WUPE-FM

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WUPE-FM
Broadcast area Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Bennington County, Vermont
Frequency 100.1 MHz
BrandingWhoopee
Programming
Format Classic hits
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
WBEC, WBEC-FM, WNAW, WSBS, WUPE
History
First air date
July 12, 1964 (as WMNB-FM)
Former call signs
  • WMNB-FM (1964-1988)
  • WMNB (1988-2006)
Call sign meaning
Whoopie [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 4821
Class A
ERP 1,150 watts
HAAT 158.8 meters (521 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°41′54″N73°03′52″W / 42.69833°N 73.06444°W / 42.69833; -73.06444
Repeater(s) 1110  WUPE (Pittsfield)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website wupe.com

WUPE-FM (100.1 MHz) is a classic hits radio station owned by Townsquare Media. Licensed to North Adams, Massachusetts, United States, WUPE-FM serves Pittsfield. [3]

Contents

History

The station went on the air July 12, 1964, [4] as WMNB-FM, owned by the Hardman family along with WMNB (1230 AM) and the North Adams Transcript . [5] The Hardmans sold Northern Berkshire Broadcasting to Donald A. Thurston in 1966; [6] the company became Berkshire Broadcasting after the purchase of WSBS in Great Barrington in 1968. [7] By 1973, WMNB-FM had a beautiful music format, separately-programmed from the AM station [8] (though even at WMNB-FM's inception the two stations did not duplicate more than thirty percent of their programming [5] ). The callsign was modified to simply WMNB on January 30, 1988, [9] after the AM station was renamed WNAW. During the mid-1990s, WMNB's format incorporated smooth jazz and soft adult contemporary programming; [10] as a whole, however, it remained one of the few remaining beautiful music stations. [11]

Vox Communications purchased Berkshire Broadcasting in November 2003, [12] with the sale closing in May 2004. [13] The next month, WMNB began simulcasting an oldies genre with another Vox station, WUPE (95.9). [14] The station took the WUPE-FM callsign two years later, as part of a larger shuffle resulting in WBEC-FM moving from 105.5 (now WWEI) to 95.9. [15] WUPE-FM's programming also began to be heard on an AM station in Pittsfield on 1110 AM. [16] Vox transferred most of its stations to Gamma Broadcasting in late 2012. [17] In August 2013, Gamma reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WUPE-FM, to Reed Miami Holdings; [18] the sale was canceled on December 30, 2013. [19]

Logo before 103.3 translator sign on WUPE1001.png
Logo before 103.3 translator sign on

WUPE-FM's tower, along with an adjacent cell tower, collapsed on March 29, 2014, as a result of high winds, forcing the station off the air. The station stated that it would resume broadcasting with a temporary antenna by April 1. WUPE's simulcast on 1110 AM in Pittsfield and its web stream were not affected by the tower collapse. [20]

In October 2016, Gamma Broadcasting agreed to sell its stations to Galaxy Communications; [21] the sale fell through, and in 2017 the stations were acquired by Townsquare Media. [22]

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUPE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "WUPE-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-142. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 10, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 (PDF). 1965. p. B-74. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1967 (PDF). 1967. p. B-111. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  7. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 (PDF). 1971. pp. B-99–100. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  8. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 (PDF). 1974. p. B-100. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2010. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ "WUPE-FM Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  10. ↑ Fybush, Scott (November 19, 1996). "MusicAmerica Returns". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
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  12. ↑ Fybush, Scott (November 10, 2003). "Christmas Keeps Getting Earlier..." NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 9, 2010.
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