WRRS (FM)

Last updated
WRRS
Frequency 88.5 MHz
(Channel 203)
Programming
Language(s)English
Format Radio drama; was reading service for the blind
Ownership
OwnerTalking Information Center, Incorporated
History
First air date
April 27, 2012 [1]
Call sign meaning
W Radio Reading Service
Technical information
Facility ID 177016
Class A
ERP 60 watts
HAAT 80 meters
Transmitter coordinates
41°54′43.1″N70°52′13.5″W / 41.911972°N 70.870417°W / 41.911972; -70.870417
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website WRRS's page on the T.I.C. site

WRRS is an FM radio station licensed to Middleborough Center, Massachusetts and is owned by Talking Information Center, Incorporated. WRRS operates with 400 watts on 88.5 MHz (Channel 203). It broadcasts programming from the Talking Information Center, a radio reading service for blind people normally heard on F.M. subcarriers. WRRS was granted its callsign on October 29, 2010. [2] It began broadcasting in 2012. WRRS went silent as of December 28, 2016, [3] but returned to the air December 22, 2017. [4]

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Sale to Academy of the Immaculate

On October 1, 2021, it was announced that WRRS would be sold to the Academy of the Immaculate for $85,000. [5] Academy of the Immaculate owns WPMW, also on 88.5 MHz.

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Coordinates: 41°55′26″N70°56′7″W / 41.92389°N 70.93528°W / 41.92389; -70.93528