WMEX (AM)

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WMEX

Quincy, Massachusetts United States
Broadcast area	Greater Boston
Frequency	1510 kHz
Branding	1510 WMEX
Programming
Format	Full service oldies
Affiliations	MeTV FM
Ownership
Owner	L&J Media (L&J Media, LLC)
History
First air date	October 18, 1934; 90 years ago (1934-10-18)[1]
Former call signs	WMEX (1934–1978) WITS (1978–1983) WMRE (1983–1987) WSSH (1987–1989) WKKU (1989–1990) WSSH (1990–1995) WNRB (1995–2001) WSZE (2001) WWZN (2001–2012) WUFC (2012–2014)
Former frequencies	1500 kHz (1934–1940) 1470 kHz (1940–1941)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	12789
Class	D
Power	10,000 watts day 2,000 watts critical hours 100 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	42°16′25.36″N 71°2′28.18″W / 42.2737111°N 71.0411611°W / 42.2737111; -71.0411611 (WMEX)
Translator(s)	101.1 W266DQ (Weymouth)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	wmexboston.com

WMEX (1510 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Quincy, Massachusetts, and serving the Greater Boston media market. It is owned by L&J Media, headed by Tony LaGreca and Larry Justice. WMEX broadcasts an oldies format of hits from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, as well as full service features including local DJs, news, traffic and weather. Late nights and weekends, it carries MeTV FM, a syndicated music service. The station's studios and offices are on Enterprise Drive in Marshfield.^[3]

By day, WMEX transmits with 10,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna, but 1510 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station WLAC in Nashville, Tennessee, which itself is directional at night protecting WMEX to the northeast; KGA in Spokane, Washington, to the west, was also formerly a Class A station on the frequency. Since WMEX uses a non-directional antenna, to prevent interference to either station, during critical hours, WMEX drops its power to 2,000 watts, and at night, it further reduces its output to only 100 watts. The transmitter is on Riverside Avenue in Quincy, near the Neponset River.^[4] The station was silent from late June 2017 to November 7, 2019, when it returned to the air with new ownership, a new city of license of Quincy, and a reduction in power from the previous output of 50,000 watts directional day and night.