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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Frequency | 1550 kHz |
| Branding | 1550 WNTN Global Echoes |
| Programming | |
| Format | Community, ethnic |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Delta Communications, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1968[1] |
Call sign meaning | Newton |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 48781 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 42°23′13.35″N 71°8′19.19″W / 42.3870417°N 71.1386639°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wntn1550am |
WNTN (1550 kHz) is a radio station licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving the Greater Boston area, it is owned by Delta Communications. WNTN is powered at 6,700 watts by day; because 1550 AM is a Canadian clear channel frequency, WNTN must reduce power at night to three watts. It uses a non-directional antenna at all times, from its transmitter facilities on Birch Street at Bay State Road in Cambridge,[3] while its studios and offices are on Fremont Street in Needham.
WNTN broadcasts a community-based radio format that includes music and talk features. Much of the programming is aimed at the area's many ethnic cultures, including shows broadcast in Greek, Haitian Creole and Italian, as well as to the area's large Irish population.
- ^ Halper, Donna; Wollman, Garrett. "The Eastern Massachusetts Radio Timeline: the 1960s". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNTN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WNTN-AM 1550 kHz - Cambridge, MA". radio-locator.com.