WTIC (AM)

WTIC (1080 AM) is a 50,000-watt radio station operating out of Hartford, Connecticut, broadcasting news and talk radio. Its signal, located at 1080 kHz, can be picked up throughout southern New England by day and over much of the eastern half of the United States and Canada by night. It is currently operated by CBS Radio. Its transmitter is located in Avon, Connecticut, and has studios located at 10 Executive Drive, all in Farmington, Connecticut.

WTIC, a class A station on a clear channel, is known for its historic time tone, which is a broadcast of the Morse code letter "V" every hour on the hour since 1943. This makes it one of the oldest continuously broadcasting radio time tones in the world. WTIC employs a GPS master clock system that fires the custom-built time-tone generator shortly before the top of the hour, timed such that the final tone of the sequence occurs precisely on the hour (Even though everything else heard on the station is on a 10-second delay), and listeners have been setting their watches to WTIC for many years. The notes of the sequence were pitched to mimic the famous opening sequence of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, whose "short-short-short-long" rhythm matches that of the Morse code letter "V". The Morse code letter "V" for Victory was selected during the height of WWII.

WTIC

WTIC may refer to:

  • WTIC (AM), a radio station (1080 AM) licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • WTIC-FM, a radio station (96.5 FM) licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • WTIC-TV, a television station (channel 61) licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  • The commodity symbol for West Texas Intermediate Crude oil, a.k.a. Texas Sweet Light
  • The callsign of WFSB from 1957 to 1974
  • Podcasts:

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    Latest News for: wtic (am)

    Is anyone really governor? And the solution is parents

    The Day 15 Feb 2025
    Interviewed this week by WTIC-AM 1080 morning host Brian Shactman, Gov. Ned Lamont remarked that state government is in good condition ... In regard to the state employees, he added, "I lost in arbitration." ... Vincent J ... * * * ... Sen. Joseph I ... ....
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