WNBP

Infobox Radio station
name = WNBP


city = Newburyport, Massachusetts
area =
branding = "The Legends"
slogan =
airdate = 1957
frequency = 1450 kHz
format = Adult Standards/Nostalgia
power = 1,000 watts (unlimited)
class = C
facility_id = 15338
coordinates = coord|42|49|23|N|70|51|42|W
callsign_meaning = NewBuryPort
former_callsigns = WCEA, WNCG
owner = Westport Communications Limited Partnership
licensee =
sister_stations = WBOQ
webcast =
website = http://www.wnbp.com/
affiliations =

WNBP (1450 AM, "The Legends") is a radio station licensed to serve Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA. The station is owned by Westport Communications Limited Partnership. It airs an Adult Standards/Nostalgia music format.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/]

The station was assigned the WNBP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 18, 1991.cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=15338&Callsign=WNBP |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

Ownership

WNBP signed on the air in 1957 as a daytime only station at 1470 AM, owned by Puritan Broadcasting of Lynn Massachusetts. Puritan also owned WLYN 1360 AM and WLYN-FM 101.7 among stations in Brattleboro, VT and Nashua, NH. In 1982 the station moved to 1450 on the dial, added night time operation and changed call letters to WCEA. In 1987 the call letters were changed to WNCG and returned to WNBP in 1991.

Through the late 70s, 80s and 90s the station changed hands several times until being purchased in 1998 by Radio Newburyport LLC owned by Robert "Doc" Fuller. Fuller along with partner J.J. Jeffrey owned several other stations under their company name Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting. WNBP was a sole venture of Fuller with his longtime friend Al Mozier as General Manager. Although J.J. Jeffrey was not part of the ownership, his voice was used for all the recorded imaging and promotional announcements. From 1998 to 2001, many improvements to the station were made by Fuller and Mozier including purchasing all new studio equipment, Audisk and later Air-Traffic-Control automation, new BE-1 transmitter and installing a new tower and ground system at the transmitter site on Ferry Road in Salisbury, Massachusetts.

In September 2004, Radio Newburyport LLC (Robert Fuller, president) announced a deal had been reached to sell WNBP to Westport Communications LP (Todd Tanger, managing member) for a reported sale price of $500,000. [cite news |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA454166.html?q=WNBP |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands |date=2004-09-20] The deal was brokered by Frank Boyle of Frank Boyle and Associates. At the time of the sale, Westport Communications owned only one other station, WBOQ (104.9 FM). [cite news |work=The Boston Globe |title=New Owner, Old Sound for North Shore Station |date=2004-09-09 |first=Clea |last=Simon] WNBP's studios were relocated to nearby Beverly, Massachusetts, but the station still focuses its local news and community coverage on the greater Newburyport area. [cite news |work=The Boston Globe |title=Mixed Signals |date=2006-02-26 |first=Kathy |last=McCabe]

References

External links

* [http://www.wnbp.com/ WNBP official website]
*AMQ|WNBP
*AML|WNBP
*AMARB|WNBP