WPEA

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WPEA
City of license Exeter, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Seacoast Region (New Hampshire)
Slogan "Exeter's Non-Commercial Radio Experience"
Frequency 90.5 MHz
First air date 1964[1]
Format Variety
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 10 meters (33 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 68250
Transmitter Coordinates 42°58′44″N, 70°57′00″W
Callsign meaning Phillips Exeter Academy
Owner Trustees of the Phillips Exeter Academy
Website WPEA Online

WPEA (90.5 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve Exeter, New Hampshire. The station is owned by the Trustees of the Phillips Exeter Academy. It airs a Variety format.[2] The WPEA studios are located in the Phelps Academy Center on the campus of the Phillips Exeter Academy.[3]

WPEA is the oldest continuously operated high school radio station in the United States.[1] The station was assigned the WPEA call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Strong Signals from WPEA. The Exeter Bulletin (Winter 2007).
  2. ^ Winter 2008 Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  3. ^ Budding journalists meet the pros on the radio waves. The Lion's Eye (2006-07-26).
  4. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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