WTIC (AM)

WTIC

Hartford, Connecticut United States
Broadcast area	Greater Hartford
Frequency	1080 kHz
Branding	WTIC NewsTalk 1080
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	CBS News Radio CBS Sports Radio Premiere Networks Radio America WFSB (weather) Boston Red Sox Radio Network New England Patriots Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Audacy, Inc. (Audacy License, LLC, as Debtor-in-Possession)
Sister stations	WRCH, WTIC-FM, WZMX
History
Founded	December 17, 1924 (1924-12-17)
First air date	February 10, 1925; 99 years ago (1925-02-10)
Call sign meaning	Travelers Insurance Company (original owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	66464
Class	A
Power	50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	41°46′39.36″N 72°48′17.35″W / 41.7776000°N 72.8048194°W / 41.7776000; -72.8048194
Repeater(s)	96.5 WTIC-FM HD2 (Hartford)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via Audacy)
Website	www.audacy.com/wtic

WTIC (1080 kHz; "WTIC NewsTalk 1080") is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut. It airs a news/talk format and is owned by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios and offices are on Executive Drive in Farmington.^[2]

WTIC is a Class A clear-channel station with a transmitter power output of 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted for U.S. AM stations. Its transmitter site is a two-tower facility off Deercliff Road in Avon, Connecticut.^[3] WTIC has a single tower, non-directional signal in the daytime, providing at least secondary coverage to almost all of Connecticut, as well as large portions of southern Massachusetts and the outer suburbs of New York City. At night, when AM band signals travel much farther, WTIC uses both towers to create a directional pattern, primarily to protect KRLD in Dallas, Texas, the other Class A station on 1080 AM. Even with this restriction, WTIC can be heard at night over much of the eastern half of North America.

WTIC is the primary entry point (PEP) for the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in Connecticut.