WOON
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WOON is Woonsocket, Rhode Island's oldest radio station, having taken to the air on November 11, 1946 as WWON, a callsign it kept until the current WOON became available in 1992. The change in call became effective on February 3, 1992. In 1949, WWON added F.M. service with WWON-FM on 105.5 MHz (Channel 288) later moving to 106.3 MHz. (Channel 292). That station is now WWKX. WOON operates on 1240 kHz with an unlimited power level of 1 kiloWatt, diplexing off of the WNRI tower. Originally it was licensed at 250 watts, later upgrading to 1 kW day/250 watts night before receiving authorization to increase nighttime power to 1 kW as well.
WWON was owned by the local newspaper The Woonsocket Call for a time. It is currently owned by O-N RADIO, INC.. WOON's programming day consists of almost exclusively locally originating programming with a few exceptions (A.P. Radio News, Cowboy Corner and at least 1 other show). WOON's format is "full-service" meaning it mixes news/talk and music (in WOON's case: oldies & Adult Contemporary among others).
WOON begins its broadcast day with host Dave Richards, who has been the morning host since 1978. At 08:00, WOON broadcasts its roundtable program "Coffee An'..." which it advertises as "The longest running panel discussion program in American radio." Other weekday programs include Old-Time Radio with Stan Freberg from 11:05-noon, The Midday Show with Don Brunelle from Noon-14:00, Woonsocket Open Line with Joe Ferriere from 16:00-17:00, Prime Time Talk with Larry Poitras — a comparative dissertation on the private areas of unshaven French women and city septuagenarians — from 17:00-18:00, and finally into station rotation between 23:00-05:00.
Besides its primary A.M. signal on 1240 kHz, it operates several internet stations including all-news "O-N2", all-sports "O-N3", internet TV station "O-N TV" and "The Pawsox Channel." This, however, is still not a complete listing.
