WVBF

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WVBF
City of license Middleborough Center, Massachusetts
Broadcast area New Bedford-Fall River
Branding Massachusetts Reading Net
Frequency 1530 kHz
Format Other
ERP 940 watts critical hours
2,200 watts day
2 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 63403
Transmitter Coordinates 41°55′26.00″N 70°56′7.00″W / 41.9238889, -70.9352778
Callsign meaning Virginia B. Fairbanks, wife of owner[1]
Former callsigns WCEG (1981-1988)
DWCEG (1988-1981)
WCEG (1981-1988)
Owner Steven J. Callahan

WVBF (1530 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Other format. Licensed to Middleborough Center, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the New Bedford-Fall River area. The station is currently owned by Steven J. Callahan.[2]

[edit] History

The station went on the air as WCEG on 1981-12-18. on 1988-04-05, the station changed its call sign to DWCEG, on 1991-05-24 to WCEG, on 1997-03-21 to the current WVBF,[3]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Call Letter Origins. Radio History on the Web.
  2. ^ WVBF Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ WVBF Call Sign History. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[edit] External links


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