Hartford CT Radio: Red Wolf To Acquire Connoisseur Stations

Red Wolf Broadcasting Corp. announced today that it has reached an agreement to purchase five Connoisseur Media stations including News/Talk WDRC 1360 AM, Classic Rock WDRC 102.9 FM Hartford, CT, WSNG 610 AM in Torrington, WMMW 1470 AM in Meriden and W272DO Mod102 in New Haven.

Red Wolf will take over operations immediately under a Local Marketing Agreement, the sale is subject to FCC approval and for an undisclosed price.

There will be no major programming changes at WDRC AM & FM. Mod102, New Haven, CT became, Bomba 102 this morning, simulcasting Red Wolf’s statewide Spanish radio network.

Red Wolf is owned by local Connecticut broadcaster John Fuller who said, “WDRC AM & FM are legendary stations”. He added, “102.9 The Whale is one of the top rated stations in the Hartford Radio Market and WDRC-AM 1360 AM “The Talk of Connecticut” has an extremely loyal audience we intend to expand.”

John Fuller

“Jeff Warshaw and Connoisseur Media have done an extraordinary job acquiring and building their stations”, Fuller said. The current Connoisseur employees will remain in place and will be given an opportunity to join our team when the ownership change is approved.”

“We are so pleased that these stations will be part of a company that is so dedicated to local service. John is a terrific broadcaster”, said Jeffrey D. Warshaw, Connoisseur’s CEO.

“There has never been a better time to be a local broadcaster, people are on the go and radio goes with them in the car, all day at work and radio has doubled its listening potential with online streaming”. Fuller added, “I have a passion for the radio industry and my team thrives on being involved in the community.

Red Wolf’s VP/Programming Brian Ram added, “We are live and local in the communities we serve and it’s an exciting time to grow our local company with 5 more stations of this caliber”.

Fuller started his first radio station WJJF at aged 21 in Hope Valley, Rhode Island. He owns and operates stations in Hartford including WMRQ 104.1 FM  and Spanish formatted Bomba Radio heard on translators 97.1 Hartford, 98.5 in Meriden, 99.5 and 104.5 in Watrerbury as well as, Oldies WNTY 990 AM / 96.1 FM in Southington and six stations in New London, CT.

Connoisseur currently owns/operates 38 radio stations and digital brands in 11 markets.