WPTE
{{short description|Hot adult contemporary radio station in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WPTE
| logo = WPTE-FM 2009.PNG
| logo_size = 150px
| city = Virginia Beach, Virginia
| area = Hampton Roads
| branding = 94.9 The Point
| frequency = {{frequency|94.9|MHz}} {{HD Radio}}
| airdate = {{start date|1984|5|5}} (as WNRN)
| language = English
| format = Hot adult contemporary
| erp = {{val|50000|u=watts|fmt=commas}}
| haat = {{convert|152|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B
| facility_id = 64004
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|36|48|37.0|N|76|16|59.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = "Point"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WNRN (1984–1987)|WJQI-FM (1987–1996)}}
| owner = Audacy, Inc.
| licensee = Audacy License, LLC
| affiliations = Westwood One
| sister_stations = {{hlist|WNVZ|WVKL|WWDE}}
| webcast = {{Audacy.com|pointradio}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.audacy.com/pointradio}}
}}
WPTE (94.9 FM) is a hot adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WPTE is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WPTE|title=WPTE Facility Record|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} WPTE's studios are located on Clearfield Avenue in Virginia Beach, while its transmitter is located in Chesapeake.{{cite web|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WPTE&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=|title=WPTE, Virginia Beach, VA|website=fccdata.org|access-date=September 19, 2023}}
History
Image:WPTE HD.png Channels on a SPARC Radio with PSD and EAS.]]
The station signed on May 5, 1984, as easy listening-formatted WNRN, "Winner 95".[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1985/B-Radio-NE-to-Ter-B-Radio-All-BC-YB-1985.pdf Unknown]{{Dead link|date=February 2022|fix-attempted=yes}} On March 3, 1987, WNRN changed its call letters to WJQI to stand for the new "Joy 95" branding, and would shift to soft AC.[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988/B-Radio-Neb-Terr-1988-YB.pdf Unknown] {{Dead link|date=February 2022|fix-attempted=yes}} By March 1994, the station evolved to hot AC and adopted the "Q94.9" branding, before flipping to "94.9 The Point" on April 15, 1996, with the call letters changing to the current WPTE on May 6, 1996.[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1995/B-Radio-NE-Ter-YB-1995.pdf Unknown]{{Dead link|date=February 2022|fix-attempted=yes}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20180423033851/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68714765.html HighBeam]
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.audacy.com/pointradio}}{{FM station data|64004|WPTE}}
{{Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Virginia}}
{{Entercom}}
Category:Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States