WUPE (AM)

WUPE

City	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Branding	Whoopee
Slogan	Classic Top 40
Frequency	1110 kHz
Translator(s)	103.3 W277CJ (Pittsfield)
First air date	September 9, 1971 (as WGRG)^[1]
Format	Classic hits
Power	5,000 watts day
Class	D
Facility ID	71436
Transmitter coordinates	42°26′22″N 73°17′30″W / 42.43944°N 73.29167°W / 42.43944; -73.29167 (WUPE)Coordinates: 42°26′22″N 73°17′30″W / 42.43944°N 73.29167°W / 42.43944; -73.29167 (WUPE)
Callsign meaning	WUPE = Whoopie^[2]
Former callsigns	WGRG (1971–1977) WUPE (1977–1979) WUHN (1979–2006)
Owner	Gamma Broadcasting, LLC
Sister stations	WBEC, WBEC-FM, WNAW, WSBS, WUPE-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wupe.com

WUPE (1110 AM) is a radio station simulcasting a classic hits format with WUPE-FM (100.1 FM). WUPE serves the Pittsfield, Massachusetts area. The station is owned by Gamma Broadcasting, LLC.

History

WUPE signed on in 1971, as progressive rock WGRG. WGRG became Top 40 WUPE in 1977. WUPE became nostalgia formatted WUHN, in the early 1980s. The format was flipped to oldies in 1990, and then to country in 1996. The WUPE call letters were restored along with the oldies format in 2006.^[3]

In August 2015, WUPE added an FM translator in the Pittsfield area.

Broadcast translators of WUPE (AM)
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W277CJ	103.3	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	100	D	FCC

In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WUPE, to Reed Miami Holdings;^[4] the sale was canceled on December 30, 2013.^[5] In October 2016, Gamma agreed to sell its stations to Galaxy Communications.^[6]

References

↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-212. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WUPE Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Western Massachusetts Cluster Sold". All Access. August 23, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
↑ Venta, Lance (January 14, 2014). "Pittsfield Cluster Sale Withdrawn". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
↑ Venta, Lance (October 17, 2016). "Galaxy Communications Acquires Pittsfield Cluster". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WUPE

Radio-Locator Information on WUPE

Radio stations in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts region
By AM frequency	860 1110 1230 1340 1420
By FM frequency	89.3 89.5 89.7 91.1 91.7 (Dalton) 91.7 (Sheffield) 91.9 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 98.9 100.1 101.1 101.7 103.3 104.3 104.7 105.1 106.1
By callsign	W242AT W252BG W254AU W266AW W277CJ W291CH WAMQ WBCR-LP WBEC WBEC-FM WBRK WBRK-FM WBSL WCFM WJJW WJNF WKGT-LP WNAW WNNI WNNU WRRS-LP WSBS WSGG WTBR WUPE WUPE-FM
Nearby radio markets Albany-Schenectady-Troy Bennington-Rutland Brattleboro-Keene Hartford-New Britain-Middletown Poughkeepsie Springfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

Classic hits radio stations in Massachusetts
By frequency	1110 100.1 100.1 101.9 102.3 103.3-2 104.1-2 104.9 105.7
By callsign	WBMX-HD2 WBOQ WCIB WGTX WODS-HD2 WROR-FM WUPE WUPE-FM WWFX
By city	Boston Boston Falmouth Framingham Gloucester North Adams Pittsfield Southbridge Truro
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Massachusetts See also Oldies Classic Hits

Daytime-Only radio stations in Massachusetts
Stations by callsign	WCMX WFAT WFPB WHNP WILD WIZZ WUPE WVNE
Stations by frequency	700 760 1000 1090 1110 1170 1520 1600
Stations by community of license	Boston East Longmeadow Greenfield Leicester Leominster Orange-Athol Orleans Pittsfield
Defunct	1170/WDIS: Norfolk
See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

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