WFCR

Infobox Radio station
name = WFCR


city = WFCR: Amherst, Massachusetts
WNNZ: Westfield, Massachusetts
area = Primarily: Pioneer Valley (Springfield, Massachusetts)
branding = 88.5 WFCR
slogan = Public Radio for Western New England
airdate = May 6, 1961
frequency = WFCR: 88.5 MHz HD Radio
WNNZ: 640 kHz
format = Public Radio
power =
erp = WFCR: 13,000 watts
WNNZ: 50,000 watts (day), 1,000 watts (night)
haat = WFCR: 295 meters
class = WFCR: B
WNNZ: B
facility_id = WFCR: 69304
WNNZ: 9736
callsign_meaning = Five College Radio
former_callsigns =
owner = University of Massachusetts
(WNNZ: Clear Channel Communications, leased via LMA by University of Massachusetts)
webcast = [http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wfcr/ppr/index.shtml Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wfcr.org/ www.wfcr.org]

WFCR is a U.S. radio station operating at 88.5 MHz in the FM band.

It is located at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts and its broadcasting range extends to western and central Massachusetts, northern Connecticut and southern Vermont and New Hampshire. A NPR member, WFCR's studios are located at Hampshire House on the UMass campus.

The station signed on May 6, 1961 as a repeater of WGBH in Boston, but soon added its own programming. The call letters represent "Five College Radio". The station is licensed to UMass, but operated by funding from the Five Colleges (Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College, and UMass itself). WFCR bills itself as "Public Radio for Western New England".

WFCR claims the distinction of being the first radio station in western Massachusetts to transmit a signal using iBiquity's HD Radio system. They transmit two digital streams, the first being their standard programming (including locally originated material), the second being primarily NPR programming and classical music.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WFCR is relayed by an additional 5 translators to widen it's broadcast area.RadioTranslators
call1 = W230AU
watts1 = 10
class1 = D
freq1 = 93.9
city1 = Pittsfield, Massachusetts
call2 = W242AT
watts2 = 250
class2 = D
freq2 = 96.3
city2 = Williamstown, Massachusetts
call3 = W252BG
watts3 = 13
class3 = D
freq3 = 98.3
city3 = Lee, Massachusetts
call4 = W254AU
watts4 = 250
class4 = D
freq4 = 98.7
city4 = Great Barrington, Massachusetts
call5 = W266AW
watts5 = 10
class5 = D
freq5 = 101.1
city5 = North Adams, Massachusetts

WNNZ

WFCR provides a full-time NPR news/talk programming feed to WNNZ, 640 kHz, licensed to Westfield, Massachusetts, which is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WFCR is providing the station's programming, and Clear Channel is selling underwriting advertisements. [cite news|last=Blomberg|first=Marcia|url=http://www.masslive.com/business/republican/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1173430375229640.xml&coll=1|title=Public radio station widens coverage|publisher=The Springfield Republican|date=2007-03-09|accessdate=2008-08-31] [cite web|url=http://www.wfcr.org/about/WNNZfacts.php|title=WFCR.org]

The programming now heard on WNNZ was moved in 2007 from WPNI, 1430 kHz, in Amherst.

References

External links

* [http://www.wfcr.org/ WFCR Website]
*FMQ|WFCR
*FML|WFCR
*FMARB|WFCR
*FMQ|W266AW
*FMQ|W242AT
*FMQ|W254AU
*FMQ|W230AU
*FMQ|W252BG
*AMQ|WNNZ
*AML|WNNZ
*AMARB|WNNZ