week 1

                                    82 Franklin Street, Worcester, MA 01603

For the spring and summer, I am an intern at WCRN 830 AM a radio station located in downtown Worcester on 82 Franklin Street.  The Telephone No# (508)792-5803, Fax No# is (508) 770-0659 and Email address is http://www.wcrnradio.com/on-air.htm .  My mentors throughout my internship are Chris Thompson who is the General Sales Manager for the station and Hank Stolz who does the morning news weekdays 5-9 am.  

Carter broadcasting owns the station.  Previously when the station started in 1994 the station carried religious programming.  Then later on in 200, this was abandoned, and replaced by Big Band music.  When the station upgraded their power from 5,000 watts to 50,000 watts, the structure of the station changed to the True Oldies channel in Aug 2004.  Then in May 2006, the station went to the current talk format.

WCRN’S mission is to make a profit by selling airtime.  The people who host shows are on WCRN educate the public on topics like, money matters, financial decisions, and community events.  The station is a conservative talk radio station that covers many different topics and tries to get there listeners thinking.