First air date September 9, 1971 Facility ID 71436 Frequency 1110 kHz Format Classic hits Area Pittsfield Slogan Classic Top 40 | Power 5,000 watts day Callsign meaning WUPE = Whoopie City of license Pittsfield Owner Gamma Broadcasting, LLC Branding Whoopee | |
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Broadcast area Pittsfield, Massachusetts Translator(s) W277CJ (103.3, Pittsfield) | ||
WUPE (1110 AM) is a radio station simulcasting a classic hits format with WUPE-FM (100.1 FM). WUPE serves the Pittsfield, Massachusetts area. The station is owned by Gamma Broadcasting, LLC.
History
WUPE signed on in 1971, as Progressive Rock WGRG. WGRG became Top 40 WUPE in 1977. WUPE became nostalgia formatted WUHN, in the early 1980s. The format was flipped to Oldies in 1990, and then to Country in 1996. The WUPE call letters were restored along with the Oldies format in 2006.
In August 2015, WUPE added an FM translator in the Pittsfield area.
In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WUPE, to Reed Miami Holdings; the sale was canceled on December 30, 2013.
References
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