| WESO | |
| City: | Southbridge, Massachusetts |
| Country: | US |
| Area: | South County |
| Branding: | The Station of the Cross |
| Airdate: | [1] |
| Format: | Catholic radio |
| Network: | The Station of the Cross |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 18309 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Coordinates: | 42.0665°N -71.9906°W |
| Callsign Meaning: | Webster-Southbridge |
| Owner: | Holy Family Communications |
| Sister Stations: | WNEB |
| Affiliations: | EWTN Radio |
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,[2] and operates as part of The Station of the Cross.
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[3] and began to carry WNEB's "Emmanuel Radio" programming, which included programming from EWTN Radio.[4]
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.[5] In early 2024, Holy Family bought the stations outright for $1,000.[6] Holy Family announced its plans to sell WESO, WNEB and WACE in Chicopee to Journey for Life Media for $150,000 in May 2025;[7] the sale was withdrawn that August.[8] Holy Family subsequently reached a deal to sell WESO to Daniel Becker's TLM Communications;[9] that deal was also withdrawn in January 2026.[10]
