WSRO

WSRO

Ashland, Massachusetts United States
Broadcast area	MetroWest
Frequency	650 kHz (HD Radio) (digital only)
Branding	AM 650 WSRO
Programming
Format	Jazz music
Ownership
Owner	Alex Langer (Langer Broadcasting Group, LLC)
History
First air date	May 19, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-05-19) (in Peterborough, New Hampshire)
Former call signs	WSCV (1970–1981) WRPT (1981–1989) WMDK (1989–1991) WRPT (1991–1999) WJLT (1999–2002)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	52398
Class	D
Power	1,500 watts day 100 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	42°17′17.35″N 71°25′53.22″W / 42.2881528°N 71.4314500°W / 42.2881528; -71.4314500
Translator(s)	102.1 W271CU (Framingham)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

WSRO (650 HD Radio) is a radio station broadcasting a jazz music format with a digital-only transmission on a standard AM band frequency. Licensed to Ashland, Massachusetts, it serves the MetroWest area. The station is owned by Alex Langer. WSRO also operates translator station W271CU (102.1 FM) in Framingham.

Rooted in a station in Peterborough, New Hampshire, WSCV (later WMDK and WRPT), that operated from 1970 to 1991, the WRPT license was moved to Ashland in 1997. Initially relaunching as a talk station, the station later moved to religious programming, before spending much of the 2000s and 2010s as a Portuguese station for Framingham's Brazilian community. After the station ended its Brazilian programming and went silent in 2020 due to financial problems, it became a jazz station. It converted from analog to digital-only operations in 2021, and moved to a classical music format in 2022, before again going silent in 2023 following Langer's death. In 2024, the station returned to the air playing jazz music.