WOON

WOON

Woonsocket, Rhode Island United States
Broadcast area	Blackstone Valley
Frequency	1240 kHz
Branding	O-N AM & FM
Programming
Format	Full service
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks Metro Networks Boston Bruins Radio Network Boston Celtics Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	O-N Radio, Inc.
History
First air date	November 11, 1946; 77 years ago (1946-11-11)
Former call signs	WWON (1946–1992)
Call sign meaning	Woonsocket
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73676
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	42°0′58.35″N 71°29′28.22″W / 42.0162083°N 71.4911722°W / 42.0162083; -71.4911722
Translator(s)	99.5 W258DU (Woonsocket)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.woonsocketradio.com

WOON (1240 AM) is Woonsocket, Rhode Island's oldest radio station, having taken to the air on November 11, 1946, as WWON, a callsign it kept until the current WOON became available in 1992. The change in call became effective on February 3, 1992. On June 26, 1949, WWON added a sister station with WWON-FM on 105.5 MHz, later moving to 106.3 MHz. That station is now WWKX.

WWON was owned by the local newspaper The Woonsocket Call for a time. It is currently owned by O-N Radio, Inc. WOON's programming day consists of almost exclusively locally originating programming with a few exceptions (Cowboy Corner, Old Time Radio, The Cowboy Show, and a few other shows). WOON's format is "full-service" meaning it mixes news/talk and music (in WOON's case: oldies and adult contemporary among others).