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WCIB
WCIB (101.9 FM), known as "Cool 102", is a classic rock-leaning classic hits radio station licensed to Falmouth, Massachusetts, playing music from the 1960s through the 1980s. It is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. It serves the Cape Cod and New Bedford-Fall River markets, and had significant listenership in the Providence, Rhode Island market prior to a 2014 signal change.
History.
The WCIB call letters stand for Cape and Islands Broadcasting, the original company that signed the
", competing with the larger "Oldies 103" in Boston. The Makkay family, headed by Al Makkay, purchased the frequency in late 1992, and in January 1993, it flipped to a Top 40 (CHR) format, rebranded as WRZE "96.3 The Rose". In 2003, Makkay Broadcasting sold WRZE, along with its sister stations WPXC and WCIB, to Qantum Communications for $32 million. In 2008, the station, which was originally licensed to Nantucket, was re-licensed to Dennis.