WBCR-LP

WBCR-LP

City	Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Primary: Great Barrington, MA and Southern Berkshire County
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	October 23, 2004
Format	Low Power FM Community Radio
ERP	100 watts
HAAT	-179.6 meters
Class	L1
Callsign meaning	Berkshire Community Radio
Owner	Berkshire Community Radio Alliance
Webcast	128k Stream
Website	berkshireradio.org

WBCR-LP is a low power FM radio station with office and studio located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, broadcasting on the 97.7 FM frequency. The organization's legal name is "Berkshire Community Radio Alliance," and is also known as "Berkshire Community Radio" or "BCR."

WBCR-LP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, volunteer-run, non-commercial, community radio station with over 70 locally produced shows currently on the air. With a broadcast radius between 8 and 15 miles, depending on terrain, it serves the southern portion of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. WBCR-LP also streams live on the internet.

History

WBCR-LP commenced broadcasting on October 23, 2004.

Full power upgrade

On March 31, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the licensee of WBCR-LP, Berkshire Community Radio Alliance, a construction permit for 89.5 MHz from the American Towers communications tower in Hillsdale, New York. When built, the station would have run 550 watts vertical from 144 meters above average terrain.^[1] However,in March 2013 the Board of Directors voted to remain as a low power station and turned the construction permit over to NEPR(New England Public Radio) which then constructed WNNU, basically an all news and talk station.

Underwriting

In December 2013, WBCR-lp began accepting underwriting from local businesses and institutions.

References

↑ http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1211448

External links

WBCR-LP Homepage

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBCR

Radio-Locator information on WBCR-LP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBCR

Radio stations in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts market

By AM frequency	860 1110 1230 1340 1420 New York 590 810 1230 1300 1460

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 91.1 91.7 91.9 93.9 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.1 101.1 101.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 New York 90.3 91.1 91.5 93.5 97.5 103.1 103.9 106.5

By callsign	W230AU W242AT W252BG W254AU W266AW WAMC WAMQ WBCR-LP WBEC WBEC-FM WBRK WBRK-FM WBSL WCFM WGDJ WGY WGY-FM WHAZ WHUC WHVP WJJW WKGT-LP WNAW WOPG WPYX WQBK WROW WRPI WRRS-LP WSBS WSGG WTBR WUPE WUPE-FM WZCR

Massachusetts radio markets Boston Cape Cod New Bedford–Fall River Springfield Worcester Other Massachusetts radio regions Pittsfield See also List of radio stations in Massachusetts

Coordinates: 42°11′31″N 73°22′19″W / 42.192°N 73.372°W / 42.192; -73.372

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