WUPE-FM
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| City of license | North Adams, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Pittsfield, Massachusetts |
| Branding | Whoopee |
| Slogan | Classic Top 40 Hits |
| Frequency | 100.1 MHz |
| First air date | July 12, 1964 (as WMNB-FM) |
| Format | Classic Hits |
| ERP | 1,300 watts |
| HAAT | 153 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 4821 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°41′51.00″N 73°3′52.00″W / 42.6975000°N 73.0644444°W |
| Callsign meaning | Whoopie[1] |
| Former callsigns |
WMNB-FM (1964-1988) WMNB (1988-2006) |
| Owner |
Gamma Broadcasting, LLC (sale to Reed Miami Holdings, LLC pending) (Berkshire Broadcasting Co., Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBEC, WBEC-FM, WNAW, WSBS, WUPE |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wupe.com |
WUPE-FM (100.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to North Adams, Massachusetts, USA, WUPE-FM serves the Pittsfield area. The station is currently owned by Gamma Broadcasting.[2]
History
The station went on the air July 12, 1964[3] as WMNB-FM, owned by the Hardman family along with WMNB (1230 AM) and the North Adams Transcript.[4] The Hardmans sold Northern Berkshire Broadcasting to Donald A. Thurston in 1966;[5] the company became Berkshire Broadcasting after the purchase of WSBS in Great Barrington in 1968.[6] By 1973, WMNB-FM had a beautiful music format, separately-programmed from the AM station[7] (though even at WMNB-FM's inception the two stations did not duplicate more than thirty percent of their programming[4]). The callsign was modified to simply WMNB on January 30, 1988,[8] after the AM station was renamed WNAW. During the mid-1990s, WMNB's format incorporated smooth jazz and soft adult contemporary programming;[9] as a whole, however, it remained one of the few remaining beautiful music stations.[10]
Vox Communications purchased Berkshire Broadcasting in November 2003,[11] with the sale closing in May 2004.[12] One month later, WMNB began to simulcast an oldies format with another Vox station, WUPE (95.9).[13] The station took the WUPE-FM callsign two years later, as part of a larger shuffle that resulted in WBEC-FM moving from 105.5 (now WWEI) to 95.9.[14] WUPE-FM's programming also began to be heard on an AM station in Pittsfield on 1110 AM.[15] Vox transferred most of its stations to Gamma Broadcasting in late 2012.[16] In August 2013, Gamma reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WUPE-FM, to Reed Miami Holdings.[17]
The Current line up on WUPE is "Whoopee in the Morning" with Cheryl Adams, Middays Eric Greene, Afternoon Drive Todd Lee, Mike Harvey Nights.
References
- ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ↑ "WUPE-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-142. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 (PDF). 1965. p. B-74. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 (PDF). 1967. p. B-111. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 (PDF). 1971. pp. B–99–100. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 (PDF). 1974. p. B-100. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
- ↑ "WUPE-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (November 19, 1996). "MusicAmerica Returns". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (February 19, 1999). "Chaos at 'CVB...and CBC". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (November 10, 2003). "Christmas Keeps Getting Earlier...". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (May 17, 2004). "Remembering Nick Berg". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (June 28, 2004). "Millennium Adds Two in NJ". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 24, 2006). "The Bell Tolls for Diamond Dave". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 17, 2006). "WAVM, Living Proof Settle Dispute". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ↑ "Same Principal, New Company For Vox Stations". All Access. October 23, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
- ↑ "Western Massachusetts Cluster Sold". All Access. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WUPE
- Radio-Locator information on WUPE
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUPE
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