WCTC

This article is about the American radio station. For the secondary school in County Durham, England, see Woodham Community Technology College. For the community college in Wisconsin, USA, see Waukesha County Technical College.
WCTC
Broadcast areaMiddlesex area
Frequency1450 kHz
BrandingFox Sports New Jersey
Programming
FormatSports radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WMGQ, WDHA-FM, WMTR, WJRZ-FM, WRAT
History
First air date
1946; 78 years ago (1946)
Call sign meaning
Chanticleer Broadcasting, original[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55180
ClassC
Power
  • 1,000 watts unlimited
  • 250 watts auxiliary (backup
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)93.5 W228DY (New Brunswick)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitefoxsportsradionewjersey.com

WCTC (1450 AM "Fox Sports New Jersey") is a commercial radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to New Brunswick, New Jersey, the station serves Middlesex, Somerset, and Union counties. The station is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group (through Beasley Media Group, LLC).[3] It is the radio home for Rutgers University athletic events and Somerset Patriots Minor League Baseball games. It is the radio affiliate for New York Knicks basketball and New York Rangers hockey.

WCTC transmits with 1,000 watts, non-directional. It formerly broadcast in C-QUAM AM stereo. The transmitter is off Valentine Street at South 5th Avenue in Highland Park, New Jersey, near the Raritan River.[4] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W228DY at 93.5 MHz in New Brunswick.[5]

  1. ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCTC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "WCTC Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ^ "WCTC-AM 1450 kHz - New Brunswick, NJ". radio-locator.com.
  5. ^ "W228DY-FM 93.5 MHz - New Brunswick, NJ". radio-locator.com.