WPUT (FM)
{{redirect|WQCD (FM)|other uses|WQCD (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WPUT
| logo =
| city = North Salem, New York
| area =
| branding =
| airdate = {{start date|2012}}
| frequency = 90.1 MHz
| erp = 440 watts
| haat = {{convert|-13|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 175564
| coordinates = {{coord|41|19|44|N|73|35|29|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WVWA (2008)
WJJZ (2008–2009)
WJZZ (2009–2014)
WQCD (2014–2015)
WPUT-FM (July 1–7, 2015)
| owner = Dennis and Maureen Jackson
| licensee = Foothills Public Radio, Inc.
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website =
| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WPUT (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve North Salem, New York, United States. The station is owned by Dennis and Maureen Jackson, through licensee Foothills Public Radio, Inc. The station airs a jazz music and community radio format.{{cite web |publisher=New York State Broadcasters Association |title=90.1 FM in North Salem (Westchester County) to be WJZZ |url=http://www.nysbroadcasters.org/news/broadcast-news/1-fm-in-north-salem-westchester-county-to-be-wjzz/ |date=March 30, 2009}}
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 22, 2008.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BNPED-20071022BVW) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1222816 |date=January 22, 2008}} The new station was assigned the call sign WVWA by the FCC on May 29, 2008.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=175564&Callsign=WPUT |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=July 8, 2015}} While still under construction, the station applied for a new call sign and was assigned WJJZ by the FCC on September 22, 2008.{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fybush |work=North East Radio Watch |title=Scranton's Ron Allen Dies |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080929/nerw.html |date=September 29, 2008 |quote=The 100-watter on 90.1 won't sign on as WVWA after all (sob!), but will use the WJJZ calls recently abandoned in Philadelphia; and, yes, it will be a jazz station when it signs on next year.}} The station was assigned the WJZZ call letters by the FCC on March 31, 2009.{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fybush |work=North East Radio Watch |title=1050 CHUM, Larry Glick Both Gone |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2009/090330/nerw.html |date=March 30, 2009 |quote=The new station will be a jazz and community-radio outlet serving northern Westchester and the Danbury area once Dennis gets it on the air.}} The station changed its call sign to WQCD on October 2, 2014, and to WPUT-FM on June 2, 2015; on July 8, 2015, the "-FM" suffix was dropped.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|175564|WPUT}}
{{Hudson Valley Radio}}
Category:Jazz radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 2012
Category:2012 establishments in New York (state)