WTSA (AM)

WTSA
Broadcast area
Brattleboro, Vermont
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingCountry 99.5
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerJared Goodell (Community Media, LLC)
WTSA-FM
History
First air date
April 19, 1950 (1950-04-19)
Former call signs
  • WTSA (1950–1984)
  • WMMJ (1984–1986)[1]
Call sign meaning
Tri-State Area (Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
67763
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
42°52′13.3″N 72°33′33.32″W / 42.870361°N 72.5592556°W / 42.870361; -72.5592556
Translator99.5 W258DQ (Brattleboro)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.country995.com

WTSA (1450 AM, "Country 99.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Jared Goodell's Community Media LLC and broadcasts a country music format, also carried by FM translator W258DQ (99.5). It first signed on in 1950.

History

WTSA signed on April 19, 1950, as a sister station to WKBR in Manchester, New Hampshire. The station was first in Brattleboro and was positioned to serve Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. WTSA was sold to the Puritan Radio Group, and later to McGavern/Guild. McGavern changed the middle of the road format to top 40 in the mid 1960s. WTSA was always the most popular station in the region, being a strongly personality directed format. In 1967 WTSA had a Hooper Index listenership of 49.7 market share out of a 13-station measure. WTSA-FM would be added in 1975, and with ownership changes, the format on AM was moved to FM.[citation needed] The station became WMMJ on July 1, 1984, but was reassigned the WTSA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 1, 1986.[1]

On March 4, 2019, WTSA changed its format from sports to active rock, branded as "99.5 The Beast" in reflection of its FM translator, W258DQ (99.5).[3]

In September 2025, Four Seasons Media Inc sold WTSA/W258DQ and sister station WTSA-FM to Jared Goodell's Community Media LLC.[4]

On January 1, 2026, WTSA changed its format from active rock to country, branded as "Country 99.5".[5]

Translator

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W258DQ 99.5 FM Brattleboro, Vermont 202741 99 D 42°53′21″N 72°36′45″W / 42.88917°N 72.61250°W / 42.88917; -72.61250 (W258DQ) LMS

References

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ The Beast Rocks Into Brattleboro Radioinsight - March 5, 2019
  4. ^ "Station Sales Week Of 9/12 - RadioInsight". radioinsight.com. September 12, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
  5. ^ Double Format Shift in Brattleboro Radioinsight - January 7, 2026


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