WPEL-FM

WPEL-FM

City	Montrose, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Scranton, Pennsylvania Binghamton, New York Elmira, New York
Frequency	96.5 MHz
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Format	Religious
Transmitter coordinates	41°51′16.30″N 75°51′48.70″W / 41.8545278°N 75.8635278°W / 41.8545278; -75.8635278
Callsign meaning	We Proclaim Everlasting Life
Owner	Montrose Broadcasting Corp.
Sister stations	WBGM, WPEL, WPGM, WPGM-FM
Website	http://www.wpel.org

WPEL-FM is a religious radio station in Montrose, Pennsylvania. It is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station owned and operated by the Montrose Broadcasting Corporation, a non-profit organization founded by W. Douglas Roe.

History

WPEL, a 1,000 watt daytime station at 800 AM, has been on the air since May 30, 1953. It broadcasts Southern gospel music and Bible teaching programs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

WPEL-FM, at 96.5 FM, began broadcasting on June 5, 1961. At 57,000 watts, it is one of the region's most powerful radio stations. Located about halfway between Scranton, Pennsylvania and Binghamton, New York, WPEL-FM serves a potential audience of more than 800,000 listeners in 16 counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania and New York’s Southern Tier. It broadcasts a blended format of Bible teaching programs, inspirational music and newscasts.

WPEL-FM began streaming their programming on the world-wide-web on April 17, 2008.

Programming

The primary announcers of WPEL-FM are David MacFadden, Brenda Sheridan, Mark Dorval and Aaron Griggs.

Ownership

The Montrose Broadcasting Corporation also owns and operates radio stations WPGM-AM/FM in Danville, Pennsylvania and WBGM-FM in New Berlin, Pennsylvania.

Translators

In addition to the main transmitter, WPEL-FM is relayed on 4 translators to widen its broadcast area.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W219CE	91.7	Elmira, New York	55	D	FCC
W221AS	92.1	Sayre, Pennsylvania	8	D	FCC
W234BT	94.7	Endicott, New York	250	D	FCC
W292DL	106.3	Binghamton, New York	14	D	FCC

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Radio stations in the Binghamton, New York market
Note: This market also includes the area around Montrose in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
By AM frequency	680 800 1290 1330 1360 1430
By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.5 91.5 92.5 92.9 93.3 94.7² (Deposit, New York) 94.7 (Endicott, New York) 95.1 95.5 96.5 96.9 98.1 98.7 99.1 100.5 101.1 101.7 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.1 104.5 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.1 107.5 107.9
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	89.3-1 89.3-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 106.7-3 106.7-4
by callsign	W225BC W234BT W236AP W238CM W283AG W245BV W254BH W266BK W273AB W275BC W292DL W296BS W300BV WAAL WBBI WBNW-FM WCDW HD2 HD3 HD4 WCII WDRE WEBO WENE WHRW WHWK WIFF WINR WIYN² WJOB-FM WKGB-FM WLTB WMXW WNBF WPEL WPEL-FM WSKG-FM HD2 WSQX-FM WWYL WXXW-LP¹ WYOS
Nearby radio markets Albany-Schenectady-Troy Elmira-Corning Ithaca Syracuse Utica-Rome Wilkes-Barre/Scranton See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania ¹ = Audio for TV channel 6 (WXXW-LP/Ind). ² = Station is silent.

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market
Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.
By AM frequency	820 960 1000 1230 1310 1350 1380 1410 1450 1480 1490 (Watkins Glen, New York) 1490 (Wellsboro, Pennylvania) 1600
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 90.3 90.5 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 (Hornell, New York) 92.1 (Sayre, Pennsylvania) 92.3 92.7 93.1 (Hornell, New York) 93.1 (Elmira, New York) 93.1 (Wellsboro, Pennsylvania) 93.9 94.3 94.7 95.1 95.7 (Bath, New York) 95.7 (Elmira, New York) 96.1 96.9 97.7 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 103.5 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.3 107.7 107.9
by callsign	W205BR W213BW W214AA W219CE W221AS W226AP W230BB W233CB W236AK W239BK W239BQ W250BI W269BK W275AB W278AO W297BG W300BX WABH WATS WAVR WCBA WCIH WCII-FM WCKR WECW WEHH WELM WENI WENI-FM WENY WENY-FM WGMM WHGL-FM WKPQ WLEA WLNL WLVY WMTQ WMTT WNBT-FM WNDA WNGZ WNKI WOGA WOKN WPGI WPHD WRCE WSQA WSQE WTIO WTZN WZBF
Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)
Nearby radio markets Binghamton Ithaca Olean Rochester Syracuse Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Williamsport See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Wilkes-Barre–Scranton market
By AM frequency	590 630 730 750 800 910 930 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640
By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.7 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 (Clarks Summit) 96.1 (Wilkes-Barre) 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 100.7 101.3 101.7 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.5 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550
Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 98.5-1 98.5-2 106.9-1 106.9-2
By callsign	W205AG W223CC W234BH W235AA W237DP W241AZ W241BB W262AI W263AL W264CP W269CF W274AO W282BK W283BE W288DF W291AP W297AF WARM WAZL WBAX WBHT WBHD WBSX WBWX WBYH WBZU WCDL WCIG WCIN WCLH WEJL WEJL-FM WEZX HD2 WFUZ WGGY WGMF WHLM WICK WILK WILK-FM WITK WKRF WKRZ HD2 WKZN WLKA WMGS WMMZ WMQX WPAU WPEL WPEL-FM WPNX700 WPSN WPZX WQOR WRGN WRKC WSBG WSJR WTRW WUSR WVIA-FM HD2 HD3 WVMW-FM WWRR WXL43 WYCK WZMF WZZH
Defunct	WFTE (90.3 FM)
Nearby radio markets Allentown-Bethlehem Binghamton Elmira-Corning Stroudsburg Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg Williamsport See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Religious radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

Stations

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