WSCS

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WSCS
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Broadcast area
Frequency 90.9 MHz
BrandingClassical 90.9 WSCS
Programming
Format Classical [3]
Ownership
Owner
  • (Sugar River Foundation, Inc. [1] [4] )
History
First air date
February 1996
(28 years ago) (1996-02) [5]
Call sign meaning
 Colby-Sawyer College (former owner) [6] [7]
Technical information [8]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 12228
Class A
ERP
  • 63 watts (horizontal)
  • 250 watts (vertical)
HAAT 91 meters (299 ft) [1]
Transmitter coordinates
 43°24′41.2″N71°58′31.3″W / 43.411444°N 71.975361°W / 43.411444; -71.975361 [1]
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.classicalwscs.org

WSCS is a classical formatted broadcast radio station. [3] The station is licensed to New London, New Hampshire, and serves New London, Andover and the Lake Sunapee Region in New Hampshire. [1] [2] WSCS is owned and operated by Sugar River Foundation, Inc., a not for profit 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. [1] [9] [4]

Contents

History

WSCS was formerly owned by Colby-Sawyer College, [6] WSCS was sold to the Vinikoor Family Foundation, Inc. on September 1, 2014, for $4,000. [7] At the time, Bob Vinikoor owned Koor Communications, Inc, a commercial broadcasting company that operated several radio stations in the upper Connecticut River valley. [7] As part of a deal announced October 5, 2016, The Vinikoor Family Foundation sold WSCS to Sugar River Foundation, Inc. for $10,000. Sugar River Foundation is controlled by Robert and John Landry, who are the owners of Sugar River Media, LLC. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "WSCS-FM 90.9 MHz - New London, NH". Theodric Technologies, LLC. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Deal Digest - October 6, 2016". InsideRadio. October 5, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-358. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "FCCdata.org - powered by REC - WSCS-FM". REC Networks. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Waits, Jennifer (July 18, 2014). "College Radio Watch: WSCS to be Sold, WRAS Responds to GPB Letter, Troubles at KCPR?". Radio Survivor. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WSCS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  9. ↑ "Sugar River Media" . Retrieved January 20, 2021.
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