WLAT

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Radio station in Connecticut, United States

WLAT

* New Britain, Connecticut
* United States

Broadcast area| Hartford metropolitan area
Frequency| 910 kHz
Branding| Mega 101.7 & 97.5
Programming
Format| Spanish tropical
Ownership
Owner|

* Gois Broadcasting
* (Gois Broadcasting of Connecticut, LLC)

Sister stations

* WORC
* WNEZ
* WAMG
* WKND
* WLLH

History

First air date

| May 20, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-20)[1]

Former call signs

* WCNW (CP, 1948)[2]
* WHAY (1948–1965)
* WRCH (1965–1974)
* WRCQ (1974–1990)
* WNEZ (1990–2001)

Call sign meaning

| "Latino"
Technical information[3]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 1911
Class| B
Power|

* 5,000 watts (day)
* 2,800 watts (night)

Transmitter coordinates

| 41°42′58.36″N 72°48′35.36″W﻿ / ﻿41.7162111°N 72.8098222°W﻿ / 41.7162111; -72.8098222
Translator(s)| 101.7 W269DE (New Britain)
Repeater(s)| 1480 WKND (Windsor)
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| Listen live
Website| www.mimusicaboston.com/megahartford

WLAT (910 AM, "Mega 101.7 & 97.5") is a radio station licensed to New Britain, Connecticut, and serving the Hartford market. WLAT airs a Spanish tropical music format. Owned by Gois Broadcasting, WLAT broadcasts from studios located on Burnside Avenue in East Hartford, while its transmitter array is located behind the Connecticut School of Broadcasting on Birdseye Road in Farmington (also known as "Radio Park"). The station also operates translator W269DE (101.7 FM) in New Britain; it is also simulcast on WKND (1480 AM and 97.5 FM).

## History

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This station originally came on the air May 20, 1949,[1] as WHAY. Its original studios were in New Britain; the transmitter was located at the present location on Birdseye Road in Farmington. The call sign were changed in February 1965 to WRCH,[2] and a few years later, the station adopted a beautiful music format. In 1967, new studios were constructed at the tower site on Birdseye Road. They called the facility "Radio Park". The call sign were changed to WRCQ ("91 Q") on October 23, 1974.[2] After American Radio Systems purchased the station in the late-1980s, the format was changed to rebroadcasting CNN Headline News; the station became WNEZ on January 5, 1990.[4] On March 26, 1997, the station flipped to urban contemporary as "Jamz 910 AM".[5] In 2001, Spanish broadcaster Mega Broadcasting's Alfredo Alonso purchased the station for $750,000, and changed the format to Spanish as "Amor 910" on May 5 of that year. At that time, studios were off Route 6 in Farmington. Mega later moved the studios to 330 Main Street in Hartford. On May 25, 2001, Mega swapped the call letters with their other Hartford area station (1230 AM), with 910 becoming WLAT.[4] The station was purchased by Freedom Communications in 2002. Gois purchased the station in 2008.

## Translator

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Broadcast translator for WLAT  Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info

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W269DE  | 101.7 FM | New Britain, Connecticut | 143539 | 250 | D | 41°42′58.4″N 72°48′35.4″W﻿ / ﻿41.716222°N 72.809833°W﻿ / 41.716222; -72.809833﻿ (W269DE) | LMS

## References

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1. ^ a b "WLAT" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook. 1999. p. D-79. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
2. ^ a b c "WRCQ (WLAT) history cards". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
4. ^ a b "Call Sign History (WLAT)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
5. ^ "Mega Flips Spanish 'NEZ/Hartford To UC" (PDF). R&R. March 28, 1997. p. 10 - via worldradiohistory.com.

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 1911 (WLAT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WLAT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* Facility details for Facility ID 1911 (WLAT) in the REC Networks database

* Facility details for Facility ID 143539 (W269DE) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* W269DE at FCCdata.org
* W269DE at FCCdata.org

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* t
* e

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Connecticut

Stations|

* WADS – Ansonia
* WAXB - Ridgefield
* WCUM – Bridgeport
* WNEZ - Manchester
* WLAT – New Britain
* WRYM – New Britain
* WWCO – Waterbury
* WKND - Windsor

See also
adult contemporary
classic hits
college
country
news/talk
NPR
oldies
religious
rock
sports
top 40
urban
other radio stations in Connecticut

See also
Classical
Jazz
Religious
Spanish
Smooth Jazz
Other

* v
* t
* e

Radio stations in the Hartford, Connecticut, metropolitan area

This region also includes the following cities: New Britain
Middletown
Waterbury
Torrington

By AM frequency|

* 840
* 910
* 990
* 1080
* 1120
* 1150
* 1170
* 1230
* 1290
* 1320
* 1360
* 1410
* 1480
* 1550

By FM frequency|

* 88.1
* 88.9
* 89.3
* 89.9
* 90.5
* 91.3
* 91.7
* 92.5
* 93.7
* 94.5
* 95.7
* 96.5
* 97.3
* 97.9
* 98.3
* 100.5
* 102.9
* 104.1
* 104.9
* 105.9
* 106.9

| LPFM|

* 96.9
* 98.7
* 103.5
* 107.7

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Translators|

* 91.9
* 94.1
* 95.3
* 96.1
* 97.1
* 97.5
* 97.7
* 99.5
* 100.1
* 100.9
* 101.7
* 103.3
* 104.3
* 105.3
* 107.3

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 88.9-1
* 88.9-2
* 88.9-3
* 90.5-1
* 92.5-1
* 93.7-1
* 93.7-2
* 95.7-1
* 95.7-2
* 96.5-1
* 96.5-2
* 97.9-1
* 97.9-2
* 100.5-1
* 102.9-1
* 102.9-2
* 102.9-3
* 104.1-1
* 104.1-2
* 104.1-3
* 105.9-1

By call sign|

* W220CH
* W231CZ
* W237EO
* W241CG
* W246CC
* W248CR
* W249DY
* W258AL
* W261BU
* W265EB
* W269DE
* W277DT
* W282AD
* W287CS
* W297BT
* WACC-LP
* WATR
* WCCC
* WCTF
* WDRC
* WDRC-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* WERB
* WESU
* WGZO-LP
* WHCN
* WHUS
* WIHS
* WJMJ
* WKND
* WKSS
* HD2
* WLAT
* WMRD
* WMRQ-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* WNEZ
* WNPR
* WNTY
* WNWW
* WPOP
* WPRF-LP
* WPRX
* WQTQ
* WRCH
* WRYM
* WSDK
* WSIM-LP
* WTIC
* WTIC-FM
* HD2
* WUCS
* HD2
* WWUH
* WWYZ
* WZBG
* WZMX
* HD2

Defunct|

* WBZY (990 AM)
* WQB
* WQQW (1590 AM)
* WTHT (1230 AM)
* WYPH-LP (102.5 FM)

Nearby regions
Bridgeport
Danbury
New Haven
New London/Westerly
Pittsfield
Springfield
Worcester

See also
List of radio stations in Connecticut

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