WNWW
Faith Radio station in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
WNWW (1290 AM "Faith 1290") is a radio station licensed to West Hartford, Connecticut, and serves the Greater Hartford area. The station is owned by the University of Northwestern – St. Paul. WNWW airs a religious radio format consisting of teaching and talk programs. WNWW is a class D AM station operating with 490 watts during the day and eleven watts at night per FCC rules.
By day, WNWW is powered by 490 watts daytime, at night, to protect other stations on 1290 AM, it lowers it power to 11 watts. Programming is heard on FM translator W241CZ at 94.1 MHz.
Programming is supplied by the Faith Radio service of the University of Northwestern - St. Paul based in Roseville, Minnesota. Hosts include Rick Warren, Jim Daly, David Jeremiah, Chuck Swindoll, and Charles Stanley.
The public source identifies “WNWW” as faith Radio station in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WNWW, Faith and Radio.
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