WCIB
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WCIB known as "Cool 102", is a Classic Hits
radio station
licensed to Falmouth, Massachusetts
. It is owned by Qantum Communications. Joe Rossetti is the morning show host. Matt Pitta provides news from sister station WXTK and WCOD's midday announcer Janet Birchfield make up Cool Mornings. Other DJ's include Qantum's Operations Manager or Cool 102 PD Steve McVie and Brad Martin. This station plays Classic Hits from the 60s through the 80s. Sister stations of WCIB are WCOD
, WEII, and WXTK
. WCIB also has a translator 100.7 W264BA. There is word that Joe Rossetti is leaving Cool 102.
For several years, WCIB programmed a Top-40 format. But by late 1974, after losing the top-40 battle to WCOD
, the station switched to an "Adult Gold" format
The station was later home to an Adult Contemporary format known as "Lite 102 WCIB", owned by Boston radio personality Larry Justice.
Legendary Radio personality Jim Connors
was Vice President of Operations and AM Drive Host for WCIB.
The wildly popular local music show "The Cheap Seats" returned to the airwaves after several years on WKPE as of May 2009, and now resides at WCIB from 6-8pm every Sunday evening, hosted by original founder Cat.
W264BA 100.7 FM is Cool 102's new translator.
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
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Radio station
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licensed to Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States; Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 31,531 at the 2010 census....
. It is owned by Qantum Communications. Joe Rossetti is the morning show host. Matt Pitta provides news from sister station WXTK and WCOD's midday announcer Janet Birchfield make up Cool Mornings. Other DJ's include Qantum's Operations Manager or Cool 102 PD Steve McVie and Brad Martin. This station plays Classic Hits from the 60s through the 80s. Sister stations of WCIB are WCOD
WCOD
WCOD-FM is a Hot Adult Contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Hyannis, Massachusetts. It is owned by Qantum Communications. WCOD's sister stations include WEII, WCIB, and WXTK....
, WEII, and WXTK
WXTK
WXTK , known as "95 WXTK Newsradio", is a news/talk radio station licensed to West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts...
. WCIB also has a translator 100.7 W264BA. There is word that Joe Rossetti is leaving Cool 102.
History
The WCIB call letters stand for Cape and Islands Broadcasting, the original company that signed the station on in August 1970.For several years, WCIB programmed a Top-40 format. But by late 1974, after losing the top-40 battle to WCOD
WCOD
WCOD-FM is a Hot Adult Contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Hyannis, Massachusetts. It is owned by Qantum Communications. WCOD's sister stations include WEII, WCIB, and WXTK....
, the station switched to an "Adult Gold" format
The station was later home to an Adult Contemporary format known as "Lite 102 WCIB", owned by Boston radio personality Larry Justice.
Legendary Radio personality Jim Connors
Jim Connors
Jim "JC" Connors was a popular radio personality of the 1960s through 1980s in the United States.-Highlights:...
was Vice President of Operations and AM Drive Host for WCIB.
The wildly popular local music show "The Cheap Seats" returned to the airwaves after several years on WKPE as of May 2009, and now resides at WCIB from 6-8pm every Sunday evening, hosted by original founder Cat.
W264BA 100.7 FM is Cool 102's new translator.