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{{short description|News/talk radio station in Nashua, New Hampshire}}
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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WSMN
| name = WSMN
| image = WSMN logo.png
| logo = WSMN logo.png
| city = [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]
| city = [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]
| area = [[Merrimack Valley]]
| country = US
| area = [[Merrimack Valley]]
| branding = ''1590 WSMN''
| branding =
| slogan = ''Nashua's News & Talk''
| airdate = {{start date and age|1958|3|9}}
| airdate = March 9, 1958
| frequency = 1590 [[kHz]]
| frequency = 1590 [[kHz]]
| format = [[Talk radio]]; [[brokered programming]]
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| power = {{ubl|770 [[watt]]s day|58 watts night}}
| translator = {{Radio Relay|95.3|W237FA|Nashua}}
| power = 200 watts fulltime (STA)
| erp =
| class = D
| haat =
| facility_id = 102
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
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| class = B
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|45|34.32|N|71|28|35.24|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| facility_id = 102
| callsign_meaning = "We Serve Manchester and Nashua", or Salem, Manchester, and Nashua
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|44|40.00|N|71|29|52.00|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark}} (licensed)<br>{{coord|42|45|34.00|N|71|28|37.00|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} (STA)
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| former_callsigns =
| callsign_meaning = '''W'''e '''S'''erve '''M'''anchester and '''N'''ashua<br>or<br>'''S'''alem, '''M'''anchester, and '''N'''ashua<br>or<br>'''W'''eather, '''S'''ports, '''M'''usic, and '''N'''ews
| owner = Robert Bartis/George Russell
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| former_callsigns =
| owner = Robert Bartis
| licensee = Bartis and Russell Broadcasting, LLC
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| sister_stations = [[WLMW]]
| licensee = Bartis Broadcasting, LLC
| webcast = {{ubl|{{listenlive|http://player.streamguys.com/wsmn/sgplayer/player.php}}|{{listenlive|https://wsmn.streamguys1.com/live.m3u}} (via [[MP3]])}}
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| sister_stations =
| webcast = {{TuneIn|WSMN-1590-s22877}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.wsmn.live/}}
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| affiliations = {{ubl|[[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]]|[[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]]|[[Westwood One]]|[[Motor Racing Network]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.wsmn1590.com/}}
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| affiliations = [[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]]<br>[[Business Talk Radio Network|Biz Talk Radio]]<br>[[Talk Radio Network]]<br>[[Westwood One]]
}}
}}


'''WSMN''' (1590 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is an American radio station broadcasting a [[Talk radio|news/talk]] format. The station is licensed to [[Nashua, New Hampshire]], United States, and serves the Nashua area. Its owners since March 2017 are on-air personalities George Russell and Bob Bartis.<ref name=Mar17 />
'''WSMN''' (1590 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] broadcasting a [[talk radio]] [[radio format|format]]. It is [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Nashua, New Hampshire]], and serves the [[Merrimack Valley]]. Its owners since March 2017 are on-air personalities George Russell and Bob Bartis.<ref name=Mar17 /> WSMN has some local talk shows and also features paid [[brokered programming]].

WSMN transmits with 770 [[watt]]s daytime, 58 watts nighttime.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=wsmn&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C Radio-Locator.com/WSMN]</ref> It uses a [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional antenna]] at all times. Programming is also heard on 250-watt [[FM translator]] '''W237FA''' at 95.3 [[Hertz|MHz]].


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
WSMN signed on March 9, 1958. The first voice heard was that of Manchester, New Hampshire native Frank G. Teas who spent the next 44 years with the organization until he retired in December 2002.<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-147|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> Original owner Merrimack Valley Broadcasting System<ref name="by1958">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1958|year=1958|page=A-320|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1958/Sectin%20A%20Radio%20By%20State%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201958-9.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> sold the station only one year later, to 1590 Broadcasting Corporation.<ref name="by1959">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1959|year=1959|page=B-186|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1959/B-2%20Radio%201959%20YB.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> By 1971, WSMN had a [[middle-of-the-road]] format, mixed in with talk;<ref name="by1971">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1971|year=1971|page=B-130|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> this format remained in place through the decade.<ref name="by1981"/>
WSMN first [[sign-on|signed on]] March 9, 1958.<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-147|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> The first voice heard was that of [[Manchester, New Hampshire]], native Frank G. Teas who spent the next 44 years with the station until he retired in December 2002. The original owner was the Merrimack Valley Broadcasting System.<ref name="by1958">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1958|year=1958|page=A-320|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1958/Sectin%20A%20Radio%20By%20State%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201958-9.pdf|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> It sold the station only one year later, to 1590 Broadcasting Corporation.<ref name="by1959">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1959|year=1959|page=B-186|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1959/B-2%20Radio%201959%20YB.pdf|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref>


For most of its early years, WSMN had a [[Middle of the road (music)|middle-of-the-road]] format, mixed in with talk.<ref name="by1971">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1971|year=1971|page=B-130|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1971/B%202%20Radio%20YB%201971.pdf|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> This format remained in place through the decade.<ref name="by1981"/> The organization also published an advertiser-supported, free tabloid called the ''1590 Broadcaster.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn79003205/|title=About 1590 broadcaster|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=November 18, 2018}}</ref>
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During the mid-1990s, WSMN attempted a [[country music]] format; however, this format became less viable for the station after Boston country station [[WKLB-FM]] moved from 96.9 FM (now [[WBQT (FM)|WBQT]]) to 99.5 FM (now [[WCRB]]), and it reverted to [[adult standards]] in December 1997.<ref name="nerw-wsmncountry">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-971218.html|title=North East RadioWatch|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 18, 1997|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> This was short lived; in March 1998, the station changed to news/talk, though some timeslots were temporarily filled with [[adult contemporary]] music for a time.<ref name="nerw-wsmntalk">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980319.html|title=More Layoffs in N.H.|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=March 19, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> Initially locally oriented,<ref name="nerw-wsmntalk"/> in June WSMN began adding nationally-produced programming, including Talk America shows and business news from [[Bloomberg Radio]].<ref name="nerw-wsmnnationaltalk">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980604.html|title=Tornado Topples WIVT|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 4, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> Two years later, Tom O'Brien signed a [[local marketing agreement]] to take over the station's operations.<ref name="nerw-wsmnlma">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-001204.html|title=North East RadioWatch: December 4, 2000|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 4, 2000|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref>


===Country, adult standards and talk===
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WSMN was forced off the air February 1, 2005 after losing the lease to its transmitter and studio site on West Hollis Street ([[New Hampshire Route 111|Route 111]]).<ref name="nerw-wsmndark">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050207/nerw.html|title=Qantum Buys the Cape; Cherry Creek Buys the East End; WSMN Goes Dark|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=February 7, 2005|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> The license was sold to Absolute Broadcasting, owner of WSNH (900; now [[WGHM]]) that July,<ref name="nerw-saletoabsolute">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050704/nerw.html|title=Pop Goes "Cool Pop" in Harrisburg|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=July 4, 2005|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=February 17, 2010}}</ref> and the station returned to the air in October from the WSNH tower, running a low-power [[special temporary authority]] signal.<ref name="nerw-wsmnreturn">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/051024/nerw.html|title=A WILD Shift For Radio One/Boston|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 24, 2005|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 19, 2010}}</ref> Initially simulcasting WSNH's [[ESPN Radio]] programming,<ref name="nerw-wsmnreturn"/> the station began shifting back to a news/talk format in early 2006,<ref name="nerw-wsmnsplit">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060109/nerw.html|title=New Troubles for Maynard's WAVM|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=January 9, 2006|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=February 19, 2010}}</ref> featuring programing from [[Talk Radio Network]] and [[Westwood One]].
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During the mid-1990s, WSMN attempted a [[country music]] format. But country on AM radio became less viable after [[Boston]] country station [[WKLB-FM]] moved from 96.9 FM (now [[WBQT (FM)|WBQT]]) to 99.5 FM (now [[WCRB]]). WSMN switched to [[adult standards]] in December 1997.<ref name="nerw-wsmncountry">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-971218.html|title=North East RadioWatch|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 18, 1997|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> This was short lived; in March 1998, the station changed to news/talk, though some timeslots were temporarily filled with [[adult contemporary]] music for a time.<ref name="nerw-wsmntalk">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980319.html|title=More Layoffs in N.H.|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=March 19, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref>


Initially locally oriented,<ref name="nerw-wsmntalk"/> in June WSMN began adding nationally-produced programming, including Talk America shows and business news from [[Bloomberg Radio]].<ref name="nerw-wsmnnationaltalk">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-980604.html|title=Tornado Topples WIVT|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 4, 1998|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> Two years later, Tom O'Brien signed a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) to take over the station's operations.<ref name="nerw-wsmnlma">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-001204.html|title=North East RadioWatch: December 4, 2000|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 4, 2000|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref>
===Sale to current owners===

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Absolute Broadcasting sold WSMN to George Russell and Bob Bartis, two men who had done shows on WSMN, forming Bartis Broadcasting LLC, effective March 16, 2017,<ref name=Mar17>{{Cite web
===Time off the air===
WSMN was forced off the air February 1, 2005, after losing the lease to its transmitter and studio site on West Hollis Street ([[New Hampshire Route 111|Route 111]]).<ref name="nerw-wsmndark">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050207/nerw.html|title=Qantum Buys the Cape; Cherry Creek Buys the East End; WSMN Goes Dark|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=February 7, 2005|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> The license was sold to Absolute Broadcasting, owner of WSNH (900; now [[WGHM]]) that July.<ref name="nerw-saletoabsolute">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050704/nerw.html|title=Pop Goes "Cool Pop" in Harrisburg|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=July 4, 2005|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|access-date=February 17, 2010}}</ref>

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WSMN returned to the air in October from the WSNH tower, running a low-power [[special temporary authority]] signal.<ref name="nerw-wsmnreturn">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/051024/nerw.html|title=A WILD Shift For Radio One/Boston|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 24, 2005|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> It initially [[simulcast]] WSNH's [[ESPN Radio]] programming.<ref name="nerw-wsmnreturn"/> The station began shifting back to a news/talk format in early 2006.<ref name="nerw-wsmnsplit">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/060109/nerw.html|title=New Troubles for Maynard's WAVM|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=January 9, 2006|work=North East RadioWatch|access-date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> It began featuring programing from [[Talk Radio Network]] and [[Westwood One]].

===Bartis and Russell Broadcasting===
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Absolute Broadcasting sold WSMN to Bartis and Russell Broadcasting LLC<ref name=Mar17>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.unionleader.com/business/Gate-City-radio-personalities-team-up-to-buy-WSMN-03282017
|url=http://www.unionleader.com/business/Gate-City-radio-personalities-team-up-to-buy-WSMN-03282017
|title=Gate City radio personalities team up to buy WSMN
|title=Gate City radio personalities team up to buy WSMN
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|publisher=AllAccess.com
|publisher=AllAccess.com
|date=2016-12-05
|date=2016-12-05
|accessdate=2018-03-28}}</ref> The new owners promised "more local programming and a refocus on the community."<ref name=Mar17 />
|access-date=2018-03-28}}</ref> The sale took effect on March 16, 2017. The proprietors are George Russell and Bob Bartis, who had both hosted shows on WSMN. They promised "more local programming and a refocus on the community."<ref name=Mar17 />


WSMN holds a [https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101438313&formid=301&fac_num=102 construction permit] from the [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]] to build a new three-tower antenna array west of their old location. Instead of using the same directional pattern full-time, there will be different directional patterns for day and night.
WSMN formerly held a [[construction permit]] from the [[U.S. Federal Communications Commission]] to build a new three-[[tower array]] west of the old location. Instead of using the same directional pattern full-time, there would be different directional patterns for day and night. In July 2020, the station put an [[FM translator]] on the air at 95.3&nbsp;MHz.

==Translator==
{{RadioTranslators
| call1 = W237FA
| freq1 = 95.3
| watts1 = 250
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| class1 = D
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| fid1 = 202373
| city1 = Nashua, New Hampshire
| coord1 = {{coord|42|44|4.4|N|71|23|35.8|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W237FA}}
}}


==Programming==
==Programming==
WSMN airs ''Nashua This Morning with George Russell'' during morning drive, and various local programming at other times. Bartis continues to host shows on several topics. In timeslots where a talk show is not scheduled, the station airs blocks of music.<ref>{{Cite web
WSMN airs ''Nashua This Morning with George Russell'' during morning [[drive time]], with a mix of talk shows and [[brokered programming]] at other times. Bob Bartis continues to host shows on several topics. In timeslots where a talk show is not scheduled, the station airs blocks of music.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://www.wsmn1590.com/program-line-up.html
|url=http://www.wsmn.live/program-line-up.html
|title=Program Schedule
|title=Program Schedule
|publisher=WSMN
|publisher=WSMN
|accessdate=2018-03-30}}</ref> WSMN is an affiliate of [[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]].
|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> WSMN is an affiliate of [[USA Radio Network|USA Radio News]].

Other programing includes:
*"Asking for a Friend"
*"Barticus Live"
*"The [[Dana Loesch]] Show"
*"Latinos En Vivo"
*"Public Health Hour"
*"The Rayla Campbell Show Live"
*"Spouting Off with Host Karen Kataline"
*"Turning Pages with Elaine Holden" <ref>{{cite web | url=https://wsmn.live/program-lineup | title=WSMN1590am WSMN95.3fm Watch! Listen! Stream! }}</ref>


==Former personalities==
==Former personalities==
*Al Rock (General Manager)
*Al Rock (general manager)
*Ed Lecius Sr (News Director)
*Ed Lecius Sr. (news director)
*Frank Teas Sr (Program Director)
*Frank Teas Sr. (program director)
*[[Weldon Haire]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Around the Town|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e6krAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Iv0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093,953963&dq|accessdate=December 30, 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=March 13, 1958}}</ref>
*[[Weldon Haire]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Around the Town|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e6krAAAAIBAJ&pg=5093,953963&dq|access-date=December 30, 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=March 13, 1958}}</ref>
*[[Maury Parent]]
*[[Maury Parent]]
*Jeff Radzik
*Jeff Radzik
*Eric Nuernberg (Eric O Neil)
*Eric Nuernberg (Eric O’ Neil)
*Nick Diamond
*Nick Diamond
*Jim Liversidge
*Jim Liversidge
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*Gerry Wood
*Gerry Wood
*Kevin Farwell
*Kevin Farwell
*John Halpert
*John Halbert
*Dee Dee Leigh
*Dee Dee Leigh
*Griff Vautier
*Griff Vautier
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*Steve Shaw
*Steve Shaw
*Herb Andrews
*Herb Andrews
*Earnie Anastos
*Ernie Anastos
*Dianna Ploss


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.wsmn1590.com/}}
*{{Official website|http://www.wsmn.live/}}
{{AM station data|WSMN}}
{{AM station data|102|WSMN}}


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Latest revision as of 01:01, 10 September 2024

WSMN
Broadcast areaMerrimack Valley
Frequency1590 kHz
Programming
FormatTalk radio; brokered programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Robert Bartis/George Russell
  • (Bartis and Russell Broadcasting, LLC)
WLMW
History
First air date
March 9, 1958; 66 years ago (1958-03-09)
Call sign meaning
"We Serve Manchester and Nashua", or Salem, Manchester, and Nashua
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID102
ClassD
Power
  • 770 watts day
  • 58 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
42°45′34.32″N 71°28′35.24″W / 42.7595333°N 71.4764556°W / 42.7595333; -71.4764556
Translator(s)95.3 W237FA (Nashua)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Websitewww.wsmn.live

WSMN (1590 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. It is licensed to Nashua, New Hampshire, and serves the Merrimack Valley. Its owners since March 2017 are on-air personalities George Russell and Bob Bartis.[2] WSMN has some local talk shows and also features paid brokered programming.

WSMN transmits with 770 watts daytime, 58 watts nighttime.[3] It uses a non-directional antenna at all times. Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W237FA at 95.3 MHz.

History

[edit]

Early years

[edit]

WSMN first signed on March 9, 1958.[4] The first voice heard was that of Manchester, New Hampshire, native Frank G. Teas who spent the next 44 years with the station until he retired in December 2002. The original owner was the Merrimack Valley Broadcasting System.[5] It sold the station only one year later, to 1590 Broadcasting Corporation.[6]

For most of its early years, WSMN had a middle-of-the-road format, mixed in with talk.[7] This format remained in place through the decade.[4] The organization also published an advertiser-supported, free tabloid called the 1590 Broadcaster.[8]

Country, adult standards and talk

[edit]

During the mid-1990s, WSMN attempted a country music format. But country on AM radio became less viable after Boston country station WKLB-FM moved from 96.9 FM (now WBQT) to 99.5 FM (now WCRB). WSMN switched to adult standards in December 1997.[9] This was short lived; in March 1998, the station changed to news/talk, though some timeslots were temporarily filled with adult contemporary music for a time.[10]

Initially locally oriented,[10] in June WSMN began adding nationally-produced programming, including Talk America shows and business news from Bloomberg Radio.[11] Two years later, Tom O'Brien signed a local marketing agreement (LMA) to take over the station's operations.[12]

Time off the air

[edit]

WSMN was forced off the air February 1, 2005, after losing the lease to its transmitter and studio site on West Hollis Street (Route 111).[13] The license was sold to Absolute Broadcasting, owner of WSNH (900; now WGHM) that July.[14]

WSMN returned to the air in October from the WSNH tower, running a low-power special temporary authority signal.[15] It initially simulcast WSNH's ESPN Radio programming.[15] The station began shifting back to a news/talk format in early 2006.[16] It began featuring programing from Talk Radio Network and Westwood One.

Bartis and Russell Broadcasting

[edit]

Absolute Broadcasting sold WSMN to Bartis and Russell Broadcasting LLC[2] for $200,000.[17] The sale took effect on March 16, 2017. The proprietors are George Russell and Bob Bartis, who had both hosted shows on WSMN. They promised "more local programming and a refocus on the community."[2]

WSMN formerly held a construction permit from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to build a new three-tower array west of the old location. Instead of using the same directional pattern full-time, there would be different directional patterns for day and night. In July 2020, the station put an FM translator on the air at 95.3 MHz.

Translator

[edit]
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W237FA 95.3 FM Nashua, New Hampshire 202373 250 D 42°44′4.4″N 71°23′35.8″W / 42.734556°N 71.393278°W / 42.734556; -71.393278 (W237FA) LMS

Programming

[edit]

WSMN airs Nashua This Morning with George Russell during morning drive time, with a mix of talk shows and brokered programming at other times. Bob Bartis continues to host shows on several topics. In timeslots where a talk show is not scheduled, the station airs blocks of music.[18] WSMN is an affiliate of USA Radio News.

Other programing includes:

  • "Asking for a Friend"
  • "Barticus Live"
  • "The Dana Loesch Show"
  • "Latinos En Vivo"
  • "Public Health Hour"
  • "The Rayla Campbell Show Live"
  • "Spouting Off with Host Karen Kataline"
  • "Turning Pages with Elaine Holden" [19]

Former personalities

[edit]
  • Al Rock (general manager)
  • Ed Lecius Sr. (news director)
  • Frank Teas Sr. (program director)
  • Weldon Haire[20]
  • Maury Parent
  • Jeff Radzik
  • Eric Nuernberg (Eric O’ Neil)
  • Nick Diamond
  • Jim Liversidge
  • Robert "Woody" Woodland
  • Robert "Bob" Bevill
  • Chuck O'Neil
  • Gerry Wood
  • Kevin Farwell
  • John Halbert
  • Dee Dee Leigh
  • Griff Vautier
  • Russ Cooper
  • Dale Lonroth
  • Hal Hillard
  • Tony Broseau
  • Leo Zani
  • Steve Shaw
  • Herb Andrews
  • Ernie Anastos
  • Dianna Ploss

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WSMN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ a b c Kimberly Houghton (March 27, 2017). "Gate City radio personalities team up to buy WSMN". Manchester Union-Leader.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WSMN
  4. ^ a b Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-147. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 (PDF). 1958. p. A-320. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1959 (PDF). 1959. p. B-186. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  7. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 (PDF). 1971. p. B-130. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  8. ^ "About 1590 broadcaster". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
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