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| Broadcast area | South Coast;Providence, Rhode Island;Cape Cod |
| Frequency | 98.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Cat Country 98.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2:Classic hits (simulcast ofWNBH) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Hall Communications |
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| History | |
First air date | December 9,1946[1] (as WFMR) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 25869 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 44,000 watts |
| HAAT | 159 meters (522 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°37′23″N70°55′05″W / 41.623°N 70.918°W /41.623; -70.918 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | catcountry.com |
WCTK (98.1FM, "Cat Country 98.1") is acountry-formatted radio station inNew Bedford, Massachusetts. The station covers much of southeasternNew England, with studios inProvidence, Rhode Island, and transmitter located south of New Bedford's downtown. The station is owned byHall Communications.
WCTK was originally WFMR, and had an authorized power of 20 kilowatts. It went on the air December 9, 1946;[1] during the inaugural program, Massachusetts governorMaurice J. Tobin said that WFMR was the first new FM station to sign on inNew England afterWorld War II.[3] It became WNBH-FM on November 10, 1954,[4] matching sister stationWNBH (1340 AM). On September 17, 1973, WNBH-FM changed its callsign to WMYS,[4] with anoldies andclassic hits format. On July 28, 1989, the station switched formats to country followed by a call sign change to WCTK on August 24, 1989.[5] First known as "Country 98.1 WCTK", the branding was changed to the current "Cat Country 98.1" in 1994. In 1997, the station moved its studios from New Bedford to the Roland Building in Providence to concentrate on fully serving the ProvidenceArbitron metro.
On February 1, 2019, WCTK began being simulcast on sister stationWPVD (1450 AM) inWest Warwick, Rhode Island, after that station dropped itsESPN Radio affiliation.[6] The station also began broadcasting inHD, with a simulcast of sister station WNBH's newly-launched classic hits format (Big 101.3) on its HD2 sub-channel.[7]
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