WFCR
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| WFCR | |
| City of license | Amherst, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Primarily: Pioneer Valley (Springfield, Massachusetts) |
| Branding | 88.5 WFCR |
| Slogan | Public Radio for Western New England |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz (Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 6, 1961 |
| Format | Public Radio |
| ERP | WFCR: 13,000 watts WNNZ: 50,000 watts (day), 1,000 watts (night) |
| HAAT | WFCR: 295 meters |
| Class | WFCR: B WNNZ: B |
| Facility ID | WFCR: 69304 WNNZ: 9736 |
| Callsign meaning | Five College Radio |
| Owner | University of Massachusetts |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.wfcr.org |
WFCR is a U.S. radio station operating at 88.5 MHz in the FM band.
It is located at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts and its broadcasting range extends to western and central Massachusetts, northern Connecticut and southern Vermont and New Hampshire. WFCR operates translators W266AW, 101.1 MHz in North Adams, W254AU, 98.7 MHz in Great Barrington and W242AT, 96.3 MHz in Williamstown. Two more translators (W230AU 93.9 Pittsfield, and W252BG 98.3 Lee) were operational as of April 2007. It is an NPR member. The studios are located at Hampshire House on the UMass campus.
The station signed on May 6, 1961 as a repeater of WGBH in Boston, but soon added its own programming. The call letters represent Five College Radio. The station is licensed to UMass, but operated by funding from the Five Colleges (Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and UMass itself). WFCR bills itself as Public Radio for Western New England.
WFCR claims the distinction of being the first radio station in western Massachusetts to transmit a signal using iBiquity's HD Radio system. They transmit two digital streams, the first being their standard programming (including locally originated material), the second being primarily NPR programming and classical music.
[edit] WPNI feed moves to WNNZ
As of April 2nd 2007, WFCR has moved the separate NPR news/talk programming feed it previously offered on WPNI to Clear Channel Communications-owned WNNZ, 640 kHz, licensed to Westfield, Massachusetts. WFCR is providing the station's programming, and Clear Channel is selling underwriting advertisements. [1]
[edit] External links
- WFCR Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WFCR
- Radio Locator information on WFCR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WFCR
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W266AW
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W242AT
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W254AU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W230AU
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W252BG
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WNNZ
- Radio Locator Information on WNNZ
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WNNZ
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