WELI

WELI
City	New Haven, Connecticut
Frequency	960 kHz
Branding	WELI 960 AM and 96.9 FM
Slogan	New Haven's News, Weather & Traffic Station
Programming
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	Fox News Radio; Premiere Networks; Talk Radio Network;
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. ; (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WAVZ, WKCI-FM
History
First air date	1935; 86 years ago
Call sign meaning	Yale University's popular nickname "The Eli", the station being in the university's home city.
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	11933
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	41°22′14″N 72°56′15″W / 41.37056°N 72.93750°WCoordinates: 41°22′14″N 72°56′15″W / 41.37056°N 72.93750°W
Translator(s)	96.9 W245DK (New Haven)
Repeater(s)	101.3 WKCI-HD3 (Hamden)
Links
Public license information	Profile; LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	960weli.iheart.com

WELI (960 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States, it serves the New Haven and Bridgeport areas. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (as iHM Licenses).

Studios are in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden. It shares facilities with sister stations WKCI-FM and WAVZ. Transmitting towers for WELI are also at this location.

The station's program schedule features local programming, including a sports show with George DeMaio, as well as nationally syndicated talk radio shows The Glenn Beck Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show and The Savage Nation.^[1]

History[]

In earlier years, WELI had some musical programs. The Polish Eagles Radio Show, featuring Polish language and Polish instrumental music and hosted by Victor Zembruski, aired every Sunday on WELI during the 1950s.^[2]

References[]

^ "960 WELI - New Haven's News, Weather & Traffic Station".
^ "Polish Eagles Show" (PDF). Broadcasting, Telecasting. March 29, 1954. p. 86. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

External links[]

960 WELI Facebook
960 WELI -- Official website
WELI in the FCC AM station database
WELI on Radio-Locator
WELI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

W245DK in the FCC FM station database
W245DK on Radio-Locator

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[1] "960 WELI - New Haven's News, Weather & Traffic Station".

[2] "Polish Eagles Show" (PDF). Broadcasting, Telecasting. March 29, 1954. p. 86. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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