WPEL (AM)

WPEL
Southern Gospel;
Network	SRN News
Ownership
Owner	Montrose Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WBGM, WJSA-FM, WPEL-FM, WPGM, WPGM-FM, WPGO
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	43658
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts day; 135 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	41°51′16″N 75°51′50″W / 41.85444°N 75.86389°W
Translator(s)	95.5 W238CM (Endicott, New York)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wpel.org

WPEL (800

studios

are on High Street in Montrose.

By day, WPEL is powered at 1,000

FM translator W238CM at 95.5 MHz in Endicott, New York

.

History

Founding

WPEL

kilocycles and it was founded by W. Douglas Roe. WPEL has always been a Christian station. The funding came in part from the Montrose Bible Conference, of which Roe was the executive director.^[2]

In 1961, Montrose Broadcasting added a sister station, WPEL-FM 96.5. Roe was the original licensee of both stations and died in 1984.^[3]

Frequency change

On October 17, 2007, WPEL changed frequencies from 1250 kHz, on which it had been transmitting for 54 years, to 800 kHz. The switch was made to give the station a larger coverage area.

clear-channel frequencies

such as 800 AM. That gave Montrose Broadcasting the opportunity to relocate WPEL. Generally stations lower on the AM dial are able to cover more territory than stations higher up the band with similar power.

In 2015, WPEL 800 began rebroadcasting its programming on an FM translator at 95.5 in Endicott, New York.

Ownership

In addition to WPEL-AM-FM and WPGO, the Montrose Broadcasting Corporation also owns and operates radio stations WPGM and WPGM-FM in Danville, Pennsylvania, and WBGM-FM in New Berlin, Pennsylvania.

Larry Souder served as president of the Montrose Broadcasting Corporation from 1984 to 2017, and WPGM since 1964. As of April 1, 2017, James Baker, the manager of WPEL, assumed the roles of President and CEO.^[5]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WPEL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Treneman, Ann (9 October 1983). "Heavenly Sounds - WPEL's sung God's praises for 30 years". The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY). p. 23.
^ Circione, Sandra (31 December 1984). "WPEL Founder W.D. Roe dies". The Evening Press(Binghamton, NY). p. A-7.
^ Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - November 5, 2007 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). Retrieved November 5, 2007.
^ "Business Newsmakers". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). 30 April 2017.

External links

WPEL official website
WPEL in the FCC AM station database
WPEL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W238CM in the FCC FM station database
W238CM at FCCdata.org

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WPEL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] Treneman, Ann (9 October 1983). "Heavenly Sounds - WPEL's sung God's praises for 30 years". The Sunday Press (Binghamton, NY). p. 23.

[obit-3] Circione, Sandra (31 December 1984). "WPEL Founder W.D. Roe dies". The Evening Press(Binghamton, NY). p. A-7.

[nerw-4] Scott Fybush. "Northeast Radio Watch - November 5, 2007 - Pennsylvania". Northeast Radio Watch (Rochester, New York). Retrieved November 5, 2007.

[5] "Business Newsmakers". The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA). 30 April 2017.

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