WUMB-FM

WUMB

City	Boston, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	Greater Boston
Branding	WUMB Radio
Frequency	91.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeater(s)	(see table below)
First air date	September 19, 1982 (1982-09-19)^[1]
Format	Americana/Roots/Blues/Folk
ERP	160 watts
HAAT	189 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	66578
Transmitter coordinates	42°14′49.00″N 71°2′56.00″W / 42.2469444°N 71.0488889°W / 42.2469444; -71.0488889 (WUMB-FM)
Callsign meaning	University of Massachusetts Boston
Affiliations	American Public Media
Owner	University of Massachusetts Boston (University of Massachusetts)
Webcast	http://player.streamguys.com/wumb/sgplayer/player.php
Website	www.wumb.org

WUMB-FM (91.9 FM) in Boston, Massachusetts is the radio station of University of Massachusetts Boston. It broadcast an Americana/Blues/Roots/Folk mix hosted by its staff weekdays. On weekends the station concentrates on traditional folk, Celtic, blues, and world music including syndicated programs.^[2]^[3] Overnight programming starting at midnight and usually through 5am is a repeat of a portion of the previous day's programming; an announcement of this fact is made at midnight. The station has received many awards for its folk music programming.^[4]

Programming

WUMB's previous logo as "Folk Radio"

WUMB-FM operates as a noncommercial public radio-style station which carries some NPR programming. HD Radio technology allows WUMB to transmit a high-quality digital signal.^[5] Due to the crowded state of the noncommercial end of the FM dial in New England, WUMB operates at a modest 160 watts, effectively limiting its coverage area to Boston itself and its innermost suburbs. To widen its signal, it operates a network of seven repeater stations across eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. WUMB-FM can also be heard on the Internet at both low bit rate for those with dial up connection and in stereo for those with broadband service.

Since 1998 WUMB sponsored a live music festival, called the Boston Folk Festival through 2009 but renamed to WUMB Music Fest in 2010 and 2011. The first festival was held at scattered sites in Boston's Back Bay. Since then it has taken place on the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus. The event is currently in hiatus, however WUMB does continue to participate in music festivals around New England like the Lowell Summer Music Series and the New Bedford Folk Festival.^[6]

Until 2013, WUMB broadcast with 660 watts, with a height above average terrain of 63 meters; after the station lost its then-transmitter site, the station moved to a new site and began broadcasting with its present 160-watt facility.

Mission statement

According to the station's website:

WUMB Radio is dedicated to produce, acquire, and disseminate high quality, diverse and valued public service radio programming to significant audiences. The radio station is committed to serving as a local and national resource for the cultivation, promotion and preservation of various genres of folk music through its radio programming and selected enterprises.^[7]

Repeater stations

In addition to the main station, WUMB is relayed by seven repeaters to widen its broadcast area.

Station	Frequency	City	First air date	Power	ERP	HAAT	Class	Facility ID	Coordinates	Call Sign Meaning	Former Call Signs
WFPB¹	1170 kHz	Orleans	April 10, 1970^[1]	1,000 watts (daytime only)			D	8591	41°46′48.0″N 70°0′36.0″W / 41.780000°N 70.010000°W / 41.780000; -70.010000 (WFPB)	derived from WFPB-FM (see below)	WVLC (1970–1980) WKZE (1980–1983) WVLC (1983–1985) WKPE (1985–1998)
WBPR	91.9 MHz	Worcester	1994^[1]		370 watts	213 m (699 ft)	A	69163	42°18′11″N 71°53′52″W / 42.30306°N 71.89778°W / 42.30306; -71.89778 (WBPR)	Boston Public Radio
WFPB-FM	91.9 MHz	Falmouth	1995		300 watts horizontal 6,000 watts vertical	76.1 m (250 ft)	A	69057	41°36′50″N 70°35′56″W / 41.61389°N 70.59889°W / 41.61389; -70.59889 (WFPB-FM)	Falmouth Public Broadcasting
WNEF	91.7 MHz	Newburyport	January 13, 2002^[8]		1 watt horizontal 1,000 watts vertical	100 m (328 ft)	A	93889	42°51′56″N 70°56′17″W / 42.86556°N 70.93806°W / 42.86556; -70.93806 (WNEF)	We're New England's Folk^[8]
WUMG²	91.7 MHz	Stow	August 10, 2010		500 watts	23.5 m (77 ft)	A	122279	42°25′17″N 71°27′10″W / 42.42139°N 71.45278°W / 42.42139; -71.45278 (WUMG)	disambiguation of WUMB
WUMT	91.7 MHz	Marshfield	November 2011		1,100 watts	25 m (82 ft)	A	122278	42°4′38″N 70°42′21″W / 42.07722°N 70.70583°W / 42.07722; -70.70583 (WUMT)	disambiguation of WUMB
WUMV	88.7 MHz	Milford, New Hampshire	July 11, 2012		670 watts	12 m (39 ft)	A	174551	42°49′58″N 71°43′45″W / 42.83278°N 71.72917°W / 42.83278; -71.72917 (WUMV)	disambiguation of WUMB

Notes:

1. WFPB operated as a commercial station from 1970 until its donation to UMass Boston by GramCam Communications in 1998.^[9]
2. WUMG shares time with high school radio station WAVM in Maynard.

In addition to its primary repeaters, starting in 2007 WPNI (1430 AM) in Amherst temporarily repeated WUMB by arrangement with WFCR while Pamal Broadcasting sought a buyer for the station;^[10] this ended when Pamal shut WPNI down on November 30, 2013.^[11] WHRB (95.3 FM) in Cambridge^[12] and WLYN (1360 AM) in Lynn^[13] have also offered temporary WUMB simulcasts in the past during transitions to either new studios or new ownership.

References

1 2 3 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. pp. D–208–14. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ WUMB website history and overview page
↑ WUMB website program description page
↑ Contact Us
↑ HD radio page wumb.org
↑ WUMB Music Fest
↑ Mission Statement WUMB BRIEF HISTORY AND OVERVIEW WUMB website Retrieved July-13-2012.
1 2 Fybush, Scott (January 7, 2002). "Is WKNJ Gone For Good?". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (September 25, 1998). "WNFT, WNTN Sold". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ "WUMB's folk programs to be broadcast on WPNI". In the Loop. University of Massachusetts Amherst. April 5, 2007. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 3, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2014.
↑ Fybush, Scott D (August 17, 1994). "New England Radio Watcher: Etc.". rec.radio.broadcasting. Google Groups. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (October 8, 2002). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved January 16, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WUMB

Radio-Locator information on WUMB

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Query the FCC's AM station database for WFPB

Radio-Locator Information on WFPB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WFPB

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Query the FCC's FM station database for WNEF

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Query the FCC's FM station database for WUMG

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Query the FCC's FM station database for WUMT

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Query the FCC's FM station database for WUMV

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