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| Broadcast area | |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 770 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Brokered South Asian |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
| Operator | Radio Saaz-o-Awaz (via LMA) |
| History | |
First air date | March 26, 1991; 35 years ago (1991-03-26) (initial licensing date) |
Call sign meaning | Toronto |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 74121 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 13,000 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′5″N 78°56′53″W / 43.21806°N 78.94806°W / 43.21806; -78.94806 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | eawaz.com |
WTOR (770 AM, branded e:Awaz) is a daytime-only radio station licensed to Youngstown, New York, and serving the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. The station is owned by Birach Broadcasting Corporation and operated by Canadian businesswoman Arifa Muzaffar under a local marketing agreement (LMA).[2][3] All programming originates from studios in Mississauga, Ontario, which is sent to the station in Youngstown, then blasted back across the border to Toronto (in an example of rimshotting).
e:Awaz airs a brokered multicultural radio format, targeted primarily at the Pakistani Canadian and Punjabi Canadian community in the Greater Toronto Area, and Niagara Peninsula in Canada. The station's programming is primarily in Punjabi and Urdu. Some programs are aimed at Sikhs and other religious and ethnic groups from South Asia. Birach Broadcasting maintains nominal ownership of the station to meet FCC regulations that prohibit foreign nationals from owning controlling stakes in U.S. radio licenses.
WTOR is a daytime-only station, signing off at sunset to protect 50,000-watt Class A clear-channel station WABC in New York City. WTOR's 13,000-watt directional signal is aimed almost completely into the province of Ontario. The station's transmitter is located off Langdon Road in Ransomville, New York.
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTOR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WTOR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WTOR Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- WTOR station profile from Birach Broadcasting Corporation's website
- Facility details for Facility ID 74121 (WTOR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WTOR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- 1991 establishments in New York (state)
- Birach Broadcasting Corporation stations
- Daytime-only radio stations in New York (state)
- Multicultural and ethnic radio stations in Canada
- Non-English-language radio stations in New York (state)
- Punjabi-language radio stations
- Radio stations established in 1991
- Radio stations in Buffalo, New York
- Urdu-language mass media in the United States
- Urdu-language radio stations
- New York (state) radio station stubs
