WTAG was a charter member of the NBC Radio Network. It remained there briefly until June 15, 1927, when the wavelength was changed to 516.9 meters (580 kHz). In July 1926 the wavelength was changed to 545.1 meters (550 kHz). The transmitter was a Western Electric IB and the antenna an inverted L. The transmitter was still at Sherer's department store on Front Street. Their families would own the station until 1987.Ī studio was constructed on the fourth floor of the newspaper building at 18 Franklin Street. Booth (1960 recipient of the Yankee Quill Award). Ellis sold the newspapers and radio station in December 1925 to Harry Stoddard and George F.
The call letters were changed to WTAG in October 1925 and have not changed since. The station was purchased by Theodore Ellis, then the owner of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, on September 23, 1925. WCTS joined the WEAF network run by AT&T about the same time. Its power went up to 500 watts in April 1925. The call letters were changed to WCTS in March 1925. The station used a play on words and represented that they stood for "We Do Business Honestly". The call letters was assigned by the Commerce Department as the next available block of sequential letters. WDBH began operation May 24, 1924, with a power of 100 watts on a frequency of 268 meters (1120 kHz). Sherer Co., a Worcester department store, received the license for WDBH. WTAG's history began on May 1, 1924, when the C. Weekends feature shows on money, law, house repair, gardening and restaurants, as well as repeats from some weekday shows. WTAG also airs nationally syndicated talk shows from Premiere Networks, iHeartMedia's programming subsidiary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, Sean Hannity, America Now with Buck Sexton and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory Glenn Beck Radio Program from TheBlaze Network is also aired. Polito's program is regionally syndicated to WHYN in Springfield, WHJJ in Providence, Rhode Island, WXKS in Boston, and WXTK on Cape Cod. WTAG's weekday program schedule includes two local shows: Jim Polito and Jordan Levy. WTAG programming is simulcast on FM translator W235AV at 94.9 MHz, licensed to Tatnuck. The transmitter operates at 5,000 watts day and night. WTAG's studios are in Paxton and it broadcasts from a transmitter in Holden, Massachusetts. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a news/talk format.
WTAG (580 AM) is a radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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