WEES-LP
Encyclopedia
WEES-LP is a non-commercial radio station
licensed
to serve Ocean City, Maryland
. The station is owned by Edinboro Early School Inc. It airs a Variety
format featuring educational programs, oldies
music, community affairs programs, and other locally produced programs. WEES-LP maintains a public studio in the Gold Coast Mall on the Coastal Highway in Ocean City.
The station was assigned the WEES-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
on April 25, 2001
.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, or OCMD, is an Atlantic Ocean resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area...
. The station is owned by Edinboro Early School Inc. It airs a Variety
Variety (radio)
The term variety as a radio format is loosely defined as a format that plays music across numerous genera.Freeform variety is associated with a wide range of programming including talk, sports, and music from a wide spectrum. This format is usually found on smaller, non-commercial...
format featuring educational programs, oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
music, community affairs programs, and other locally produced programs. WEES-LP maintains a public studio in the Gold Coast Mall on the Coastal Highway in Ocean City.
The station was assigned the WEES-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
on April 25, 2001
2001 in radio
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