WBEC-FM (95.9
MHz
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) is a
commercial
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station in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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. It is owned by
Townsquare Media
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and broadcasts a
Top 40
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radio format
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.
WBEC-FM has an
effective radiated power
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(ERP) of 1,000
watt
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s. The
transmitter
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is off Alpine Trail in Pittsfield, near South Street (
U.S. Route 20
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History
In 1975, the station signed on
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as WGRG-FM, airing a free form progressive rock
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sound. At that time, it was not associated with WBEC 1420 AM
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Argentina
* LRI220 in Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
Mexico
* XEEW-AM in Matamoros, Tamaulipas
* XEF-AM in Ciudad Juárez, Chih ...
. WBEC had an FM station at 94.3 MHz dating back to the late 1940s, but gave it up in an era when few people owned FM receivers. It later put another FM station on the air at 105.5 MHz; that station moved to Easthampton, Massachusetts
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, becoming WVEI-FM
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, in 2006.
From 1977 to 2006, the station was known as WUPE-FM. WUPE began operations in 1977 simulcast
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ing the top 40
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sound heard on WUPE 1110 AM
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Argentina
...
. WUPE-AM-FM later switched to soft adult contemporary
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and then oldies
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. After oldies, the WUPE-FM call sign and format were moved to 100.1 FM.
In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County
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radio stations, including WBEC-FM, to Reed Miami Holdings.Galaxy Communications
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History
Ed Levine, current president, attended the Newhouse School at Syracuse University where his love fo ...
.Townsquare Media
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.
References
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BEC BEC may refer to:
As an acronym House
* Bapatla Engineering College
* Basaveshwar Engineering College
* Bengal Engineering College
Curriculum
* Business Environment and Concepts, a section of Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination
* Bus ...
Adult top 40 radio stations in the United States
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
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