WPHD (FM)
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WPHD
| logo =
| city = Corning, New York
| area = Elmira, New York
| branding = Cool Radio
| frequency = 98.7 MHz
| airdate = 1989 (as WCBA-FM)
| format = Classic hits
| erp = 1,200 watts
| haat = 220 meters (722 feet)
| class = A
| facility_id = 19651
| coordinates = {{coord|42|08|31|N|77|04|40|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WCBA-FM (1987–2005)
WGMM-FM (5/05-6/05)
WGMM (2005–2021)
| affiliations =
| owner = Seven Mountains Media
| licensee = Southern Belle, LLC
| sister_stations = WENI, WMAJ, WENI-FM
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WPHD Listen Live]
| website = [https://mycoolradio.com/ mycoolradio.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WPHD (98.7 MHz, "Cool Radio") is an FM radio station licensed to serve Corning, New York, United States. The station is owned by Kristin Cantrell's Seven Mountains Media, through licensee Southern Belle, LLC.
It broadcasts a classic hits music format to the Elmira, New York, metropolitan area.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile}}
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 2, 1987.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPH-19860408ME) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=87183 |date=July 2, 1987}} The new station was assigned the call letters WCBA-FM by the FCC on December 3, 1987.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19651&Callsign=WPHD |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} WCBA-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on March 23, 1990.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLH-19890216KC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=124249 |date=March 23, 1990}}
In April 1990, licensee Dean J. Slack reached an agreement to sell this station to Eolin Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 8, 1990.{{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BALH-19900315ED) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=145945 |date=June 8, 1990}}
Completing a swap between sister stations where the former WGMM became WCBA-FM (now WCIG) and this station, WCBA-FM's call letters were changed to WGMM-FM by the FCC on May 16, 2005. Just six weeks later, the station was assigned the call sign WGMM by the FCC on June 29, 2005.
In June 2021, WGMM rebranded as "Cool Radio" following the acquisition of the station by Seven Mountains Media.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/209020/magic-moves-as-seven-mountains-media-begins-second-annual-elmira-shuffle/ Seven Mountains Media Makes Multiple Frequency Shifts In Elmira/Corning] Radioinsight - June 7, 2021 On June 23, 2021, WGMM changed their call letters to WPHD.[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=19651&Callsign=WPHD19651 Call Letter Changes]
Previous logo
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|19651|WPHD}}
{{Elmira-Corning Radio}}
{{Classic Hits Radio Stations in New York}}
{{Seven Mountains Media}}
Category:Classic hits radio stations in the United States
Category:Steuben County, New York
Category:Radio stations established in 1990