WESO

WESO (970 AM) is a radio station licensed to Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1955, it broadcasting a Catholic radio format, simulcasting sister station WNEB in Worcester. WESO is owned by Holy Family Communications, and operates as part of The Station of the Cross.

History

WESO broadcast a country music format as "The Spirit 970" until October 2008, when the station began to simulcast the business talk programming of then-sister station WBNW in Concord. On June 13, 2014, Money Matters Radio, Inc. reached a deal to sell WESO to Emmanuel Communications, Inc., the owner of WNEB. The deal closed on August 29, 2014, at a purchase price of $250,000. Following the sale, WESO was converted to noncommercial operation and began to carry WNEB's "Emmanuel Radio" programming, which included programming from EWTN Radio.

Holy Family Communications, owner of WQOM in Natick and stations in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, began operating WESO and WNEB under a local marketing agreement on January 1, 2022. The stations became part of Holy Family's The Station of the Cross network. In early 2024, Holy Family bought the stations outright for $1,000. Holy Family announced its plans to sell WESO, WNEB and WACE in Chicopee to Journey for Life Media for $150,000 in May 2025; the sale was withdrawn that August. Holy Family subsequently reached a deal to sell WESO to Daniel Becker's TLM Communications; that deal was also withdrawn in January 2026.

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External links

• in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• in Nielsen Audio's AM station database