History
The station initially signing on at 820 AM in 1992 as a non-clear channel station only. This meant that after sundown the station had to sign off. It moved to 1160 AM in 1997, and to its current frequency of 670 AM — a 50,000 watt clear-channel signal acquired when Viacom ceased broadcasting WMAQ's all-news format in August 2000, and subsequently divested the 1160 frequency due to FCC limits on ownership (see WMAQ (AM) and WYLL).
Before 1992, the WSCR call letters were on 1220 in Hamden CT. Prior to that they were the longtime radio call letters for a station in Scranton, Pennsylvania at 1320 AM.
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