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WSDK
WSDK (1550 AM) is a radio station licensed to Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station is owned by Blount Communications and broadcasts religious programming.
History.
WSDK signed on October 6, 1963 as WEXT, licensed to West Hartford, with a 1,000-watt daytime-only signal on 1550 kHz and a country and western format. The studios at that time were located at 999 Farmington Avenue in West Hartford Center, and the transmitter and tower were at 99 Grassmere Avenue in West Hartford. Flood control work on
first Spanish-language radio station in the state of Connecticut. Though the station had a loyal audience, the concept of a Spanish-language FM station in an area with a (then) relatively small Hispanic population was seen as being ahead of its time. With FM prices rising, WLVH later bought 1550 kHz (today's WSDK), and in 1991, sold 93.7 to American Radio Systems, with WLVH moving to AM. With ARS's takeover came the change to a stunt with the local NOAA Weather Radio