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class="ib-radio-station-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png/200px-WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png/300px-WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png/400px-WSAR_2022_New_Logo_Tower_Horizontal.png 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="210" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River, Massachusetts</a></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label">Southcoast Massachusetts</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1480 <a href="/wiki/KHz" class="mw-redirect" title="KHz">kHz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">1480 WSAR</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/All-news_radio" title="All-news radio">News</a>/<a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">talk</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/ABC_News_Radio" title="ABC News Radio">ABC News Radio</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Radio" title="Fox News Radio">Fox News Radio</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_Communications_Network" title="Genesis Communications Network">Genesis Communications Network</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/USA_Radio_Network" title="USA Radio Network">USA Radio Network</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics_Radio_Network" title="Boston Celtics Radio Network">Boston Celtics</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox_Radio_Network" title="Boston Red Sox Radio Network">Boston Red Sox</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots_Radio_Network" title="New England Patriots Radio Network">New England Patriots</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Jim & Bob Karam</li><li>(Bristol County Broadcasting, Inc.)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>June 20, 1923 (test broadcast)</li><li>July 3, <a href="/wiki/1923_in_radio" title="1923 in radio">1923</a> (first license)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Randomly assigned from sequential list</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6879</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">B</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Transmitter_power_output" title="Transmitter power output">Power</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a> unlimited</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Transmitter coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WSAR&params=41_43_26.37_N_71_11_19.17_W_type:landmark_region:US-MA"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°43′26.37″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°11′19.17″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.7239917°N 71.1886583°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.7239917; -71.1886583</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translator(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="hMeasure frequency"><span class="num">95.9</span><span class="nowrap"> </span><span class="unit">W240EB (Fall River))</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/am-profile/WSAR">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=6879">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/WSAR">Listen Live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsar.com">wsar.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WSAR</b> (1480 <a href="/wiki/AM_broadcasting" title="AM broadcasting">AM</a>) is a commercial <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio station</a> licensed to <a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River, Massachusetts</a>. Its studios and transmitter site are located in <a href="/wiki/Somerset,_Massachusetts" title="Somerset, Massachusetts">Somerset, Massachusetts</a>. Its transmitter power output is 5,000 watts unlimited hours, using two towers in a fulltime directional pattern. </p><p>WSAR is rebroadcast on 95.9 <a href="/wiki/FM_broadcast_band" title="FM broadcast band">FM</a> by translator station W240EB, which was first licensed February 5, 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WSAR's format is <a href="/wiki/Talk_radio" title="Talk radio">news/talk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports</a>. It used to be a full-service music station playing top 40 music. It carries live game coverage for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Celtics" title="Boston Celtics">Boston Celtics</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_(1923).gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif/200px-Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif/300px-Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif/400px-Doughty_%26_Welch_Electric_Co._advertisement_%281923%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="492" /></a><figcaption>WSAR was founded in 1923 by the Doughty & Welch Electric Co., which remained the licensee until 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>WSAR was first licensed on July 3, 1923, to the Doughty & Welch Electric Company in Fall River, on 1180 kHz with 10 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The call letters were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs. (Some station histories list a start date of September 21, 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however this is inconsistent with contemporary records, and Doughty & Welch later described a June 20, 1923 test transmission as the "first Fall River broadcast of radio music".)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1924, power was increased to 100 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1926, WSAR's slogan was reported to be the town's traditional "Fall River Looms Up".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning in mid-1926, there was a period when adverse legal decisions led to the U.S. government temporarily losing its authority to assign transmitting frequencies.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking advantage of this lapse, WSAR was reported to be on a self-assigned frequency of around 930 kHz as of December 31, 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1927, following the restoration of government authority by the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Radio_Commission" title="Federal Radio Commission">Federal Radio Commission</a> (FRC), WSAR was assigned to 1190 kHz.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station briefly moved to <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Rhode_Island" title="Portsmouth, Rhode Island">Portsmouth, Rhode Island</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before returning to Fall River.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toward the end of the year, the station was assigned to 1410 kHz, and on November 11, 1928, based on the guidelines of the FRC's <a href="/wiki/General_Order_40" title="General Order 40">General Order 40</a>, was assigned to 1450 kHz with 250 watts.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1937 the power was increased to 1,000 watts. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WSAR_advertisement_(1951).gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif/200px-WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif" decoding="async" width="200" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif/300px-WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif/400px-WSAR_advertisement_%281951%29.gif 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="1230" /></a><figcaption>Although licensed to Fall River, WSAR also served New Bedford (1951).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>With the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Regional_Broadcasting_Agreement" title="North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement">North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement</a>, effective 3:00 a.m. Eastern Time on March 29, 1941, the stations on 1450 kHz, including WSAR, were moved to 1480 kHz.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1941–42 WSAR was an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and <a href="/wiki/Boston_Braves" title="Boston Braves">Boston Braves</a> networks. In 1944, the Doughty & Welch Electric Company sold WSAR to The Fall River Broadcasting Company. </p><p>In 1946 the owners were issued a construction permit for WSAR-FM on 96.5 MHz,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was later changed to 103.7 MHz.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This station began making broadcasts under an "interim operation" authorization, but was deleted on April 18, 1949, due to an inability to acquire "a satisfactory FM audience" and "lack of interest in FM and rapid growth of television".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1948, WSAR was a <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_System" title="Mutual Broadcasting System">Mutual</a> affiliate with 5,000 watts of power. </p><p>WSAR was sold by Knight Quality Stations to the current owners in 1989. </p><p>Paul Giammarco took over as program director and afternoon host in 2003. In 2005 he left for <a href="/wiki/WPRO_(AM)" title="WPRO (AM)">WPRO</a> with Keri Rodrigues taking his position until her tenure ended in August 2008. Rodrigues' afternoon drive seat was filled by then-production director "Fast" Eddie Garcia and sports-talk personality "The Hurricane" Mike Herren. The role of program director was handled by several people, including Patrick Stone, who exited for a marketing post with <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Community_College" title="Bristol Community College">Bristol Community College</a> in Fall River, and then at Rhode Island Community College in 2017. </p><p>After several on-air confrontations, <i>Fast Eddie and the Hurricane</i> was disbanded, with Herren remaining as the afternoon drive host, and Garcia returning full-time to producing. The new program was dubbed <i>The Hurricane's Highway Home</i>, with Herren adding co-host Ryan Phelan. Phelan left the station in the spring of 2010 after accepting a position with Bristol Eighth District Mike Rodrigues' State Senate campaign to replace the retiring Joan Menard. Herren's program was cancelled soon after. </p><p>Late in the summer of 2008, WSAR remodeled its webpage, adding streaming audio, mobile streaming, and podcasts of interviews, newscasts and special programming. </p><p>In summer 2012, Giammarco returned to WSAR, this time as general manager and program director, the first PD since Rodrigues, who had moved on to be a union organizer with the SEIU in Boston. Giammarco left in October 2012. Long-time on-air host and newspaper journalist, Ric Oliveira, left his post at <a href="/wiki/Gatehouse_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Gatehouse Media">Gatehouse Media</a> where he was publisher of <i>O Jornal</i> and became general manager on April 1, 2013. The station added a Braga Bridge Cam in August 2013 and studio cameras to the webpage. WSAR also began using Facebook in 2013, using Facebook Live in 2016 as a means towards enhancing coverage of Fall River City Council and School Committee Sessions. </p><p>On January 28, 2015, WSAR was granted a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Federal_Communications_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Federal Communications Commission">U.S. Federal Communications Commission</a> <a href="/wiki/Construction_permit" class="mw-redirect" title="Construction permit">construction permit</a> to increase day power to 25,000 watts by adding a third tower one-half the height of the two existing towers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jennifer Lorenzo assumed news director and production director duties after Barry Richard was let go in 2016; Lorenzo arrived from <a href="/wiki/WHBC_(AM)" title="WHBC (AM)">WHBC</a> in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Ohio" title="Canton, Ohio">Canton, Ohio</a>, in 2013. Lorenzo exited in March 2016 for a communications post at the Bristol County Chamber of Commerce. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FM_translator">FM translator</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: FM translator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WSAR is rebroadcast on the <a href="/wiki/FM_band" class="mw-redirect" title="FM band">FM band</a> by translator station W240EB, which was first licensed February 5, 2020. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_translator" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadcast translator">Broadcast translator</a> for WSAR </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">Call sign</a></th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Center_frequency" title="Center frequency">Frequency</a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID"><abbr title="Facility ID">FID</abbr></a></th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power"><abbr title="Effective radiated power">ERP</abbr></a> (<a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt"><abbr title="watt">W</abbr></a>)</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain"><abbr title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</abbr></a></th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Transmitter coordinates</th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">FCC info </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">W240EB </th> <td>95.9 FM</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fall_River,_Massachusetts" title="Fall River, Massachusetts">Fall River, Massachusetts</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">202219</td> <td style="text-align: right;">250</td> <td>0 <a href="/wiki/Metre" title="Metre">m</a> (0 <a href="/wiki/Foot_(unit)" title="Foot (unit)">ft</a>)</td> <td>D</td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WSAR&params=41_43_27.4_N_71_11_19.2_W_type:landmark_region:US-MA&title=W240EB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°43′27.4″N</span> <span class="longitude">71°11′19.2″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.724278°N 71.188667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.724278; -71.188667</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">W240EB</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span></td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=202219">LMS</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Brown_(sportscaster)" title="Doug Brown (sportscaster)">Doug Brown</a>, former sports anchor now at <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Radio" title="ESPN Radio">ESPN Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Marshall_(journalist)" title="Leslie Marshall (journalist)">Leslie Marshall</a>: former intern, nationally syndicated talk-show host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Williams_(radio_host)" title="Mark Williams (radio host)">Mark Williams</a>: former overnight air personality, <a href="/wiki/Sacramento" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento">Sacramento</a>-based talk show host and author</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=6879">"Facility Technical Data for WSAR"</a>. <i>Licensing and Management System</i>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Licensing+and+Management+System&rft.atitle=Facility+Technical+Data+for+WSAR&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fenterpriseefiling.fcc.gov%2Fdataentry%2Fpublic%2Ftv%2FpublicFacilityTechDetails.html%3FfacilityId%3D6879&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWSAR" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doughty & Welch Electric Co. (advertisement), <i>Fall River Globe</i>, October 30, 1923, page 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=133">"New Stations"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, July 2, 1923, page 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele62unse_0/page/n857/mode/1up">"1922—Year Radio's Population Soared/Radio stations 40 or more years old in 1962"</a>, <i>Broadcasting</i>, May 14, 1962, pages 120, 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Doughty & Welch Electric Co., Inc." (advertisement), <i>Fall River Evening News</i>, June 21, 1923, page 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=315">"Alterations and corrections"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, April 1, 1924, page 9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924007335601&view=1up&seq=27&skin=2021">"Falls River, Massachusetts: A City of Opportunity"</a> (1911 edition), The Fall River Trade and Industry Association, page 25.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Listeners-Guide/Radio-Listeners-Guide-Radio-Review-1926-Sept.pdf#page=73">"Slogans of Broadcast Stations in U.S. and Canada"</a>, <i>Radio Review</i>, September 1926, page 71.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015051148388&view=1up&seq=182">"Federal Regulation of Radio Broadcasting"</a> (July 8, 1926) by Acting Attorney General William J. Donovan, <i>Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States</i>, Volume 35, 1929, pages 126-132.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763060&view=1up&seq=463">"Broadcasting stations, alphabetically by call signals"</a> (as of December 31, 1926), <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, December 31, 1926, page 11.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221818&view=1up&seq=333">"Broadcasting Stations Alphabetically by States and Cities"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, May 31, 1927, page 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221818&view=1up&seq=360">"Alterations and corrections"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, June 30, 1927, page 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221818&view=1up&seq=424">"Alterations and corrections"</a>, <i>Radio Service Bulletin</i>, October 31, 1927, page 10.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=241">"Broadcasting Stations, Alphabetically by Call Signal, Effective November 11, 1928"</a>, <i>Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States</i> (June 30, 1928, edition), page 171.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/broadcastingtele41unse/page/n644/mode/1up">WSAR</a> (advertisement), <i>Broadcasting</i>, August 20, 1951, page 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437010939748&view=1up&seq=585">"Assignments of United States Standard Broadcast Stations Listed by Frequency"</a>, page 1441.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1946/1946-09-16-BC.pdf#page=105">"5 FM Conditional Grants, 21 Final CPs Issued"</a>, <i>Broadcasting</i>, September 16, 1946, page 105.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-06-23-BC.pdf#page=106">"New Frequency Assignments for FM stations in the United States"</a>, <i>Broadcasting</i>, June 23, 1947, page 37.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/broadcasting361unse/page/83/mode/1up">"FM Deletions"</a>, <i>Broadcasting</i>, April 25, 1949, page 83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101651588&formid=301&fac_num=6879">"Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station"</a>. <i>United States <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>, audio division</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=United+States+Federal+Communications+Commission%2C+audio+division&rft.atitle=Application+for+Construction+Permit+for+Commercial+Broadcast+Station&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flicensing.fcc.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fws.exe%2Fprod%2Fcdbs%2Fforms%2Fprod%2Fcdbsmenu.hts%3Fcontext%3D25%26appn%3D101651588%26formid%3D301%26fac_num%3D6879&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWSAR" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSAR&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wsar.com/">WSAR Website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=6879">Facility details for Facility ID 6879 (WSAR)</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU24&band=am&callLetter=WSAR">WSAR</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Audio" title="Nielsen Audio">Nielsen Audio</a>'s AM station database</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=202219">Facility details for Facility ID 202219 (W240EB)</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> Licensing and Management System</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://radio-locator.com/info/W240EB-FX">W240EB</a> on Radio-Locator</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=66925">"History Cards for WSAR"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a>.</cite><span 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selflink">WSAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTKL" title="WTKL">WTKL</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WMAF_(Massachusetts)" title="WMAF (Massachusetts)">WMAF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEP" title="WPEP">WPEP (1570 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWTA" title="WWTA">WWTA (88.5 FM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>Radio stations in the <a href="/wiki/Providence_metropolitan_area" title="Providence metropolitan area">Providence metropolitan area</a></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Providence_Radio" title="Template:Providence Radio">Providence</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Template:New_Bedford-Fall_River_Radio" title="Template:New Bedford-Fall River Radio">New Bedford-Fall River</a></dd> <dd><a 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href="/wiki/WHYN_(AM)" title="WHYN (AM)">WHYN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJMN_(FM)" title="WJMN (FM)">WJMN-HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPLM_(AM)" title="WPLM (AM)">WPLM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPKZ" title="WPKZ">WPKZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRKO" title="WRKO">WRKO</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WSAR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSNE-FM#WSNE-FM_HD2" title="WSNE-FM">WSNE-FM HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAG" title="WTAG">WTAG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBF" title="WVBF">WVBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXKS_(AM)" title="WXKS (AM)">WXKS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBZ_(AM)" title="WBZ (AM)">WXKS-FM HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXTK" title="WXTK">WXTK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZLX#WZLX_HD2" title="WZLX">WZLX-HD2</a></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/WTAG" title="WTAG">W235AV</a></small></li> <li><small><a class="mw-selflink selflink">W240EB</a></small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By frequency</th><td 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