broadcast area pittsfield massachusetts branding whoopee slogan classic hits frequency 100.1 mhz first air date july 12 1964 as wmnb fm format classic hits erp 1 300 watts haat 153 meters class a facility id 4821 transmitter coordinates 42 41 51.00 n 73 3 52.00 w 42.6975000 n 73.0644444 w 42.6975000 ; 73.0644444 callsign meaning whoopie 1 former callsigns wmnb fm 1964 1988 wmnb 1988 2006 owner gamma broadcasting llc berkshire broadcasting co. inc. sister stations wbec wbec fm wnaw wsbs wupe webcast listen live website wupe.com wupe fm 100.1 fm is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format . licensed to north adams massachusetts usa wupe fm serves the pittsfield area . the station is owned by gamma broadcasting . 2 history edit the station went on the air july 12 1964 3 as wmnb fm owned by the hardman family along with wmnb 1230 am and the north adams transcript . 4 the hardmans sold northern berkshire broadcasting to donald a. thurston in 1966 ; 5 the company became berkshire broadcasting after the purchase of wsbs in great barrington in 1968 . 6 by 1973 wmnb fm had a beautiful music format separately programmed from the am station 7 though even at wmnb fm s inception the two stations did not duplicate more than thirty percent of their programming 4 . the callsign was modified to simply wmnb on january 30 1988 8 after the am station was renamed wnaw . during the mid 1990s wmnb s format incorporated smooth jazz and soft adult contemporary programming ; 9 as a whole however it remained one of the few remaining beautiful music stations . 10 vox communications purchased berkshire broadcasting in november 2003 11 with the sale closing in may 2004 . 12 one month later wmnb began to simulcast an oldies format with another vox station wupe 95.9 . 13 the station took the wupe fm callsign two years later as part of a larger shuffle that resulted in wbec fm moving from 105.5 now wwei to 95.9 . 14 wupe fm s programming also began to be heard on an am station in pittsfield on 1110 am . 15 vox transferred most of its stations to gamma broadcasting in late 2012 . 16 in august 2013 gamma reached a deal to sell its berkshire county radio stations including wupe fm to reed miami holdings ; 17 the sale was canceled on december 30 2013 . 18 wupe fm s tower along with an adjacent cell tower collapsed on march 29 2014 as a result of high winds forcing the station off the air . the station stated that it would resume broadcasting with a temporary antenna by april 1 . wupe s simulcast on 1110 am in pittsfield and its web stream were not affected by the tower collapse . 19 the current line up on wupe is whoopee in the morning with cheryl adams middays eric greene afternoon drive todd lee mike harvey nights . references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wupe fm facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . broadcasting cable yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 142 . retrieved may 8 2010 . a b 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radio watch . retrieved may 11 2010 . fybush scott april 17 2006 . wavm living proof settle dispute . northeast radio watch . retrieved may 11 2010 . same principal new company for vox stations . all access . october 23 2012 . retrieved august 29 2013 . western massachusetts cluster sold . all access . august 23 2013 . retrieved august 29 2013 . venta lance january 14 2014 . pittsfield cluster sale withdrawn . radioinsight . retrieved march 30 2014 . lindsay dick march 30 2014 . providers broadcasters working to restore service after high winds down towers . the berkshire eagle . retrieved march 31 2014 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wupe radio locator information on wupe query nielsen audio s fm station database for wupe v t e radio stations in the pittsfield massachusetts market by am frequency 860 1110 1230 1340 1420 new york 590 810 1230 1300 1460 by fm frequency 89.3 89.7 91.1 91.7 91.9 93.9 95.9 96.3 97.7 98.3 98.7 100.1 101.1 101.7 104.3 104.7 105.1 new york 90.3 91.1 91.5 93.5 97.5 103.1 103.9 106.5 by callsign w230au w242at w252bg w254au w266aw wamc wamq wbcr lp wbec wbec fm wbrk wbrk fm wbsl wcfm wgdj wgy wgy fm whaz whuc whvp wjjw wkgt lp wnaw wopg wpyx wqbk wrow wrpi wrrs lp wsbs wsgg wtbr wupe wupe fm wzcr massachusetts radio markets boston cape cod new bedford fall river springfield worcester other massachusetts radio regions pittsfield see also list of radio stations in massachusetts v t e classic hits radio stations in massachusetts by frequency 1110 100.1 100.1 101.9 102.3 103.3 2 104.1 2 104.9 105.7 by callsign wbmx hd2 wboq wcib wgtx wods hd2 wror fm wupe wupe fm wwfx by city boston boston falmouth framingham gloucester north adams pittsfield southbridge truro see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in massachusetts see also oldies classic hits retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wupe fm & 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