WCOM-LP

WCOM-LP
Broadcast areaChapel Hill, North Carolina
Frequency103.5 MHz
Programming
FormatVariety
AffiliationsPacifica Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerPublic Gallery of Carrboro, Inc.
History
First air date
September 29, 2004
Call sign meaning
Community
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID135187
ClassL1
ERP100 watts
HAAT27.7 meters (91 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°52′38″N 79°04′09″W / 35.87722°N 79.06917°W / 35.87722; -79.06917
Links
Public license information
LMS
WebcastListen Live
Websitewcomfm.org
WCOM studio

WCOM-LP is a community low-power FM radio station, broadcasting from Carrboro, North Carolina. It broadcasts from a radio tower over Mary Scroggs Elementary School soccer field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Its studios are located in Carrboro at 300-G E. Main Street, near the Cat's Cradle. It is the first low-power FM station in the area, and began broadcasting in June 2004. In November 2004, the station began broadcasting a full lineup of local radio programming, including some Spanish language programming.[2] It airs a variety format.[3]

WCOM-LP is the first low-power FM community radio station in the area to be set up under a program established by the Federal Communications Commission in 2000.[4] The station was assigned the WCOM-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 5, 2003.[5]

As a low-powered station, WCOM-LP only produces a 100-watt signal; as such, it cannot be heard far from the tower. Its limits are just before the Chapel Hill Public Library and just past Weaver Street Market in Carrboro. During the afternoons, Fayetteville station WRCQ often bleeds over into WCOM-LP's radio space, due to WRCQ's high-power transmitter being fairly close by (about 60 miles).

The station is an affiliate of the syndicated Pink Floyd program "Floydian Slip".

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCOM-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Hauptman, Karen (July 22, 2005). "Low-power FM station aims to provide community radio for Carrboro". News & Observer.
  3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ Russell, Graham (January 24, 2007). "Radio station WCOM emphasizes local edge". The Carrboro Commons.
  5. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.