| Satellite ofWBOS,Brookline | |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Frequency | 1450kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Business news |
| Affiliations | Bloomberg Radio |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | March 10, 1958; 67 years ago (1958-03-10) |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 1470 kHz (1957–1982) |
Call sign meaning | Newburyport |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15338 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°49′23.33″N70°51′40.19″W / 42.8231472°N 70.8611639°W /42.8231472; -70.8611639 |
| Translator(s) | |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | www |
WNBP (1450AM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toNewburyport, Massachusetts, United States, and serving theGreater Bostonradio market. The station is owned byBloomberg L.P. and serves as asimulcast of Bloomberg-programmedWBOS (92.9FM) inBrookline, Massachusetts. WNBP and WBOS carry financial news fromBloomberg Radio.[2]
WNBP has a power of 1,000 watts. Itstransmitter is located off Ferry Road inSalisbury, Massachusetts.[3] The station's programming is simulcast on twoFM translators,W291CC (106.1 MHz), transmitting fromHaverhill,[4] andW221EE (92.1 MHz) inTopsfield.[5]
On March 10, 1958, WNBPsigned on the air as a 500 wattdaytime only station at 1470 AM, owned by Puritan Broadcasting ofLynn, Massachusetts.[6] (The call letters represented Newburyport.) Puritan also ownedWLYN (1360 AM) andWLYN-FM (101.7), as well as stations inBrattleboro, Vermont, andNashua, New Hampshire.
Through the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, the station changed hands several times. In 1982 the station moved to 1450 kHz, added nighttime operation and changed call letters to WCEA. In 1987 it was purchased by longtimeWBZ newscaster Ted Larsen and Dan Friel for $195,000. They changed the call sign to WNCG, representing "Newburyport, The Coast andGloucester, 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 1998, Damon sold the station to Radio Newburyport LLC, owned by Robert "Doc" Fuller for $225,000. Fuller, along with partnerJ.J. Jeffrey, owned several other stations under their company nameFuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting. WNBP was a sole venture of Fuller with his longtime friend Al Mozier as general manager. Although J.J. Jeffrey was not part of the ownership, his voice was used for all the recorded imaging and promotional announcements. Many improvements to the station were made by Fuller and Mozier including purchasing all new studio equipment, Audisk and later Air-Traffic-Control automation, new BE-1 transmitter and installing a new tower and ground system at the transmitter site on Ferry Road inSalisbury, Massachusetts.
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.[7] 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,WBOQ (104.9 FM).[8] WNBP's studios were relocated to nearbyBeverly, Massachusetts, but the station still focused its local news and community coverage on the greater Newburyport area.[9]
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 fromadult standards tooldies. 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 toBloomberg L.P. for $1 million; Bloomberg began operating the station under alocal programming and marketing agreement on August 1.[10] The station began to simulcastBloomberg Radio programming withWRCA (1330 AM); that station also operates a translator at 106.1 MHz, which is required to limit its signal to the northeast of Boston to protect W291CC.[11] As a result of the sale, WNBP's staff was let go.[12] The sale was completed on November 28, 2017.[13]
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W291CC | 106.1 FM | Haverhill, Massachusetts | 150780 | 225 | D | 42°46′23.3″N71°5′59.2″W / 42.773139°N 71.099778°W /42.773139; -71.099778 (W291CC) | LMS |
| W221EE | 92.1 FM | Topsfield, Massachusetts | 201495 | 250 | D | 42°38′27.3″N70°56′27.2″W / 42.640917°N 70.940889°W /42.640917; -70.940889 (W221EE) | LMS |