WICC (AM)

WICC
Bridgeport, Connecticut; United States;
Broadcast area	Greater Bridgeport
Frequency	600 kHz
Branding	WICC 600 AM and 95.9 FM
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Talk radio
Affiliations	CBS News Radio; Compass Media Networks; Westwood One; New York Yankees Radio Network;
Ownership
Owner	Connoisseur Media; (Connoisseur Media Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WEBE, WEZN-FM, WFOX, WPLR, WYBC-FM
History
First air date	November 8, 1926; 97 years ago
Call sign meaning	"Industrial Capital of Connecticut"
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72345
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts (day); 500 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	41°9′36.35″N 73°9′51.4″W / 41.1600972°N 73.164278°W
Translator(s)	107.3 W297CP (Bridgeport)
Repeater(s)	95.9 WFOX (Southport); 99.1 WPLR-HD2 (New Haven); 107.9 WEBE-HD2 (Westport);
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wicc600.com

WICC (600 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Bridgeport, Connecticut, owned by Connoisseur Media. It airs as a news–talk radio format featuring local shows with Melissa Sheketoff, Lisa Wexler and Paul Pacelli. Nationally syndicated programs include Erick Erickson, Lars Larson, Dave Ramsey and Red Eye Radio. Weekends feature shows on safe money, music with the Oh Wow Oldies Show, featuring DJ Rob Ray ("the Music Professor"). Most hours begin with world and national news from CBS News Radio. WICC was formerly a member of the New York Yankees Radio Network and formerly aired Sacred Heart University athletics.

The WICC studios are located on Wheelers Farms Road in Milford, and its transmitter is on Pleasure Beach in Bridgeport on a peninsula extending into Long Island Sound. WICC's signal is heard in much of Southern Connecticut and reaches into Long Island, New York.^[3] Programming is also heard on WFOX (95.9 FM) in Southport, FM translator 107.3 W297CP in Bridgeport, and using an HD Radio, on sister stations 107.9 WEBE-HD2 and 99.1 WPLR-HD2.