WLPZ-LP

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| name = WLPZ-LP

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| city = Leominster, Massachusetts

| country = US

| area = Leominster, Massachusetts

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| frequency = {{Frequency|95.1|MHz}}

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| airdate = January 26, 2017

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| format = Community radio

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| power =

| erp = 21 watts

| haat = {{Convert|64.2|m|ft|sp=us}}

| class = L1

| facility_id = 195191

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{Coord|42|32|16.3|N|71|43|31.2|W|type:landmark_region:US-MA_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}

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| owner = City of Leominster

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| webcast = {{listenlive|http://s15.myradiostream.com:16782/listen.m4a}}

| website = {{URL|http://wlpz.org/}}

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WLPZ-LP (95.1 FM) is a community radio station licensed to Leominster, Massachusetts and serves the Leominster area. Its broadcast license is held by the City of Leominster and is operated by a staff of all volunteers and broadcasts 24 hours a day 7 days a week. WLPZ's studios are located in the city's Gallagher Building; its transmitter is located off Sunrise Avenue.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 31, 2014. The new station was assigned the WLPZ-LP call sign by the FCC on March 11, 2016. The station received its license to cover from the FCC on January 26, 2017; it signed on the same day with a 45-minute test broadcast hosted by Leominster mayor Dean Mazzarella. WLPZ-LP's community radio format was described by Mazzarella as "information, fun and entertainment in the community"; emergency information is also broadcast by the station.

References

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{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |work=CDBS Public Access Database |title=Call Sign History |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=195191&Callsign=WLPZ-LP |date=March 11, 2016 |accessdate=March 2, 2017}}

{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BNPL-20131113ABW) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1588282 |date=January 31, 2014 |accessdate=March 2, 2017}}

{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLL-20170125AHC) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1747944 |date=January 26, 2017 |accessdate=March 2, 2017}}

{{cite web |website=Sentinel & Enterprise |title=WLPZ hits the airwaves today, and local broadcasters are invited to join in |last=Jasinski |first=Peter |url=http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_30752677/tune-and-take-microphone |date=January 26, 2017 |accessdate=March 2, 2017}}

{{cite news|last1=Dore|first1=David|title=Live, from Leominster, it's WLPZ|url=http://www.leominsterchamp.com/articles/live-from-leominster-its-wlpz/|accessdate=January 1, 2018|work=Leominster Champion|date=February 2, 2017}}

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External links

{{Official website|http://wlpz.org/}}

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Category:Radio stations established in 2017

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Category:2017 establishments in Massachusetts

Category:Community radio stations in the United States