WCRN

Infobox Radio Station
name = WCRN


area = Worcester, Massachusetts
slogan = "True Talk 830"
frequency = 830 (kHz)
format = News/Talk/Sports
erp = 50,000 Watts
class = B
owner = Carter Broadcasting
webcast = [http://www.wcrnradio.com/listen.asx Listen Live]
website = http://www.wcrnradio.com
callsign_meaning =

WCRN is an AM radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts, owned by Carter Broadcasting.

The station broadcasts at 830 AM at a transmitter power output of 50,000 Watts and can be heard from Maine to Providence, Rhode Island, and from Boston to Springfield, Massachusetts.The station's current night power of 50,000 Watts made its debut on April 4, 2007, just in time for the first Boston Red Sox night game of the season. Previously it was 5,000 Watts at night. The signal is pointed away from such other stations at 830 kHz as WCCO in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The station bills itself as "True Talk 830," with a talk radio format all day, except for financial shows from noon to 1 p.m. weekdays and infomercials at assorted times on Saturdays and Sundays. It previously programmed ABC Radio's "True Oldies" format from 2004-2006, big band/adult standards music from 2002-2004, and Christian religious talk before that. In the past, the station had served as the flagship for the Worcester Tornadoes minor-league baseball team and an affiliate for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst network for football and men's basketball broadcasts.

On May 8, 2006, WCRN changed to its current format, featuring former U.S. Congressman Peter Blute in morning drive, Hank Stolz (previously at WTAG-AM 580, also a news/talk station in Worcester), Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle and Doug Stephan weekdays, and programming from Talk Radio Network and Radio America on weekends. Howie Carr was on WCRN from its debut as a talk station until September 17, 2007, when WCRN dropped his show over uncertainties over Carr's contract status at his Boston flagship station, WRKO, and his (at the time presumed) move to crosstown talk rival WTKK. [ [http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1031413 Legal battle on rise, Carr readies jump - BostonHerald.com ] ] The move fell through after a contract dispute and Carr returned to WRKO, and WCRN has since picked up the last two hours of the show.

As of 2007, WCRN is the Worcester affiliate of the Boston Red Sox radio network (along with WEEI satellite station WVEI-AM 1440), replacing WTAG, which had carried Sox games for 40 years.

The station is owned by the Carberry family, who also own WACE in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Kurt Carberry is the vice president and general manager; the program director is Hank Stolz.

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External links

* [http://www.wcrnradio.com/ WCRN official website]
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