WAXB

WAXB

Ridgefield, Connecticut
Frequency	850 kHz
Branding	B107.3
Programming
Format	Classic Hits
Ownership
Owner	The Berkshire Broadcasting Corp.
Sister stations	WLAD, WDAQ
History
First air date	March 15, 1985
Former call signs	WVFR (?-1985) WREE (1985) WREF (1985-2011)
Technical information
Facility ID	66327
Class	D
Power	2,500 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates	41°17′27″N 73°29′16″W
Translator(s)	107.3 W297AN (Danbury)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	b1073fm.com

WAXB (850 AM, "B-107.3") is a radio station licensed to Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States, one of three area stations owned by The Berkshire Broadcasting Corporation. The others are News/Talk 800 AM WLAD and Hot AC 98Q/98.3 FM WDAQ.

The Federal Communications Commission assigned the call letters WREF to the frequency on January 18, 1984. WREF began broadcasting on March 15, 1985.

WREF programmed a nostalgia/big band format from sign on through sale to Berkshire in 1996 when the new owners switched the format to oldies.

In late March 2004, WREF became the first station to air Scott Shannon's "True Oldies Channel." After a period of tweaking on WREF, Shannon put the format into nationwide syndication in July 2004.

On February 1, 2011, WREF rebranded as "B107.3," adopted the call letters WAXB and began a rebroadcast of 850AM on FM translator W297AN (107.3 FM licensed to Danbury, CT). The WAXB calls had previously been in the market at 105.5FM before Cumulus abandoned the oldies format on this frequency in 2002.

B107.3 switched to a locally programmed Classic Hits format, featuring pop and rock hits of the 70's and 80's, on January 31st, 2013.

References

• 1992 Broadcasting Yearbook, page A-63
• http://meduci.com/stations.html

External links

• WAXB official website
• WAXB in the FCC AM station database
• WAXB in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• W297AN in the FCC FM station database
• W297AN at FCCdata.org