WWCO is a 1,000-watt AM radio station operating out of Waterbury, Connecticut. It is an affilliate of the WDRC-AM network of Connecticut that also includes WMMW in Meriden and WSNG in Torrington. The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power. ... AM radio is radio broadcasting using Amplitude Modulation. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Waterbury is a city located in New Haven County, Connecticut, 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Hartford on the Naugatuck River. ... // Look up network in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 48th 14,371 km² 113 km 177 km 12. ... There are several places called Meriden: Meriden, Connecticut, United States Meriden, West Midlands, England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Torrington may refer to a number of place: In the United Kingdom: Great Torrington, a market town in the north of Devon Little Torrington or Black Torrington, villages in Devon Torrington, a small village in Lincolnshire In Canada: Torrington, Alberta In the United States of America: Torrington, Connecticut - by far...

During the 1960s and the 1970s, WWCO was owned by Merv Griffin and operated as "1240 Super C-O," a Top 40 station. The station evolved to an oldies format in 1984. The station found success with a nighttime Urban Contemporary format called "Nightflight" from 1984 to 1989. It was purchased by Buckley Broadcasting in the late 90s. Mervyn Merv Edward Griffin, Jr. ... Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ... Oldies is a generic term commonly used in the United States to describe a radio format that concentrates on popular Top 40 music from the 1950s, 1960s and/or 1970s, as well as such music itself. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term urban contemporary was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the early 1980s. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...