WVBF
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|---|---|
| Branding | AM 1530 WVBF |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk, radio reading service |
| Affiliations | USA Radio News Massachusetts Reading Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | March 31, 1992[1][2] |
Former call signs | WCEG (1992–1997) |
Call sign meaning | Virginia B. Fairbanks, wife of owner of unrelated WVBF (now WROR-FM)[3] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 63403 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts day 4 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°52′56″N 71°3′50″W / 41.88222°N 71.06389°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.7 W259DD (Middleborough Center) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WVBF (1530
radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Middleborough Center, Massachusetts, United States, the station serves the Middleborough/Taunton area. The station is currently owned by Massachusetts state senator Marc R. Pacheco through his MRP Communications and Consulting, LLC.[4] WVBF carries the Massachusetts Reading Network when not airing local programming. USA Radio News
plays at the top of the hour during locally produced programs.
History
The station went on the air as WCEG on March 31, 1992.adult contemporary formats; that station is now WROR-FM.
From the station's inception, WCEG/WVBF only broadcast
during daytime hours with 1,000 watts;[1] however, 2-watt nighttime service was inaugurated in 2002.[10] In 2006, the station's daytime power was increased to 2,200 watts.[11][12] On August 7, 2007, WVBF began to air several local talk shows from studios in Taunton; these shows moved from WPEP (1570 AM), which was in the process of closing down to accommodate a power increase at WNSH in Beverly. The radio reading service programming continues when talk programming does not air.[13]
Translator
WVBF is relayed on translator station W259DD, which transmits on 99.7 MHz. It received its license to cover on April 10, 2019.[14]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT |
Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W259DD | 99.7 FM | Middleborough Center, Massachusetts | 200670 | 20 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 41°52′55″N 71°3′51″W / 41.88194°N 71.06417°W | LMS |
References
- ^ a b c Bickelhaupt, Susan (May 15, 1992). "The little AM station that thinks it can". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "WCEG reception verification" (PDF). April 1, 1992. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
- ^ "WVBF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ a b Fybush, Scott (January 26, 1997). "Back From the Dead..." North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "Application Search Details (2)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (November 19, 1996). "MusicAmerica Returns". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ "WVBF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (May 13, 2002). "North East RadioWatch". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. February 2, 2004. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ "Application Search Details (3)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ Winokoor, Charles (August 6, 2007). "Local talk radio gets 2nd wind". Taunton Daily Gazette. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
- ^ F.C.C. information for facility 200670; retrieved June 20, 2019.
External links
- WVBF in the FCC AM station database
- WVBF in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W259DD in the FCC FM station database
- W259DD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database