WUMB-FM


WUMB-FM in Boston, Massachusetts is the radio station of University of Massachusetts Boston. It broadcasts an Americana/Blues/Roots/Folk mix hosted by its staff weekdays. On weekends the station concentrates on traditional folk, Celtic, blues, and world music including syndicated programs. Overnight programming starting at midnight and usually through 5am is a repeat of a portion of the previous day's programming; an announcement of this fact is made at midnight. The station has received many awards for its folk music programming.

Programming

WUMB-FM operates as a noncommercial public radio–style station which carries some NPR programming. HD Radio technology allows WUMB to transmit a high-quality digital signal.
Due to the crowded state of the noncommercial end of the FM dial in New England, WUMB operates at a modest 160 watts, effectively limiting its coverage area to Boston itself and its innermost suburbs. To widen its signal, it operates a network of eight repeater stations across eastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. WUMB-FM can also be heard on the Internet at both low bit rate for those with dial up connection and in stereo for those with broadband service.
Since 1998 WUMB sponsored a live music festival, called the Boston Folk Festival through 2009 but renamed to WUMB Music Fest in 2010 and 2011. The first festival was held at scattered sites in Boston's Back Bay. Since then it has taken place on the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus. The event is currently in hiatus, however WUMB does continue to participate in music festivals around New England like the Lowell Summer Music Series and the New Bedford Folk Festival.
Until 2013, WUMB broadcast with 660 watts, with a height above average terrain of 63 meters; after the station lost its then–transmitter site, the station moved to a new site and began broadcasting with its present 160-watt facility.
Original materials from WUMB have been contributed to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.

Mission statement

According to the station's website:

Repeater stations

In addition to the main station, WUMB is relayed by eight repeaters to widen its broadcast area.
StationFrequencyCityFirst air datePowerERPHAATClassFacility IDCoordinatesCall Sign MeaningFormer Call Signs
WFPB11170 kHzOrleansApril 10, 1970670 watts
D8591derived from WFPB-FM WVLC
WKZE
WVLC
WKPE
WBPR91.9 MHzWorcester1994270 wattsA69163Boston Public Radio
WFPB-FM91.9 MHzFalmouth1995260 watts horizontal
5,200 watts vertical		A69057Falmouth Public Broadcasting
WNEF91.7 MHzNewburyportJanuary 13, 20021 watt horizontal
1,000 watts vertical		A93889We're New England's Folk
WUMG291.7 MHzStowAugust 10, 2010500 wattsA122279disambiguation of WUMB
WUMT91.7 MHzMarshfieldNovember 20111,100 wattsA122278disambiguation of WUMB
WUMV88.7 MHzMilford, New HampshireJuly 11, 2012670 wattsA174551disambiguation of WUMB
WUMZ91.5 MHzGloucesterMarch 18, 2019100 watts horizontalA174558disambiguation of WUMB

Notes:
In addition to its primary repeaters, starting in 2007 WPNI in Amherst temporarily repeated WUMB by arrangement with WFCR while Pamal Broadcasting sought a buyer for the station; this ended when Pamal shut WPNI down on November 30, 2013. WHRB in Cambridge and WLYN in Lynn have also offered temporary WUMB simulcasts in the past during transitions to either new studios or new ownership.