WOCN-FM
Encyclopedia
WOCN-FM is a soft Adult Contemporary radio station
licensed to Orleans, Massachusetts
. The station is licensed to Sandab Communications (doing business as Cape Cod Broadcasting) and operated locally. WOCN-FM is a sister station to WQRC
, WFCC-FM
, and WKPE-FM
.
The WOCN call letters had formerly belonged to an FM sister station of Miami
-based WOCN
.
assets, it was announced that the popular "Ocean 104" would relocate to the stronger Class B signal of 104.7 MHz, swapping frequencies with WKPE-FM
. The swap occurred on April 17, 2007.
The current on-air line up includes heritage radio host Dave Read (Mornings), Donna Credit (Mid-days), and J. Wilson (afternoons). Artists that are played on WKPE-FM include the Beatles, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Fleetwood Mac and others. WKPE-FM continues to serve the Cape Cod community with hourly weather forecasts, news updates and community information.
Radio station
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licensed to Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans, Massachusetts
Orleans is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 5,890 at the 2010 census....
. The station is licensed to Sandab Communications (doing business as Cape Cod Broadcasting) and operated locally. WOCN-FM is a sister station to WQRC
WQRC
WQRC is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary format. Licensed to Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the Cape Cod area...
, WFCC-FM
WFCC-FM
WFCC-FM is a 50-kilowatt radio station licensed to Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, with studios and offices in Hyannis and transmitter facilities in Brewster...
, and WKPE-FM
WKPE-FM
WKPE-FM , known as "Cape Country 104", is a Country radio station licensed to South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, with its main studio in Hyannis, Massachusetts, shared with WFCC-FM, WQRC, and WOCN-FM...
.
The WOCN call letters had formerly belonged to an FM sister station of Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
-based WOCN
WOCN (AM)
WOCN is a radio station broadcasting Spanish language variety programming. Licensed to Miami, Florida, USA, the station serves the Miami area. The station is currently owned by Independence Media....
.
History
WOCN-FM is frequently one of the Cape's most listened to radio stations, especially among adults 45 and older. Upon the acquisition of Charles River Broadcasting's Cape CodCape Cod
Cape Cod, often referred to locally as simply the Cape, is a cape in the easternmost portion of the state of Massachusetts, in the Northeastern United States...
assets, it was announced that the popular "Ocean 104" would relocate to the stronger Class B signal of 104.7 MHz, swapping frequencies with WKPE-FM
WKPE-FM
WKPE-FM , known as "Cape Country 104", is a Country radio station licensed to South Yarmouth, Massachusetts, with its main studio in Hyannis, Massachusetts, shared with WFCC-FM, WQRC, and WOCN-FM...
. The swap occurred on April 17, 2007.
The current on-air line up includes heritage radio host Dave Read (Mornings), Donna Credit (Mid-days), and J. Wilson (afternoons). Artists that are played on WKPE-FM include the Beatles, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Norah Jones, Fleetwood Mac and others. WKPE-FM continues to serve the Cape Cod community with hourly weather forecasts, news updates and community information.