WADS
Radio station in Ansonia, Connecticut, United States
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WADS (690 AM) is a radio station licensed to Ansonia, Connecticut, owned by Radio Amor, Inc. The station serves the Greater Bridgeport and New Haven areas.
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| Broadcast area | Greater Bridgeport – Greater New Haven |
| Frequency | 690 kHz |
| Branding | Radio Amor |
| Programming | |
| Language | Spanish |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Radio Amor, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1956 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 54481 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 3,200 watts (daytime only) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°20′46″N 73°06′51″W |
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By day, WADS is powered with 3,200 watts, it must sign off the air at night to avoid interference to Canadian station CKGM.
WADS went silent on August 12, 2022, due to losing its transmitter site.[2] On August 31, 2024, the station resumed operations at a temporary transmitter site in Derby.[3] The station went off the air again on August 27, 2025.
