WFCC-FM

Infobox Radio Station
name = WFCC-FM


city = Chatham, Massachusetts
area = Cape Cod
branding = Classical 107.5
slogan = "The Classical Station"
airdate = March 24, 1987
frequency = 107.5 (MHz)
format = Classical
erp = 50,000 watts
haat = 104 meters
class = B
facility_id = 17066
owner = Cape Cod Broadcasting
webcast = [http://bdcast-sandabcommunications-wfcc-fm.wm.llnwd.net/bdcast_sandabcommunications_wfcc-fm Listen Live]
website = http://www.wfcc.com
callsign_meaning = W First Class Communications (the original owners)

WFCC-FM is a 50-kilowatt radio station licensed to Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, with studios and offices in Hyannis and transmitter facilities in Brewster. It broadcasts on 107.5 MHz with a classical format.

The station started broadcasting on March 24, 1987 from state-of-the-art facilities on Route 28 in West Chatham. It was owned at the time by First Class Communications, run by Joseph A. Ryan and his family, who all worked at the station, including wife Pauline (receptionist), son Kevin (sales manager), and daughter Justine (sales). Joe Ryan, who at one time worked at WCVB-TV (Channel 5) in Boston, hired WCVB personalities to be on his staff at WFCC, including newsman Jack Hynes, meteorologists Bob Copeland (a Chatham resident) and Bill Hovey, and sportscaster Bill O'Connell, complemented by local classical announcers Janice Gray, Dick Eressy, Paul Jimerson, Paul Nossiter, Steve Murphy, and Dick O'Connor. The station played mostly classical music weekdays, with the afternoon drive show being big band, hosted by Lou Dumont. On the weekends, classical was complemented by the Metropolitan Opera and other syndicated classical shows, "Jazz on the Half-Shell" with Paul Jimerson, and "Folk Roots and Branches" with Melinda Isaacson.

The stock market crash of 1987 had a devastating effect on the Cape's economy, and WFCC lost significant advertising revenue. As a result, most of the air staff was let go by 1989, replaced by automation. In 1991, the station's offices and studios were moved to new facilities on Route 6A in Brewster. WFCC was subsequently sold in 1992 to Dolphin Communications, owned by Allan Stanley.

WFCC was purchased by Charles River Broadcasting (then owners of Boston's WCRB) in 1996, with its studios and offices moving to a former bank building on Route 28 in West Yarmouth. WFCC has been the flagship station of the World Classical Network syndicated service (started by Charles River Broadcasting) since 1998. The station and the network were sold in 2007 to Sandab Communications (doing business as Cape Cod Broadcasting), owners of Cape Cod radio stations WQRC, WOCN-FM, and WKPE-FM), and now broadcast from studios and offices in Hyannis, across from Barnstable High School.

External links

* [http://www.wfcc.com/ WFCC official website]
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