WRRS (FM)

WRRS
City	Middleborough Center, Massachusetts
Frequency	88.5 MHz; (Channel 203)
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Radio drama; was reading service for the blind
Ownership
Owner	Talking Information Center, Incorporated
History
First air date	April 27, 2012
Call sign meaning	W Radio Reading Service
Technical information
Facility ID	177016
Class	A
ERP	60 watts
HAAT	80 meters
Transmitter coordinates	41°54′43.1″N 70°52′13.5″W / 41.911972°N 70.870417°W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	WRRS's page on the T.I.C. site

WRRS is an FM radio station licensed to Middleborough Center, Massachusetts and is owned by Talking Information Center, Incorporated. WRRS operates with 400 watts on 88.5 MHz (Channel 203). It broadcasts programming from the Talking Information Center, a radio reading service for blind people normally heard on F.M. subcarriers. WRRS was granted its callsign on October 29, 2010.^[2] It began broadcasting in 2012. WRRS went silent as of December 28, 2016,^[3] but returned to the air December 22, 2017.^[4]

Sale to Academy of the Immaculate[]

On October 1, 2021, it was announced that WRRS would be sold to the Academy of the Immaculate for $85,000.^[5] Academy of the Immaculate owns WPMW, also on 88.5 MHz.

References[]

External links[]

WRRS's page on the T.I.C. site
WRRS in the FCC FM station database
WRRS on Radio-Locator
WRRS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Coordinates: 41°55′26″N 70°56′7″W / 41.92389°N 70.93528°W / 41.92389; -70.93528

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[1] Letter to the F.C.C. regarding suspension of operations in 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[2] WRRS callsign history

[3] WRRS licensed & silent as of 12/28/16.

[4] Statement to the F.C.C. about the resumption of operations on December 22, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[5] Radio Insight: “Station Sales, week of 10/1. Retrieved October 3, 2021.

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