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