| 词条 | WBEC (AM) |
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| name = WBEC | image = WBEC1420.png | city = Pittsfield, Massachusetts | area = | branding = AM 1420 WBEC | slogan = | frequency = 1420 kHz | translator = W230CP (93.9 MHz, Pittsfield) | airdate = {{Start date|1947|03}}[1] | format = News Talk Information | power = 1,000 watts | class = B | facility_id = 2714 | coordinates = {{coord|42|26|38.7|N|73|16|42.78|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WBEC|display=inline,title}} | callsign_meaning = Berkshire Eagle Company (original owner) | former_callsigns = | owner = Townsquare Media | licensee = Townsquare Media Pittsfield License, LLC | sister_stations = WBEC-FM, WNAW, WUPE, WUPE-FM, WSBS | webcast = | website = {{URL|http://1420wbec.com/}} | affiliations = ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Fox Sports Radio Westwood One }}WBEC (1420 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Established in 1947, the station is licensed to serve Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. The station is owned by Townsquare Media and features programming from ABC News Radio and Premiere Networks, including Premiere's talk network and Fox Sports Radio.[2] When it originally went on the air in 1947, WBEC was owned by The Berkshire Eagle Company, which is reflected in the station’s call letters. In the 1960s, WBEC’s AM and FM stations were sold to Richard S. Jackson, who held on to them until the early 1980s, when he sold them to Bob Howard Communications. Howard, according to iBerkshires.com, was a former NBC TV President, “who kept the stations until they were sold in bankruptcy,”[3] to Joe Gallagher Associates. Gallagher later sold WBEC to Telemedia Corporation, whose parent company was sold to Vox Media in August 1999. WBEC has a rich history of broadcasting in Berkshire County, which has included, at various times, top 40 music, local news, sports, and original programs such as Sound Off 1420, a morning talk show that was popular in the 1970s and early 1980s. Early adopters of the Marti Electronics Remote Pickup Unit (RPU), WBEC had the ability to offer live local sports and remote broadcasts during special events. Well-known on-air personalities who have been on WBEC's airwaves include Bob Cudmore, Bill Watson, Rick Bletaire,[4] and Larry Kratka. On March 5, 2012, WBEC announced it would no longer carry The Rush Limbaugh Show in response to Limbaugh's derogatory remarks about law student Sandra Fluke. General manager Peter Barry told local NPR member station WFCR that he and his staff had been troubled by Limbaugh's rhetoric for many years, but his attacks on Fluke were the last straw. WBEC is believed to be the second of Limbaugh's affiliates to cancel his show; KPUA in Hilo, Hawaii had dropped Limbaugh a few hours earlier.[5] WBEC replaced Limbaugh with The Mike Huckabee Show upon that show's launch on April 9 of the same year. The station began to run The Howie Carr Show on January 5, 2015. In August 2013, Gamma Broadcasting reached a deal to sell its Berkshire County radio stations, including WBEC, to Reed Miami Holdings;[6] the sale was canceled on December 30, 2013.[7] In October 2016, Gamma agreed to sell its stations to Galaxy Communications;[8] that sale also fell through, and in 2017 the stations were acquired by Townsquare Media.[9] Translator{{RadioTranslators| callsign = WBEC | width = | call1 = W230CP | freq1 = 93.9 | fid1 = 153531 | watts1 = 1 | class1 = D | city1 = Pittsfield, Massachusetts | coord1 = {{coord|42|26|52.2|N|73|15|17.78|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=W230CP}} | notes1 = }} References1. ^{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-212|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=March 7, 2012}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WBEC |title=WBEC Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.iberkshires.com/story/6209/Pittsfield-s-WBEC-Radio-sold-to-Vox-Media.html|title=Pittsfield's WBEC Radio sold to Vox Media|access-date=2017-12-13}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2016_05_15_archive.html|title=Media Confidential|website=mediaconfidential.blogspot.com|access-date=2017-12-13}} 5. ^Pittsfield Mass. Radio Station Drops Rush Limbaugh After Contraception Controversy. WFCR, 2012-03-05. 6. ^{{cite news|title=Western Massachusetts Cluster Sold|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/121608/western-massachusetts-cluster-sold|accessdate=August 29, 2013|newspaper=All Access|date=August 23, 2013}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Venta|first=Lance|title=Pittsfield Cluster Sale Withdrawn|url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/87396/pittsfield-cluster-sale-dismissed/|accessdate=March 30, 2014|newspaper=RadioInsight|date=January 14, 2014}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Galaxy Communications Acquires Pittsfield Cluster|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/108748/galaxy-communications-acquires-pittsfield-cluster/|accessdate=April 19, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=October 17, 2016}} 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Venta|first1=Lance|title=Townsquare Media Acquires Six In Massachusetts|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118736/townsquare-media-acquires-six-massachusetts/|accessdate=November 14, 2017|work=RadioInsight|date=July 18, 2017}} External links
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