WFTE

WFTE
City Mount Cobb, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Greater Scranton, Pennsylvania 105.7 Scranton, Pennsylvania
Branding WFTE Community Radio
Slogan Powered By the People
Frequency 90.3 MHz
First air date 2011
Last air date September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)
Format Defunct (formerly Community)
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 29 meters (95 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 172918
Transmitter coordinates 41°23′09″N 75°24′07″W / 41.38583°N 75.40194°W / 41.38583; -75.40194Coordinates: 41°23′09″N 75°24′07″W / 41.38583°N 75.40194°W / 41.38583; -75.40194
Owner Community Radio Collective, Inc.
Website wfte.org

WFTE (90.3 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Mount Cobb, Pennsylvania, and (105.7 FM) Scranton, Pennsylvania The station's licensee was Community Radio Collective, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization.

WFTE Community Radio aired live on the air in 2011.[1] With translator W289AU on 105.7 FM, WFTE Community Radio broadcast to around 500,000 residents in the greater Scranton, Pennsylvania area.[2]

WFTE's license was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on June 27, 2018, due to the station having been silent since September 27, 2016.

References

  1. Durkin, Jessica (2010-08-21). "Room on the Dial: Group Wants Community Radio in Scranton". New America Foundation's Sustaining Democracy in a Digital Age Blog.
  2. Borthwick, Tom (2010-08-23). "WFTE – Community Radio". NEPArtisan.


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