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WNCK City of license Nantucket, Massachusetts Broadcast area Cape Cod Branding Classical New England Frequency 89.5 MHz Format Classical (WCRB simulcast) ERP 500 watts HAAT 36 meters Class A Facility ID 87830 Transmitter coordinates 41°17′6.00″N 70°8′39.00″W / 41.285°N 70.14417°W Callsign meaning NantuCKet Former callsigns WAZK (2001-2002) Affiliations National Public Radio, Public Radio International Owner Nantucket Public Radio Inc
(operated by WGBH Educational Foundation)Webcast Listen Live Website www.classicalnewengland.org WNCK (89.5 FM) is a classical music radio station, licensed to Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA, and serving the Cape Cod area. The station is currently owned by Nantucket Public Radio Inc.[1][2]
It simulcasts programming from Boston's WCRB. WNCK formerly had translators at 93.9 in Hyannis, MA which recently taken over by religious broadcaster WRYP .
Apart from being programmed by the WGBH Educational Foundation, which owns WCRB, WNCK is not connected with WCAI, WNAN, and WZAI, the WGBH-owned and operated Cape and Islands NPR stations.
Previously, WNCK was a simulcast of WGBH's primary radio service, offering a mixed-format of classical, jazz, folk, blues, Celtic music, and news. Upon the completion of WGBH's acquisition of WCRB on December 1, 2009, WNCK switched its programming source to that station in an effort to improve WCRB's signal. (Concurrent with the acquisition, WGBH's own classical music programming, as well as the folk and blues programming, were replaced with increased news programming, essentially rendering the simulcast on WNCK largely redundant to WCAI, specifically the WNAN transmitter.)[3]
References
- ^ "WNCK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WNCK.
- ^ "WNCK Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WNCK.
- ^ "WGBH Radio Help Center". WGBH.org. http://www.wgbh.org/listen/radiopurchase.cfm. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNCK
- Radio-Locator information on WNCK
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WNCK
Radio stations in the Cape Cod market By AM frequency By FM frequency By callsign Defunct stations Massachusetts radio markets: Boston · Cape Cod · New Bedford-Fall River · Springfield · Worcester
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