WADS
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| Broadcast area | Greater Bridgeport Greater New Haven |
| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Amor |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Amor, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1956 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54481 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 3,200 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′46″N 73°06′51″W / 41.34611°N 73.11417°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WADS (690 AM) is a radio station licensed to Ansonia, Connecticut, owned by Radio Amor, Inc. The station serves the Greater Bridgeport and New Haven area with a Spanish language Christian radio format.
By day, WADS is powered by 3,200 watts, on 690 AM by nighttime to protect for reserved Canadian station CKGM AM, WADS must sign off the air, to prevent and avoid interference.
WADS went silent on August 12, 2022, due to losing its transmitter site.[2] On August 31, 2024, the station resumed operations at a temporary transmitter site in Derby and went silent again on August 29, 2025 and went back on the air again on September 5, 2025. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WADS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Dejesus, Richard (September 29, 2022). "Request for Silent Authority of an AM Station Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
- ^ "Resumption of Operations of an AM Station Application". fcc.gov. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 54481 (WADS) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WADS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- "History Cards for WADS". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
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