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WWEB
Broadcast areaNew Haven
Frequency89.9 MHz
Programming
FormatVariety
Ownership
OwnerChoate Rosemary Hall Foundation
History
Call sign meaning
Wallingford Educational Broadcasting[1]
Technical information
Facility ID10861
ClassD
ERP15 watts
HAAT-5.0 meters
Transmitter coordinates
41°27′34.00″N 72°48′48.00″W / 41.4594444°N 72.8133333°W / 41.4594444; -72.8133333
Links
WebsiteOfficial website

WWEB (89.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Wallingford, Connecticut, USA, the station serves the New Haven area. The station is currently owned by Choate Rosemary Hall Foundation.[2][3] WWEB features student and faculty programs supplemented with the programming of WWUH from the University of Hartford.

History

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]].


References

  1. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ "WWEB Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ "WWEB Station Information Profile". Arbitron.