WCTK

WCTK
City of license New Bedford, Massachusetts
Broadcast area New Bedford, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Branding Cat Country 98.1
Slogan Southern New England's Country
Frequency 98.1 MHz
First air date December 9, 1946[1] (as WFMR)
Format Country
ERP 47,000 watts
HAAT 155 metres (509 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 25869
Transmitter coordinates 41°37′23″N 70°55′05″W / 41.623°N 70.918°WCoordinates: 41°37′23″N 70°55′05″W / 41.623°N 70.918°W
Callsign meaning WCTK = Cat
Former callsigns WFMR (1946–1954)
WNBH-FM (1954–1973)
WMYS (1973–1989)
Owner Hall Communications
Sister stations WLKW, WNBH
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.wctk.com

WCTK (98.1 FM, "Cat Country 98.1") is a country music formatted radio station serving Southern New England, with studios in Providence, Rhode Island, and transmitter in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

History

WCTK was originally WFMR and an authorized power of 20 kilowatts. It went on the air December 9, 1946;[1] during the inaugural program, Massachusetts governor Maurice J. Tobin said that WFMR was the first new FM station to sign on in New England after World War II.[2] By the 1970s it was WMYS, a soft rock/oldies based station broadcasting from New Bedford. On July 28, 1989, the station switched formats to country and changed its call sign to WCTK. The new country station was originally known as "Country 98.1 WCTK." In 1994, WCTK began calling itself "Cat Country." In 1997, the station moved its studios from New Bedford to the Roland Building in Providence to concentrate on fully serving the Providence Arbitron metro.

Current DJs

Current DJs include:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-390. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Gov. Tobin Participates In WFMR Inauguration". Broadcasting-Telecasting. December 16, 1946. p. 34. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

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