WCTC

Infobox Radio station
name = WCTC


city = New Brunswick, New Jersey
area =
slogan = "Good Time Oldies"
branding = "WCTC 1450"
frequency = 1450 kHz
airdate = 1946
share = 1.0, #26
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&R [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Middlesex Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Middlesex-Somerset-Union&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = Oldies
power =
erp = 1,000 watts unlimited
haat =
class = C
facility_id = 55180
coordinates = coord|40|29|32.00|N|74|25|11.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning = Chant ic leer Broadcasting, original [ cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html |title=Call Letter Origins |work=Radio History on the Web ]
former_callsigns =
owner = Greater Media
licensee = The Sentinel Publishing Co.
sister_stations = WMGQ, WDHA, WMTR, WJRZ-FM, WRAT, WWTR
webcast = [http://bdcast-greatermedia-wctc-am.wm.llnwd.net/bdcast_greatermedia_wctc-am Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wctcam.com wctcam.com]
affiliations =

WCTC (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Oldies music format. Licensed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, the station serves the Middlesex area. The station is currently owned by Greater Media (through The Sentinel Publishing Co.). [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCTC |title=WCTC Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] The station broadcasts in C-QUAM AM stereo. It is the chief radio broadcaster for Rutgers University athletic events and Somerset Patriots minor league baseball games. WCTC is also the primary source for winter school closing announcements. WCTC's former Talk format continues during the weekday morning show featuring longtime radio personality Jack Ellery and also during some special interest shows on the weekends.

WCTC derives its callsign from the Chanticleer, a flamboyant fighting rooster from the medieval fable Reynard the Fox ("Le Roman de Renart") also used by Geoffrey Chaucer's in the "Canterbury Tales" which was the Rutgers mascot from 1925 to 1955. The station is currently owned by Greater Media, Inc. Its sister station is WMGQ-FM, another Greater Media property.

History

WCTC got its start in 1946 broadcasting an unknown format. From the 1960s to the 1980s, it was broadcasting a Top 40 music format, then later a Full Service format featuring local news, talk, sports, and MOR adult pop music. In 1992, WCTC changed its format to a full-time News/Talk station featuring programming from ABC Radio and Premiere Radio Networks. As of July 2, 2008, WCTC went back to its roots broadcasting an Oldies music format. [ [http://www.radio-info.com/news/index.php?nsID=2626 Greater Media takes talker WCTC to "Good Time Oldies" in Central New Jersey] - [http://www.radio-info.com Radio-Info.com] (retrieved July 2, 2008)]

Past personalities

*Bob Aaronson
*Bernard Spigner
*Dan Flatt
*Jim Florio
*Gary R'Nel
*Joe Spicuzzo
*Ted Efaw
*Dick Farrel
*Ralph Saviano
*Liz Maita
*Bruce Williams, a well-known syndicated radio personality, began his broadcast career at WCTC.
*Noted newsmen Herb Kaplow, Dave Marash and Harvey Hauptman began their careers at the station.
*Joseph Dembo, eventual GM at WCBS in New York began his management rise at WCTC.
*Gordon Deal host of Wall Street Journal This Morning once served as a News Anchor at the station.
*Jennifer Kushinka a news anchor for the Dow Jones Money Report was once a News Anchor at WCTC.
*Brian Rickman a former board operator and producer at WCTC is now the head of Programming for URBan Radio Broadcasting.
*Dean Hunter, formerly of WMGM (FM), was the PD for WCTC during the late 1970s.

Former Logo(s)

References

External links

*AM station data|WCTC
Middlesex-Somerset-Union Radio