WPMW

WPMW is an FM radio station licensed to Middleborough Center, Massachusetts, and is owned by Holy Family Communications. WPMW operates with 400 watts on 88.5 MHz. It broadcasts programming from The Station of the Cross, a Catholic radio network.

For the Bayview, Massachusetts, radio station that held the call sign WPMW from 2009 to 2023, see WRRS (FM). For the Mullens, West Virginia, radio station that held the call sign WPMW at 92.7 FM from 1981 to 2008, see WKQR.
WPMW
Frequency88.5 MHz
BrandingThe Station of the Cross
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatCatholic radio
NetworkThe Station of the Cross
AffiliationsEWTN Radio
Ownership
OwnerHoly Family Communications
WRRS
History
First air date
April 27, 2012[1]
Former call signs
WRRS (2010–2023)
Technical information
Facility ID177016
ClassA
ERP60 watts
HAAT80 meters (260 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°54′43.1″N 70°52′13.5″W
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitethestationofthecross.com/stations/middleborough-center-ma/

History

The station was granted the call sign WRRS on October 29, 2010.[2] It began broadcasting in 2012 with programming from the Talking Information Center, a radio reading service for blind people normally heard on FM subcarriers. WRRS went silent as of December 28, 2016,[3] but returned to the air December 22, 2017.[4]

On October 1, 2021, it was announced that WRRS would be sold by Talking Information Center, Incorporated to the Academy of the Immaculate for $85,000.[5] Academy of the Immaculate owned WPMW, also on 88.5 MHz. The sale was consummated on November 29, 2021.

Effective March 20, 2023, WRRS and WPMW were sold to Holy Family Communications for $150,000. The two stations swapped call signs on August 15, 2023.[6]

References
  1. Letter to the F.C.C. regarding suspension of operations in 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. WRRS callsign history
  3. WRRS licensed & silent as of 12/28/16.
  4. Statement to the F.C.C. about the resumption of operations on December 22, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  5. Radio Insight: “Station Sales, week of 10/1. Retrieved October 3, 2021.
  6. Moskowitz, Esq., Allan G. (August 9, 2023). "Form 380 - Exchange Request". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

41°55′26″N 70°56′7″W


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