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City
  
Columbus, Ohio

First air date
  
June 29, 2007

ERP
  
54 watts

Frequency
  
102.1 MHz

Format
  
Community

Slogan
  
"Your Community Radio Station"

WCRM-LP is a North American community radio station in the Columbus, Ohio, area. It broadcasts from 3p.m.-3a.m. seven days a week, sharing the frequency with WCRX-LP, and has an on-line stream available 24/7 at wcrsfm.org. WCRM-LP broadcasts on 102.1 and on translator station W252AY 98.3 FM in most of Franklin County, licensed to Marble Cliff. WCRM-LP is owned by The Neighborhood Network and is affiliated to the Pacifica Radio Network.

The station is a not-for-profit, volunteer, non-commercial community radio station.

The station was assigned the WCRS-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 30, 2006.

Among the programs on WCRM-LP are Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio News, and English, French, Somali, and Spanish-language public affairs programs.

History

  • June 2007 - WCRS-LP begins operations and returning community radio to Central Ohio.
  • August 2008 - FCC approves expansion of hours from 5 daily to 13 daily.
  • October 1, 2008 - WCRS-LP begins 13 hours of daily broadcast with a crew of 45 volunteers.
  • January 1, 2009 - WCRS-LP begins 24/7 web streaming of both its on-air broadcast and web-only content.
  • January 23, 2017 - station changes its call sign to the current WCRM-LP
  • References

    WCRM-LP Wikipedia