WPUT (FM)

WPUT
City of license	North Salem, New York
Frequency	90.1 MHz
First air date	2012
Format	Jazz/Community
ERP	440 watts
HAAT	-13 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	175564
Transmitter coordinates	41°19′44″N 73°35′29″W / 41.32889°N 73.59139°W / 41.32889; -73.59139
Former callsigns	WVWA (2008) WJJZ (2008–2009) WJZZ (2009–2014) WQCD (2014–2015) WPUT-FM (July 1–7, 2015)^[1]
Owner	Dennis and Maureen Jackson (Vineyard Public Radio, Inc.)

WPUT (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve North Salem, New York, USA. The station is owned by Dennis and Maureen Jackson, through licensee Vineyard Public Radio, Inc. The station will air a jazz music and community radio format.^[2]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 22, 2008.^[3] The new station was assigned the call sign WVWA by the FCC on May 29, 2008.^[1] While still under construction, the station applied for a new call sign and was assigned WJJZ by the FCC on September 22, 2008.^[1]^[4] The station was assigned the WJZZ call letters by the FCC on March 31, 2009.^[1]^[5] The station changed its call sign to WQCD on October 2, 2014, and to WPUT-FM on June 2, 2015; on July 8, 2015, the "-FM" suffix was dropped.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
↑ "90.1 FM in North Salem (Westchester County) to be WJZZ". New York State Broadcasters Association. March 30, 2009.
↑ "Application Search Details (BNPED-20071022BVW)". FCC Media Bureau. January 22, 2008.
↑ Fybush, Scott (September 29, 2008). "Scranton's Ron Allen Dies". North East Radio Watch. The 100-watter on 90.1 won't sign on as WVWA after all (sob!), but will use the WJJZ calls recently abandoned in Philadelphia; and, yes, it will be a jazz station when it signs on next year.
↑ Fybush, Scott (March 30, 2009). "1050 CHUM, Larry Glick Both Gone". North East Radio Watch. The new station will be a jazz and community-radio outlet serving northern Westchester and the Danbury area once Dennis gets it on the air.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WPUT

Radio-Locator information on WPUT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPUT

Radio stations in the Hudson Valley (Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange Counties, New York) market

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Defunct stations	WPUT/1510

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