WPUT (FM)

"WQCD (FM)" redirects here. For other uses, see WQCD (disambiguation).

WPUT (90.1 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve North Salem, New York, United States. The station is owned by Dennis and Maureen Jackson, through licensee Foothills Public Radio, Inc. The station airs a jazz music and community radio format.^[3]

WPUT

North Salem, New York
Frequency	90.1 MHz
Programming
Format	Jazz; community
Ownership
Owner	Dennis and Maureen Jackson (Foothills Public Radio, Inc.)
History
First air date	2012 (2012)
Former call signs	WVWA (2008) WJJZ (2008–2009) WJZZ (2009–2014) WQCD (2014–2015) WPUT-FM (July 1–7, 2015)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	175564
Class	A
ERP	440 watts
HAAT	−13 meters (−43 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°19′44″N 73°35′29″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on January 22, 2008.^[4] The new station was assigned the call sign WVWA by the FCC on May 29, 2008.^[1] While still under construction, the station applied for a new call sign and was assigned WJJZ by the FCC on September 22, 2008.^[1][5] The station was assigned the WJZZ call letters by the FCC on March 31, 2009.^[1][6] The station changed its call sign to WQCD on October 2, 2014, and to WPUT-FM on June 2, 2015; on July 8, 2015, the "-FM" suffix was dropped.^[1]