- Station name Station name
- WCRB
- Description Description
- Owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, the station broadcasts from the organization’s studio complex in Brighton, and its transmitter is located west of Andover.
- Launch date Launch date
- 1948
- Owner Owner
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contact Contact
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WCRB
United States
Format
258kbps • AAC
WCRB (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, which serves the Greater Boston area. It broadcasts classical music.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | Unknown |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | classicalwcrb.org |
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Broadcast profile
Broadcast profile Broadcast profile
Broadcast band
FM
Primary frequency
99.5 MHz
Service type
FM
Transmitter coordinates
42.6539722, -71.2167222
Coverage area
Greater Boston
Owner / network
WGBH Educational Foundation
First air date
1948
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Station details
Station details
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Location, identifiers, and useful links for this station.
| Station ID | 1019130 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.6539, -71.2167 |
| Map | OpenStreetMap |
| Branding | CRB Classical 99.5 |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Launched | 1948 |
| Website | classicalwcrb.org |
| Primary frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| Broadcast band | FM |
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Stream health
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| Last check | 1 hour ago |
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| Stream host | wgbh-live.streamguys1.com |
| Final host | wgbh-live.streamguys1.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | audio/aac |
| Server software | AIS Streaming Server 9.2.1 |
| Latency | 793 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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Last successful stream
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About station About WCRB
WCRB (99.5 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Lowell, Massachusetts, which serves the Greater Boston area. It broadcasts classical music.
Owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation, the station broadcasts from the organization’s studio complex in Brighton, and its transmitter is located west of Andover. WCRB was a commercial station from the early 1950s to December 2009, when it was acquired by the WGBH Educational Foundation. Since then, the station has relied on the listener-supported method of funding, which dominates public radio stations in the United States: minor government funding is supplemented by tax-deductible gifts from individuals and by payments that corporations and other groups make. WCRB programming is simulcast on the second HD Radio channel of WGBH, allowing WCRB to reach some portions of the Boston area that cannot receive 99.5, and on two other stations: WJMF, in Smithfield, Rhode Island, serving nearby Providence and the second HD Radio channel of WCAI, in Woods Hole.
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