Cypress Quarters, Florida | |
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Broadcast area | Okeechobee County, Florida |
Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
Branding | Reach FM |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct, was Religious |
Ownership | |
Owner | Reach Communications, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 2004[1] |
Last air date | February 10, 2017[2] |
Technical information | |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 76 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 27°20′53″N 80°57′04″W / 27.348°N 80.951°WCoordinates: 27°20′53″N 80°57′04″W / 27.348°N 80.951°W |
WREH (Reach FM) was a 100,000-watt FM station, broadcasting on 90.5 MHz. Its city of license was Cypress Quarters in Okeechobee County, Florida. The station went on the air in 2004.[1] Reach Communications, ReachFM's parent company, was formed in association with Calvary Chapel of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. When it was active, ReachFM's programming was geared towards a diverse active Christian audience. According to its website, WREH's last day of programming was March 30, 2016.[3] On February 15, 2017, Reach Communications informed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that WREH had ceased broadcasting on February 10;[2] on April 18, 2017, it surrendered the station's license, and the license was cancelled by the FCC on April 19, 2017.[4]
ReachFM was heard throughout the state of Florida on more than 40 translators:
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W298AM | 107.5 | Aurora, Florida | 13 | D | FCC FM Query |
W220DQ | 91.9 | Belle Glade, Florida | 13 | D | FCC FM Query |
W241AX | 96.1 | Boca Raton, Florida | 13 | D | FCC FM Query |
W246BT | 97.1 | Clermont, Florida | 27 | D | FCC FM Query |
W275AX | 102.9 | Fort Meade, Florida | 27 | D | FCC FM Query |
W244BJ | 96.7 | Frostproof, Florida | 19 | D | FCC FM Query |
W282BG | 104.3 | Grant, Florida | 40 | D | FCC FM Query |
W243AR | 96.5 | Lehigh Acres, Florida | 28 | D | FCC FM Query |
W233AP | 94.5 | Oakland Park, Florida | 27 | D | FCC FM Query |
W273BR | 102.5 | Palm Coast, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
W214BV | 90.7 | Port Charlotte, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
W236AO | 95.1 | Port St. Lucie, Florida | 13 | D | FCC FM Query |
W244BK | 96.7 | Twentymile Bend, Florida | 80 | D | FCC FM Query |
W220DZ | 91.9 | Wesley Chapel, Florida | 8 | D | FCC FM Query |
W299AU | 107.7 | Zolfo Springs, Florida | 19 | D | FCC FM Query |
The station's programming could also have been heard on four full-power FM radio digital subchannels in Florida:
It was announced on July 2, 2012 that Reach Communications was selling the following translators to Beasley Broadcasting for $150,000, which would serve as rebroadcasters for WWCN 770 ESPN:[5]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W268AH | 101.5 | Bonita Springs, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
W251AL | 98.1 | Fort Myers, Florida | 80 | D | FCC FM Query |
W286AK | 105.1 | Naples, Florida | 19 | D | FCC FM Query |
These translators now serve as repeaters for WRXK-FM HD2 (going by the slogan The Link) along with the following translator:[6]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W243BM | 96.5 | Suncoast Estates, Florida | 26 | D | FCC FM Query |
Some translators were sold to Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia), which sparked rumors that Reach FM would sell all of its remaining translators to iHeartMedia.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W283AN | 104.5 | Altamonte Springs, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
W202CB | 88.3 (now 99.1) | Bayonet Point, Florida | 27 | D | FCC FM Query |
W207BU | 89.3 (now 100.3) | Bayonet Point, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
W228BV | 94.5 (now 93.5) | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | 80 | D | FCC FM Query |
W233AV | 94.5 | Gulfport, Florida | 10 | D | FCC FM Query |
One translator got sold to Beasley Media Group in November 2014 and became a repeater for WSBR on 740 AM.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
W245BC | 96.9 | Lauderdale Lakes, Florida | 67 | D | FCC FM Query |