WORC (AM)

WORC

City	Worcester, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Worcester, Massachusetts
Branding	La Nueva Mega Worcester
Slogan	La fuerza que te mueve!
Frequency	1310 kHz
First air date	February 14, 1925
Format	Spanish tropical
Power	5,000 watts daytime 1,000 watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	15815
Transmitter coordinates	42°13′19.00″N 71°49′2.00″W / 42.2219444°N 71.8172222°W / 42.2219444; -71.8172222 (WORC)
Callsign meaning	Worcester
Former callsigns	WKBE (1925-1929) WORC (1929-1930) WORC-WEPS (1930-1933)
Former frequencies	1310 kHz (1925-1928) 1200 kHz (1928-1933) 1280 kHz (1933-1941)
Owner	Gois Broadcasting LLC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	megaworcester.com

WORC is a radio station broadcasting on 1310 AM from Worcester, Massachusetts, and is owned by Gois Broadcasting. The station broadcasts at a transmitter power output of 5,000 Watts during the day and 1,000 Watts at night, and serves central and eastern Massachusetts. Since January 2005, the station has been broadcasting full-time in Spanish with a tropical format. The station is the only full-time Spanish-language station serving central Massachusetts, especially Worcester's rapidly increasing Latino population.

A one-time affiliate of both the CBS and ABC radio networks, WORC from 1955 until 1984. In late 1984, the station began programming Country music. When the station was purchased by The Davis Advertising Company of Worcester in 1989, the format became Oldies, as management attempted to re-create the excitement of WORC's early rock and roll years. By August 1994, the Oldies format was gradually being phased out in favor of a talk format. Davis eventually sold WORC to the present owners who instituted the current format.

External links

Official website

Radio stations in the Worcester, Massachusetts market

By AM frequency	580 760 830 940 970 1230 1310 1440 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 90.1 90.5 91.3 91.9 94.9 96.1 98.9 100.1 104.5 107.3

By callsign	W235AV WAAF WBPR WCHC WCRN WCUW WESO WGFP WICN WMRC WNEB WORC WORC-FM WSRS WTAG WVEI WVNE WWFX WXLO WYQQ

Nearby radio markets Boston Hartford–New Britain–Middletown Manchester Providence Springfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Massachusetts

Stations	WAMG – Dedham WCEC – Haverhill WLLH – Lowell and Lawrence WNNW – Lawrence WORC – Worcester WREA-LP – Holyoke WSPR – West Springfield WWDJ – Boston

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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