was sold to Winthrop Broadcasting, whose relatives owned Waterbury's WQQW 1590 AM (now silent). WWCO relocated from its longtime location on the Straits Turnpike in Middlebury to a new studio in Waterbury. By 1990, WWCO again returned to its old Top 40 format, again as "1240 Super Music 'C-O." Steve Skipp returned for a short tenure as Program Director, after which Wally Mann succeeded him and continued in that position as the station switched back to an oldies format. General Manager Tom Coffey and former WWYZ salesman Rob Johnson formed Mattatuck Communications and purchased the station. The studios moved to a new location. While most AM stations had already abandoned contemporary music, WWCO, and its on-air talent, continued into the early 1990s. Buckley Broadcasting and Connoisseur Media WWCO was then sold to Connecticut-based Buckley Broadcasting, the parent of WDRC 1360 AM in Hartford. WWCO moved to WDRC's studios in Bloomfield. WWCO then began broadcasting the same programming as WDRC. WDRC's ]talk radio format was known as "The Talk of Connecticut." It also included AM stations in Meriden and Torrington. On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WWCO, to Connoisseur Media. The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014 at a price of $7,922,035. Trignition Media WWCO was not included in the 2018 sale of WDRC and the other "Talk of Connecticut" stations to Red Wolf Broadcasting. the sale was completed on March 29, 2018. Instead, the station was sold to Trignition Media, owner of WRYM in New Britain, for $260,000. In February 2018, WWCO left the "Talk of Connecticut" network and began simulcasting WRYM's "Viva" tropical format. Trignition Media's purchase of the station was completed on February 22, 2019. Both stations acquired translators so their programming could be heard on the FM dial. References External links Waterbury, Connecticut Mass media in New Haven County, Connecticut WCO 1946 establishments in Connecticut Radio stations established in 1946 WCO