Frequency | 107.9 MHz |
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Programming | |
Format | Community |
Ownership | |
Owner | Greenfield Community Television, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | May 2008 |
Call sign meaning | Western Massachusetts Community Broadcasting [1] |
Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 134902 |
Class | L1 |
ERP | 100 watts |
HAAT | −36.1 meters (−118 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°36′18″N72°36′16″W / 42.60500°N 72.60444°W |
Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WMCB-LP (107.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Greenfield, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Greenfield Community Television, Inc. It airs a community radio format. [3] [4] The station first aired in May 2008. [5]
WMCB-LP previously shared the 107.9 MHz frequency with religious broadcaster WLPV-LP (now at 97.3), with WMCB-LP broadcasting from noon to midnight and WLPV-LP broadcasting from midnight to noon. [1] This ended in the winter of 2020, when WLPV-LP moved to its own frequency and began full 24-hour operations.
The station was assigned the WMCB-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 7, 2006. [6]
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