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| City | Amherst, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Pioneer Valley including Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Branding | New England Public Radio |
| Slogan | Good thinking. |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | May 6, 1961 |
| Format | Public radio |
| ERP | 13,000 watts |
| HAAT | 295 meters (968 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 69304 |
| Callsign meaning | W Five College Radio |
| Owner | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WFCR (88.5 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts. It serves as the National Public Radio (NPR) network affiliate for Western Massachusetts, including Springfield. The station operates at 13,000 watts ERP from a transmitter on Mount Lincoln in Pelham, Massachusetts 968 feet (295 meters) above average terrain. The University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the license. The station airs NPR news programs during the morning and afternoon drive times and in the early evening. Middays and overnights are devoted to Classical music and Jazz is heard during the later evening hours.
WFCR's broadcasting range extends to Western and Central Massachusetts, Northern Connecticut (including Hartford) as well as parts of Southern Vermont and Southern New Hampshire. WFCR's studios for most of its history were located at Hampshire House on the UMass campus. However, in 2013, the station moved most of its operations to the Fuller Building in downtown Springfield.
The station signed on May 6, 1961 as a simulcast of WGBH-FM in Boston. By 1962, it had severed the electronic umbilical cord with WGBH-FM, and by 1964 it had expanded its local programming to 17 hours per day. The call letters originally represented "Four College Radio," becoming "Five College Radio" in 1966. It is a charter member of NPR, and was one of the stations that carried the initial broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered.
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