WQVR (940
AM; "The Lake") is a
radio station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
broadcasting a
classic hits format. Licensed to
Webster, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the
Worcester area. The station is owned by Kurt Jackson, through licensee Quinebaug Valley Broadcasting, LLC.
WQVR serves Southern
Worcester County, Northern
Rhode Island and
Northeastern Connecticut. WQVR also provides the area with local
high school sports coverage.
History
Lakeview Broadcasting Company was granted a
construction permit
Planning permission or developmental approval refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. It is usually given in the form of a building perm ...
for a new station on 940kHz in Webster, Massachusetts, on March 5, 1979; two months later, on May 7, the
call sign WGFP was issued.
The call sign stood for Gilbert Francis Perry, a relative of the original owner.
For several years now, WGFP had been operating from a long wire antenna instead of a tower. On the site of the tower rests an experimental tower, WX1CFA, using a "crossed field" design.
On December 29, 2017, WGFP changed formats to classic hits as “The Lake 940”.
Lake940.com, “Webster Has A Brand New Radio Station”; December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
/ref> The station previously broadcast a country format.
Just Because, Inc. sold WGFP to Quinebaug Valley Broadcasting for $75,000 effective September 29, 2022; principal Kurt Jackson is a part-owner of WARE in nearby Ware.
References
External links
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Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Mass media in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Radio stations established in 1983
1983 establishments in Massachusetts
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