WWCO (1240 kHz; "Viva") is a commercial radio station licensed to Waterbury, Connecticut, and owned by Trignition Media LLC. WWCO simulcasts sister station WRYM 840 AM in New Britain. WWCO and WRYM air a Spanish Contemporary radio format, including Tropical music and Reggaeton. WWCO transmits with 1,000 watts non-directional. The transmitter is on Thompston Avenue in Waterbury, near the Naugatuck River. Programming is also heard on 200-watt FM translator W292FI at 106.3 MHz in Waterbury. History Top 40 hits WWCO signed on the air in . It was originally powered at 250 watts. It was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System with studios in the Mattatuck Historical Society Building at 119 West Main Street. As network programming moved from radio to television in the 1950s, WWCO had a format that was mostly pop music. By the 1960s, WWCO was the first station in Waterbury to play rock and roll records and had a Top 40 format. On-air personalities during this era included Bob "Records" Crager, Les Davis, Joe Mulhall (later known as Ken Griffin in Hartford and Los Angeles), Bob Rouge and "Wildman Steve" Gallon. Davis and WWCO were featured in an article in the April 25, 1955, edition of Life magazine. During the 1960s and the 1970s, WWCO was owned by TV entertainer Merv Griffin and operated as "1240 Super Music C-O." In 1967, WCCO added an FM station, WCCO-FM 104.1 MHz (now WMRQ). On-air personalities during this era included Tom Collins, later known as Joe Cipriano, the voice of the Fox network, CBS and NBC. Adult Contemporary and Oldies The station evolved from Top 40 to an adult contemporary format (called "All-Star Music WWCO") at about the same time as WKCI (KC-101) switched from Easy Listening to Adult Top 40 as "KC-101." WKCI's switch to the new format may have hastened WWCO's departure from Top 40. Some WWCO personalities left to take jobs at KC-101. In 1984, WCCO was sold to Westport resident Sam Brownstein and abandoned the "All-Star" format. It switched to 1950s and 60s Oldies under the direction of Program Director Mike Dowling. Urban Nights The station found success with a night–time Urban Contemporary format called "Nightflight" which it used from 1984 to 1989. Ricky "J" was one of the DJs. Later financial issues caused WWCO to terminate some of its personalities and to carry Unistar's "Niche 29" Adult Album Rock (AOR) format. WWCO