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WDRC (AM)

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City
  
Hartford, Connecticut

Class
  
B

Former callsigns
  
WPAJ

First air date
  
December 10, 1922

Sister stations
  
WDRC-FM, WSNG, WWCO, WMMW

Power
  
5,000 Watts

Facility ID
  
7711

Broadcast area
  
Hartford, Connecticut

Format
  
News Talk Information

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Slogan
  
The Talk of Connecticut

Frequency
  
1360 kHz; (also on HD Radio via WDRC-FM-HD3)

Affiliations
  
Westwood One, Fox News Radio, Talk Radio Network

WDRC (1360 AM) is a radio station owned by Connoisseur Media. It operates full-time with 5,000 Watts of power with studios and transmitters located at 869 Blue Hill Avenue in Bloomfield, Connecticut.

WDRC is the flagship station of a cluster of four Connecticut stations running a talk radio format with the slogan "The Talk of Connecticut" The other stations are WSNG in Torrington, WWCO in Waterbury and WMMW in Meriden. Brad Davis hosts the morning show, interviewing local newsmakers and politicians. The rest of the day features syndicated programs, including The Dave Ramsey Show and The Savage Nation with additional programming from Fox News Radio, Talk Radio Network and Westwood One.

The Talk of Connecticut stations also broadcast sporting events including New York Yankees major league baseball, New Britain Bees member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Hartford Hawks college basketball and high school sports.

WDRC was the first commercial AM station in the state of Connecticut, originally operating from New Haven, Connecticut.

On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WDRC, to Connoisseur Media. Buckley had owned an interest in the station since 1957, assuming full control in 1959. The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035.

References

WDRC (AM) Wikipedia