WPEA
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Broadcast area | Seacoast Region (New Hampshire) |
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Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Variety |
Ownership | |
Owner | Trustees of the Phillips Exeter Academy |
History | |
First air date | 1964[1] |
Call sign meaning | Phillips Exeter Academy |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 68250 |
Class | A |
ERP | 100 watts |
HAAT | 10 meters (33 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°58′44″N 70°57′00″W / 42.97889°N 70.95000°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | WPEA Online |
WPEA (90.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Exeter, New Hampshire. The station is owned by the Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy. It airs a Variety format.[2] The WPEA studios are located in the Elizabeth Phillips Academy Center on the campus of the Phillips Exeter Academy.[3]
WPEA is the oldest continuously operated high school radio station in the United States.[1] The station was assigned the WPEA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]
Awards
- Marconi College Radio Award, "Most Outstanding High School Radio Station" – 1992
References
- ^ a b "Strong Signals from WPEA". The Exeter Bulletin. Winter 2007.
- ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Budding journalists meet the pros on the radio waves". The Lion's Eye. 2006-07-26.
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
External links
- WPEA official website
- WPEA in the FCC FM station database
- WPEA on Radio-Locator
- WPEA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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- Exeter, New Hampshire
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