WCOM-LP

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WCOM-LP
WCOM-LP logo.png
Broadcast area Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Frequency 103.5 MHz
Programming
Format Variety
Affiliations Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerPublic Gallery of Carrboro, Inc.
History
First air date
September 29, 2004
Call sign meaning
Community
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 135187
Class L1
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 27.7 meters (91 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°52′38″N79°04′09″W / 35.87722°N 79.06917°W / 35.87722; -79.06917
Links
Public license information
LMS
Webcast Listen Live
Website wcomfm.org
WCOM studio WCOM studio 2.jpg
WCOM studio

WCOM-LP is a community low-power FM radio station, broadcasting from Carrboro, North Carolina. It broadcasts from a radio tower over Mary Scroggs Elementary School soccer field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Its studios are located in Carrboro at 300-G E. Main Street, near the Cat's Cradle. It is the first low-power FM station in the area, and began broadcasting in June 2004. In November 2004, the station began broadcasting a full lineup of local radio programming, including some Spanish language programming. [2] It airs a variety format. [3]

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WCOM-LP is the first low-power FM community radio station in the area to be set up under a program established by the Federal Communications Commission in 2000. [4] The station was assigned the WCOM-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2003. [5]

As a low-powered station, WCOM-LP only produces a 100-watt signal; as such, it cannot be heard far from the tower. Its limits are just before the Chapel Hill Public Library and just past Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. During the afternoons, Fayetteville station WRCQ often bleeds over into WCOM-LP's radio space, due to WRCQ's high-power transmitter being fairly close by (about 60 miles).

The station is an affiliate of the syndicated Pink Floyd program "Floydian Slip".

History

WCOM-LP radio tower at Mary Scroggs Elementary School WCOM-LP radio tower.jpg
WCOM-LP radio tower at Mary Scroggs Elementary School

WCOM originally planned to set up a broadcasting tower on the roof of the Southern Village branch of Weaver Street Market, then at Culbreth Middle School, but the first location was blocked by the city government and the second location was blocked by the FCC. Ultimately, the antenna was added to the top of a light pole at Scroggs Elementary School. [6]

In June 2004, WCOM-LP "began broadcasting a test signal—a 30-minute loop in English and Spanish explaining the goals of the station. Since the technology was not yet in place to link the studio to the transmitter, that test signal came from a CD cabinet at the base of the transmitter at Scroggs." [6]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WCOM-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Hauptman, Karen (July 22, 2005). "Low-power FM station aims to provide community radio for Carrboro". News & Observer.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. Russell, Graham (January 24, 2007). "Radio station WCOM emphasizes local edge". The Carrboro Commons.
  5. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  6. 1 2 "History of WCOM" . Retrieved 9 June 2020.