WNBP: Difference between revisions

| name = WNBP

| logocity = File:Bloomberg_Radio.png[[Newburyport, Massachusetts]]

| city country = [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]]US

| areaabove = Satellite of [[WRCA]], [[GreaterWatertown, BostonMassachusetts|Watertown]]

| brandinglogo = ''WRCA Bloomberg 106.1'' logo 2022.png

| sloganarea = [[Greater Boston]]

| frequencybranding = 1450''Bloomberg [[kilohertz|kHz]]106.1''

| translatorfrequency = 106.1 W291CC= 1450 (Haverhill)[[kilohertz|kHz]]

| formatairdate = [[Business{{start News]]date ([[WRCA]]and simulcast)age|1958|3|10}}

| powerformat = 1,000Business [[watt]]s (unlimited)news

| classpower = C1,000 [[watt]]s (unlimited)

| facility_idclass = 15338C

| licensee affiliations = [[Bloomberg Radio Newburyport LLC]]

| webcastlicensee = {{iHeartRadio|5800}}Bloomberg Radio Newburyport LLC

'''WNBP''' (1450 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is a [[commercialCommercial radiobroadcasting|commercial]] [[AM radiobroadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Newburyport, Massachusetts]], United States, and serving the [[Greater Boston]] [[media market|radio market]]. The station is owned by [[Bloomberg L.P.]] and serves as a [[simulcast]]s of Bloomberg-programmed [[AM 1300WRCA]] [[WRCA1330 AM]] in [[Watertown, Massachusetts]]. WNBP and WRCA carry financial news from [[Bloomberg Radio]].<ref name="arb1">{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archivedatearchive-date=March 1, 2010 }}</ref>

WNBP has a power of 1,000 [[watt]]s. TheIts [[transmitter]] is located off Ferry Road in [[Salisbury, Massachusetts]].<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wnbp&nav=|title=WNBP-AM 1450 kHz Radio-Locator Newburyport, MA|website=radio-locator.com/WNBP]}}</ref> ItsThe station's programming is simulcast on a 225-[[watt]]two [[FM translator]]s, 106.1&nbsp;MHz '''W291CC''' (106.1&nbsp;MHz), transmitting from [[Haverhill, Massachusetts|Haverhill]].,<ref>[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=w291cc&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&ThisTab=Results+to+This+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/W291CC]</ref> It shares a [[radio masts and towers|tower]]'''W221EE''' on(92.1&nbsp;MHz) Observatory Avenue within [[WCCMTopsfield, (AM)Massachusetts|WCCMTopsfield]] .<REF>[[1490https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=w221EE&x=0&y=0&sr=Y&s=C AM]]Radio-Locator.com/W221EE]</REF>

On March 10, 1958, WNBP [[sign-on|signed on]] the air as a 500 watt [[daytimer|daytime only]] station at 1470 AM, owned by Puritan Broadcasting of [[Lynn, Massachusetts]].<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1958/Radio-All-1958-BC-YB.pdf Information] from the [[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting Yearbook]] 1958 page A-300]</ref> (The call letters represented '''N'''ew'''B'''ury'''P'''ortNewburyport.) Puritan also owned [[WLYN]] (1360 AM) and [[WBWL (FM)|WLYN-FM]] (101.7), as well as stations in [[Brattleboro, Vermont]], and [[Nashua, New Hampshire]]. In 1982 the station moved to 1450&nbsp;kHz, added nighttime operation and changed call letters to WCEA. In 1987 the call letters were changed to WNCG; they returned to WNBP in 1991.

[[File:WNBP logo.png|thumb|left|125px|WNBP's logo as "The Legends"]]

Through the late 1970s, '80s1980s, and '90s1990s, the station changed hands several times. In 1982 the station moved to 1450&nbsp;kHz, added nighttime operation and changed call letters to WCEA. In 1987 it was purchased by longtime [[WBZ (AM)|WBZ]] newscaster Ted Larsen and Dan Friel for $195,000. They changed the call sign to WNCG, representing "'''N'''ewburyportNewburyport, The '''C'''oastCoast and [[Gloucester, Massachusetts|'''G'''loucesterGloucester]], Your Coastal Home Companion." In 1989 they sold the station to New Hampshire broadcaster Win Damon for $425,000. He changed the call sign back to WNBP in 1991.

In September 2004, Radio Newburyport LLC (Robert Fuller, president) announced a deal had been reached to sell WNBP to Westport Communications LP (Todd Tanger, managing member) for a reported sale price of $500,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA454166.html?q=WNBP |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=2004-09-September 20, 2004}}</ref> The deal was brokered by Frank Boyle of Frank Boyle and Associates. At the time of the sale, Westport Communications owned only one other station, [[WNKC|WBOQ]] (104.9 FM).<ref>{{cite news |work=The Boston Globe |title=New Owner, Old Sound for North Shore Station |date=September 9, 2004-09-09 |first=Clea |last=Simon}}</ref> WNBP's studios were relocated to nearby [[Beverly, Massachusetts]], but the station still focused its local news and community coverage on the greater Newburyport area.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Boston Globe |title=Mixed Signals |date=2006-02-February 26, 2006 |first=Kathy |last=McCabe}}</ref>

In March 2009, WNBP was sold by Westport Communications to Port Broadcasting, LLC, owned by Carl Strube, Peter Falconi and Robert Couture. The station began broadcasting from new downtown Newburyport studios at 6 Federal Street on March 13. The format remained the same. On January 1, 2013, WNBP shifted their format from [[adult standards]] to [[oldies]]. Among WNBP's air staff were former [[WBOQ]] disc jockey Jacky Ankeles as well as Jeff Lawrence.

On July 28, 2017, Port Broadcasting agreed to sell WNBP and W291CC to [[Bloomberg L.P.]] for $1 million; Bloomberg began operating the station under a [[Local marketing agreement|local programming and marketing agreement]] on August 1.<ref name="fcc-saletobloomberg">{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1762373&Service=AM&Form_id=314&Facility_id=15338|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdateaccess-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> The station began to simulcast [[Bloomberg Radio]] programming with [[WRCA]] (1330 AM); that station also operates a translator at 106.1&nbsp;MHz, which is required to limit its signal to the northeast of Boston to protect W291CC.<ref name="ri-saletobloomberg">{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Bloomberg Acquires WNBP Newburyport MA|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119080/bloomberg-acquires-wnbp-newburyport-ma/|accessdateaccess-date=August 1, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=August 1, 2017}}</ref> As a result of the sale, WNBP's staff was let go.<ref name="tdn-wnbpsale">{{cite news|last1=Shea|first1=Jack|title=WNBP staff members say goodbye to listeners|url=http://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/wnbp-staff-members-say-goodbye-to-listeners/article_917fc46a-c453-5100-9166-86f19e1817fc.html|accessdateaccess-date=August 1, 2017|work=[[The Daily News of Newburyport]]|date=July 31, 2017}}</ref> The sale was completed on November 28, 2017.<ref name="fcc-saletobloombergcomplete">{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1772691&Service=AM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=15338|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdateaccess-date=December 27, 2017|date=November 28, 2017}}</ref>

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