WWMP
City | Waterbury, Vermont |
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Broadcast area | Burlington-Plattsburgh area |
Branding | MP103 |
Slogan | whatever. whenever. |
Frequency | 103.3 MHz |
Repeater(s) | 103.3 WWMP-FM1 (Montpelier) |
First air date | March 24, 1983 (as WVRS) |
Format | Adult Hits |
ERP | 2,850 watts |
HAAT | 284 meters |
Class | C3 |
Facility ID | 20592 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°21′52.00″N 72°55′53.00″W / 44.3644444°N 72.9313889°W |
Callsign meaning |
W Waterbury (city of license) MP (MP3) 103 or Whatever Whenever (slogan) MP (MP3) 103 |
Former callsigns |
WVRS (1983-1984) WTIJ (1984-1986) WGLY-FM (1986-1999) WDOT (1999-1999) WLKC (1999-2005) |
Owner | Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc. |
Sister stations | WCAT, WFAD, WIFY, WIXM, WRSA, WTWK |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | mp103.com |
WWMP (103.3 FM, "MP103") is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format that is licensed to Waterbury, Vermont, USA. The station serves the Burlington-Plattsburgh area. The station is owned by Radio Broadcasting Services, Inc.[1]
In 2011 WWMP was granted a U.S. Federal Communications Commission construction permit to move to a new transmitter site, decrease ERP to 1,050 watts, increase HAAT to 806 meters and change to a directional antenna.
History
The station was assigned the callsign WVRS on March 24, 1983. On March 1, 1984, the station changed its callsign to WTIJ; on May 31, 1986 to WGLY-FM; on July 9, 1999 to WDOT; on September 28, 1999 to WLKC (with an adult contemporary format that caused WEZF switching to hot adult contemporary, only for WEZF to switch back to AC in 2003); and on June 13, 2005 to WWMP.[2]
The station began with a predominantly religious format, airing blocks of Christian talk programs and music. The WTIJ callsign stood for, "We Trust In Jesus." With a callsign change to WGLY-FM the station became an affiliate of Moody Radio airing a format of Christian music, lecture, campus chapel, listener-interactive talk, and devotionals. The religious format was flipped to WCMK 91.5 in Bolton, Vermont—which also took the WGLY-FM callsign—when the station was purchased by Radio Broadcast Services Inc. in 1999.
After four years as an adult hits station, the station reverted to its old hot AC format, which the station dropped during the "Alice" days under the old WXAL & WLKC calls. Now, as MP103.3, WWMP airs a successful "adult hits" in a localized "Jack" format, targeting adults 35-44 with a 60:40 skew toward men. Features of this format: WWMP, billing itself as the “Whatever, Whenever” station, plays only hits, no deep album cuts. With its "MP 103" branding and no on-air DJs, the station patterns itself as an over-the-air MP3 player. Commercial breaks are limited to 4 to 5 messages an hour.
References
- ↑ "WWMP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WWMP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WWMP
- Radio-Locator information on WWMP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWMP
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WWMP-FM1
- FCC construction permit