WOMR (92.1 FM) is a public broadcasting community radio station based in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Its callsign stands for "OuterMost Radio". It went into operation in 1982 at 91.9 FM, switching to 92.1 in 1995 to gain a power boost from one kilowatt to six and allowing it to reach as far away as Plymouth. In 2010, WOMR began to broadcast up the Cape from a repeater in Brewster, which goes under the call letters WFMR (furthermost radio), and can be found at 91.3 on the FM dial.
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The station airs free form programing 20 hours a day, all of which is produced by 120 volunteers and four full-time staff members. The DJ's play what they want, when they want. Among the kinds of music that can be heard on WOMR are folk, blues, classical, roots, country, oldies, punk, funk, rock, jazz, indie pop, soul, celtic, bluegrass, dixieland, olde tyme, reggae and many forms of world music. In October 2009, WOMR replaced their analogue transmitter with a digital/analogue model and have been broadcasting a digital signal since then. This move made them the first radio station on Cape Cod to transmit in "HD". With an emergency back-up system, WOMR can stay on the air in power outages, bringing vital information to the Outer Cape Community.
[edit] Funding
WOMR/WFMR operates on an annual budget of $493,000. Its funding sources include listener support across the Cape and in many off-Cape places (45%), a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (15%), underwriting from local businesses (15%), fundraising events (10%), and rental income from art galleries in the Schoolhouse building in which the Provincetown studies are housed (10%). The station seeks listener support through three on-air fundraisers each year and also sends out two mailings asking for donations and additional member support.[citation needed]
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WOMR/WFMR partners with local Cape Cod communities and community organizations wherever possible, joining festivals and events across the Outer and Mid-Cape, often with live remote broadcasts. WOMR/WFMR produces the CranJam, a two-day music event, as a part of the Harwich Cranberry Festival the third weekend in September, and a triathlon in Wellfleet, Ma., the third week in June. We partner as well with the Payomet Performing Arts Center in Truro, and with the Cultural Center for Cape Cod in South Yarmouth, to host concerts.
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