WPEP

WPEP ( AM) was an AM radio station licensed to Taunton, Massachusetts. WPEP's format had been full-service, offering local news and talk programming, as well as music and nationally syndicated talk. The station was last owned by the Anastos Media Group.

History

1940s

In late , Silver City Broadcasting Corp., owned by businessman John McGregor, applied for and was granted a construction permit for an AM broadcast station in Taunton. The station's callsign was originally to be WTRN, however the callsign was changed to WPEP before the station officially signed on the air December 22, 1949. When WPEP signed on, its studio was located atop the Roseland Ballroom, north of downtown Taunton. The original format is believed to have been all local programming. WPEP was a daytime-only station from to . This meant that WPEP was required to cease transmitting from sunset to sunrise. WPEP's transmitter site was 760 County Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.

1970s

On November 27, 1970, WPEP received pre-sunrise authority, allowing it to sign on at with a power of , which could be upped to the full kilowatt at sunrise (during months when sunrise occurs later than ). News Director at the time was John P. Shaw.

1980s

Daytime-only status lasted until September 1, 1986 when WPEP was granted nighttime authorization, which allowed WPEP to transmit of power.

1990s

WPEP was sold in by Silver City Broadcasting to J. Keating Willcox's Willow Farm Broadcasting.

2000s

This would be the final calendar decade of WPEP's existence. WPEP was sold to Anastos Media Group in . Paul Giammarco was named general manager in until he left for WSAR in . After Giammarco left, staffer A.J. Nicholson was promoted to general manager.

In , WPEP added the Boston Red Sox Radio Network and carried the team's first World Series