WTSN (AM)

WTSN
Broadcast areaSeacoast Region
Frequency1270 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 98.1 WTSN
Programming
FormatNews/talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Binnie Media
  • (WBIN Media Co., Inc.)
WBYY
History
First air date
August 19, 1956
Call sign meaning
Twin State Network
(originally a sister station to WTSA, WTSL, and WTSV, which are located along the New HampshireVermont border)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID23254
ClassB
Power
  • 5,000 watts
  • 250 watts (translator)
Transmitter coordinates
43°11′1.31″N 70°51′12.21″W / 43.1836972°N 70.8533917°W / 43.1836972; -70.8533917 (WTSN)
Translator(s)98.1 W251CF (Dover)
Repeater(s)98.7 WBYY HD2 (Somersworth)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitethepulseofnh.com

WTSN (1270 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Dover, New Hampshire, and serving the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire and Southern Maine. WTSN airs a news/talk radio format. It broadcasts with 5,000 watts of power from a transmitter on Back Road in Dover.

WTSN is simulcast locally on an FM translator at 98.1, W251CF, and regionally on WTPL (107.7 FM) in Manchester and WEMJ (1490 AM and 107.3 FM) in the Lakes Region.[3] The station identifies itself using its FM frequency, "News Talk 98.1 WTSN".[4]

  1. ^ "LeBlanc a pillar of the Dover community". Portsmouth Herald. May 16, 2003. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTSN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "W251CF-FM 98.1 MHZ - Dover, NH".
  4. ^ "WTSN Cuts Anniversary Ribbon on FM Simulcast".