WREA-LP (104.9 FM, "Radio Redentor") is a

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to serve

Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, that lies between the western bank of the Connecticut River and the Mount Tom Range. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 38,247. Loca ...

. The station is owned by Radio Redentor. It airs

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programming. The station was assigned the WREA-LP call letters by the

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on November 29,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. Another Spanish-language religious station, WLHZ-LP in Springfield, had also been assigned the 104.9 MHz frequency but in March 2008 received a

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from the FCC to relocate to 107.9 MHz to avoid interference with WREA-LP.

References

External links

WREA-LP official website
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