WELI
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| Broadcast area | Greater New Haven |
| Frequency | 960 kHz |
| Branding | WELI 960 AM and 96.9 FM |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WAVZ, WKCI-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | October 1935 |
Call sign meaning | Yale University's popular nickname "The Eli", the station being in the university's home city. |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11933 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′14.35″N 72°56′13.37″W / 41.3706528°N 72.9370472°W |
| Translator(s) | 96.9 W245DK (New Haven) |
| Repeater(s) | 101.3 WKCI-FM HD3 (Hamden) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | 960weli |
WELI (960 kHz) is an AM commercial radio station licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, and serving the New Haven and Bridgeport areas. It broadcasts a news/talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. WELI's studios are in Radio Towers Park on Benham Street in Hamden, where it shares facilities with sister stations WKCI-FM and WAVZ. Transmitting towers for WELI are also at this location.
WELI is powered at 5,000 watts, non-directional by day. To protect other stations on or near 960 AM from interference, at night it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. Programming is also heard on 215 watt FM translator W245DK at 96.9 MHz.