WPVQ
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| City of license | Greenfield, Massachusetts |
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| Branding | Bear Country 95.3 |
| Frequency | 95.3 MHz |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 570 watts |
| HAAT | 232 meters (761 feet) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 54780 |
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| Former callsigns | WRSI[1] |
| Owner | Saga Communications (Saga Communications of New England, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WRSI, WHAI |
| Website | http://bear953.com/ |
WPVQ (95.3 FM, "Bear Country 95.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Greenfield, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a Country music format.[2]
History
In August, 1996, Dynacom purchased WRSI (95.3 FM) and WGAM from Radio Skutnik, Inc. (Ed Skutnik, owner) for a reported sale price of $650,000.[3] In August 1999, Vox Media Corp. purchased Dynacom and all of its radio assets, including WRSI, for a reported $5.5 million.[4]
In July, 2000, Vox purchased WPVQ (93.9 FM) from Cardwell Broadcasting for a reported sale price of $2.925 million.[5]
In February, 2001, WPVQ swapped frequencies with WRSI so that WRSI now broadcasts on 93.9 MHz from Turners Falls, Massachusetts, and WPVQ broadcasts on its current 95.3 MHz.[6] The 95.3 FM station was assigned the WPVQ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 1, 2001.[1]
In December 2003, Saga Communications announced that it had reached an agreement to purchase WRSI (93.9 FM) and WPVQ (95.3 FM) plus WRSY (101.5 FM) from Vox.[7] The $7 million deal closed in April 2004.[8]
References
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- WPVQ official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPVQ
- Radio-Locator information on WPVQ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPVQ
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