WCRS-LP

WCRS-LP
City	Columbus, Ohio
Slogan	"Your Community Radio Station"
Frequency	102.1 MHz
First air date	June 29, 2007
Format	Community
ERP	54 watts
HAAT	40.6 meters (133 feet)
Class	L1
Facility ID	132329
Transmitter coordinates	40°03′48″N 82°53′45″W / 40.06333°N 82.89583°W / 40.06333; -82.89583
Website	wcrsfm.org

WCRS-LP is a North American community radio station in the Columbus, Ohio, area. It broadcasts from 3pm-3am seven days a week, sharing the frequency with WCRX-LP, and has an on-line stream available 24/7 at wcrsfm.org. WCRS-LP broadcasts on 102.1 and on translator station W252AY 98.3 FM in most of Franklin County, licensed to Marble Cliff. WCRS is owned by The Neighborhood Network and is affiliated to the Pacifica Radio Network.

The station is a not-for-profit, volunteer, non-commercial community radio station.^[1]

The station was assigned the WCRS-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 30, 2006.^[2]

Among the programs on WCRS are Democracy Now!, Free Speech Radio News, and English, French, Somali, and Spanish-language public affairs programs.^[3]

History

June 2007 - WCRS begins operations and returning community radio to Central Ohio.
August 2008 - FCC approves expansion of hours from 5 daily to 13 daily.
October 1, 2008 - WCRS begins 13 hours of daily broadcast with a crew of 45 volunteers.
January 1, 2009 - WCRS begins 24/7 web streaming of both its on-air broadcast and web-only content.

References

↑ Hambrick, Jennifer (January 2008). "Columbus Community Radio Takes Off in '08". Short North Gazette.
↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ Pacella, Eric (March 12, 2009). "Local radio station a Columbus niche". The Lantern.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCRS

Radio-Locator information on WCRS-LP

Radio stations in the Columbus, Ohio market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.7 90.5 91.5 92.3 93.3 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.7 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.1 102.5 103.1 103.5 103.9 104.3 104.9 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9

By AM frequency	610 820 880 920 1230 1270 1320 1430 1460 1550 1580

Digital Radio	89.7-1 89.7-2 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.3-1 93.3-2 93.3-3 94.7-1 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.9-1

By callsign	W252AY WBMO WBNS WBNS-FM WCBE WCKX WCLT WCLT-FM WCOL-FM WCRS-LP WCRX-LP WCVO WDLR WHKC WJKR WJYD WKCD WLOH WLVQ WMNI WNCI WNKO WNND WNNP WOBN WODC WOSA WOSB-FM WOSU-FM WQTT WRFD WRKZ WSNY WTOH WTVN WUFM WVKO WVKO-FM WVMX WVSG WWCD WXMG WXZX WYTS WZCB

Defunct	WSLN (98.7 FM)¹

¹ Now internet-only Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

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