On December 19, 1933, the Federal Radio Commission authorized three new channels for high-fidelity operation between 1500 and 1600 kHz.
When this network died on March 26, 1935,[4] W1XBS began taking a new service from the Loew theatre group originating at New York's WHN over the same lines.
[7] Further changes came in 1941; upon the adoption of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, the high-fidelity stations converted to normal AM operation.
Additionally, the Republican-American demonstrated interest in FM radio, where it held a construction permit for 102.5 MHz that was deleted in 1949 amidst concerns about the business,[8] and television, commenting on a 1953 docket to get a channel allocated to Waterbury.
The same year Barbieri bought WQQW, his bank, Security Savings and Loan, became the target of a federal investigation of illegal banking activities in the late 1980s; the resulting corruption investigation led to the conviction of Waterbury mayor Joseph J.
[14] At the same time, Unity also acquired two other nearby and adjacent-channel stations to its WWRL, WERA in Plainfield, New Jersey, and WLNG on Long Island.
All three stations were shut down (in the case of WQQW, the license merely surrendered) to allow WWRL to increase power to 25,000 watts.