WLAD

WLAD
Danbury, Connecticut;
Broadcast area	Danbury, Connecticut
Frequency	800 kHz (C-QUAM AM Stereo)
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio; Premiere Networks; Westwood One Network;
Ownership
Owner	The Berkshire Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WAXB; WDAQ;
History
First air date	October 5, 1947; 76 years ago
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65456
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (day); 286 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	41°22′27″N 73°26′47″W / 41.37417°N 73.44639°W
Translator(s)	94.1 W231DJ (Danbury)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	wlad.com

WLAD (800 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Danbury, Connecticut. It broadcasts a talk format.^[2] WLAD is owned by Berkshire Broadcasting. The studios and offices are located on Mill Plain Road in Danbury. The transmitter is off Brushy Hill Road, also in Danbury.^[3]

WLAD airs a local morning news and information show on weekdays, hosted by Dave Rinelli and Bart Busterna, with newscaster Jillian Mauro and weathercaster Gary Lessor. They are followed by nationally syndicated talk shows the rest of the day, including Brian Kilmeade, Todd Schnitt, Dave Ramsey, Jim Bohannon, Red Eye Radio, and America in The Morning.^[4] WLAD also broadcasts New York Giants football games.

Programming on Saturdays and Sundays consists largely of music and entertainment shows, including "American Top 40" hosted by Casey Kasem and "Hollywood 360" hosted by Carl Amari among many others. "The Big Show", hosted locally by Busterna on Saturday mornings, features interviews with personalities from the music and sports worlds.

WLAD operates at 1,000 watts using a non-directional antenna; but because 800 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Mexico, WLAD must reduce power at night to 286 watts. In early 2017, WLAD began simulcasting on an FM translator, W231DJ at 94.1 MHz.^[5]

History

WLAD first signed on the air on October 5, 1947.^[6] At first, the station broadcast with only 250 watts of power as a daytime-only station.^[7] It later increased its power to 1,000 watts by day, but it took until the 1980s for it to get nighttime authorization. In 1953, the station signed on an FM sister station, 98.3 WLAD-FM, which is today WDAQ. For most of its history, WLAD broadcast a full service middle of the road music format, including the local call-in talk show "Dialogue 80" hosted by Rhoda Daum from 1978-1988,^[8] but in the 1990s, it shifted to its current format of full-time talk radio on weekdays.

For many years until February 26, 2021, WLAD aired Rush Limbaugh's nationally syndicated talk show in the time slot from noon to 3 p.m., but due to Limbaugh's death the station replaced it with the Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show starting on March 1, 2021.^[9] The latter show had been aired from 6 to 8 p.m. since April 2020.

WLAD has also carried Lars Larson's syndicated talk show.

Translator

Broadcast translator for WLAD
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W231DJ	94.1 FM	Danbury, Connecticut	156264	99	D	41°22′27″N 73°26′47″W / 41.37417°N 73.44639°W / 41.37417; -73.44639 (W231DJ)	LMS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WLAD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
^ Radio-Locator.com
^ http://www.wlad.com/
^ FCC.gov
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-35
^ "WLAD at Danbury, Conn., 250-w Daytimer, Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
^ "Obituary of Rhoda Fenster Daum Kenner". Associated Press. February 2, 1996. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
^ Scott Fybush (February 25, 2021). "Rush To The Exits: Affiliates Begin Making Their Next Moves". Radio Insight. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

External links

Official website
Radio Station Moves off Main Street
Facility details for Facility ID WLAD ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
FCC History Cards for WLAD
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W231DJ at FCCdata.org

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for WLAD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[arb1-2] "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 13, 2012.

[3] Radio-Locator.com

[4] ttp://www.wlad.com/

[5] FCC.gov

[6] Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-35

[7] "WLAD at Danbury, Conn., 250-w Daytimer, Starts" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 27, 1947. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

[8] "Obituary of Rhoda Fenster Daum Kenner". Associated Press. February 2, 1996. Retrieved November 24, 2020.

[9] Scott Fybush (February 25, 2021). "Rush To The Exits: Affiliates Begin Making Their Next Moves". Radio Insight. Retrieved February 25, 2021.

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