WKND

This article is about the radio station in Windsor, Connecticut. For other uses, see WKND (disambiguation).

WKND

Windsor, Connecticut United States
Broadcast area	Greater Hartford
Frequency	1480 kHz
Branding	WKND 1480 AM 97.5 FM
Programming
Language	English
Format	R'n'B and gospel music
Ownership
Owner	Gois Broadcasting of Connecticut, LLC
Sister stations	WLAT WNEZ
History
First air date	March 4, 1961 (1961-03-04)
Former call signs	WSOR (1961–1966) WEHW (1966–1969) WKND (1969–2004) WNEZ (2004–2007)
Call sign meaning	KND Corporation (former owner Kenneth Dawson)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	26302
Class	D
Power	500 watts (day) 14 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	41°51′10.36″N 72°40′41.33″W
Translator	97.5 W248CR (Windsor)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.radio.net/s/wknd-1480

WKND (1480 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve the city of Windsor, Connecticut, owned by Gois Broadcasting of Connecticut, LLC. WKND airs an R'n'B and gospel music format. Its transmitter site and studios are in Windsor.

By day, WKND is powered by 500 watts, it reduces power to 14 watts at night to avoid interference with other stations on 1480 AM. Its programming is also heard on 215-watt FM translator W248CR at 97.5 MHz.

History

WKND signed on in 1961, as WSOR, and featured a country music and Polish format. It was a 500-watt daytime-only station. After a couple sales of the station in the mid-1960s, WSOR became WEHW in 1966.

In 1969, The KND Corporation purchased the station, and changed the callsign to WKND. A format change to R&B soon followed, and WKND became the first radio station in the state to feature a format targeting the African American community. In 1981, Hartcom Inc. purchased the station. Hartcom was formed by an all-minority group of individuals committed to keeping the station serving the African-American community. Studios eventually moved to the Windsor Parkade Shopping Center. Major transmitter site renovations were undertaken in the mid-1990s, with the replacement of the station's three towers and a retuning of the station's directional antenna pattern.

In 2004, under an LMA with Freedom Communications of Connecticut, WKND's call sign and format moved to Freedom's WNEZ (1230 AM). With the move to 1230, WKND became a 24-hour station for the first time and got a power boost to 1,000 watts. They ran on-air announcements "The all-new 24 Hour, Twice the Power WKND 1230 AM". The 1480 facility then took the WNEZ call letters from 1230 AM and became urban gospel-formatted "Heaven 1480" for a few months, and then became Spanish oldies "La X 1480". WNEZ soon joined its sister stations WLAT and WKND at 330 Main Street in Hartford.

Freedom Communications ended up in receivership, and in 2007, WKND and its R&B oldies format returned to 1480, with 1230, going back to WNEZ and a Spanish-language format. Gois Broadcasting acquired WLAT and WNEZ in 2008, and WKND in 2009. The three stations were moved into new studios on Burnside Avenue in East Hartford shortly thereafter.

Translators

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W248CR	97.5 FM	Windsor, Connecticut	139032	250	49 m (161 ft)	D	41°51′12.3″N 72°40′41.3″W	LMS

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 26302 (WKND) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKND in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

FM translator

• Facility details for Facility ID 139032 (W248CR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W248CR at FCCdata.org