Familiar Radio Voices Have A New Windsor Home

WINDSOR, CT — Four Audacy radio stations are moving from Farmington to Windsor, with familiar on-air personalities celebrating their new studios at 175 Addison Road and saying goodbye to their longtime home.

The move includes WTIC NewsTalk 1080, 96.5 TIC, Lite 100.5 WRCH and Hot 93.7 WZMX. The Laurel reported the four-station relocation Oct. 19, and social media announcements from station personalities also document the move.

Heidi Voight marked WTIC’s first live show from the Windsor studios Monday morning.

“This motley crew is making history this morning on the AM dial!” Voight wrote in a public Facebook post. “First ever show live on air at our NEW WTIC studios in Windsor, CT! Join us!”

Familiar Voices, New Studios

WTIC’s morning lineup includes Brian Shactman’s “Brian & Company,” which airs from 5:30 to 9 a.m. The station labeled its Oct. 22 Facebook broadcast “Last show in Farmington!”

At 96.5 TIC, the Christine and Salt Facebook page shared “An emotional farewell to Farmington” and told listeners they could now find the station at 175 Addison Road in Windsor. The morning show features Christine Lee and Salt.

WRCH’s Mike Stacy reflected on the departure in a Facebook post that began: “32 years at 10 Executive Drive in Farmington.” Stacy said Lite 100.5 WRCH would move to Windsor in a matter of days.

Stacy hosts WRCH’s “Mike & Mary” morning show with Mary Scanlon.

Hot 93.7’s DJ Buck announced a first broadcast from the new location in his own Facebook post: “First show at the new location. Buck n Regg 6-10 on Hot 93.7 WZMX. We ready.”

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WTIC’s Earlier Homes

The Windsor move adds another stop to a studio history stretching back more than a century.

WTIC began broadcasting Feb. 10, 1925, according to the WTIC Alumni archive’s station history. Its original studios occupied the sixth floor of the Travelers building on Grove Street in Hartford, according to the archive’s account of the 1999 move.

The alumni archive’s timeline of WTIC locations traces the subsequent moves:

• 1961: WTIC’s AM, FM and television operations moved to Broadcast House at 3 Constitution Plaza in Hartford.
• Oct. 21, 1974: The AM and FM stations moved to the Gold Building at 1 Financial Plaza in Hartford. The archive includes an engineer’s account of building the studios on the 19th floor.
• 1999: The radio stations moved to 10 Executive Drive in Farmington. The timeline lists June 20 for WTIC-FM and Aug. 20 for WTIC-AM.

A familiar piece of the station’s past made the latest trip, too. The Laurel reported that “The Broadcaster” statue, which once greeted visitors at WTIC’s Hartford radio and television offices, was moved to the new location ahead of the studio debut.

The Laurel reported that the sales department began working in Windsor Oct. 19. Citing station insiders, the outlet said the relocation was intended to reduce leasing costs.

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