NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Local radio station WNAW on Curran Highway switched to a country format this month and shifted around its hosts. 

 

The station is now New Country 94.7 FM on the dial as of March 1. Owner Townsquare Media says this gives the Pittsfield/North County region its own country station; Townsquare's New Country 107.7 GNA out of Albany, N.Y., can be picked up in some parts of the region. 

 

Townsquare purchased six radio stations and two FM translators (94.1 and 103.3) in 2017 from Gamma Broadcasting LLC and Berkshire Broadcasting Co. 

 

This brought Gamma's WBEC-FM 95.9/AM-1110 and WUPE-FM 100.1, WNAW-AM) 1230, WSBS-AM 860 from Berkshire Broadcasting into Townsquare's portfolio of more than 330 stations. It also acquired all the capital stock of Berkshire Broadcasting.

 

RadioInsight reports that Rich Whitman of WBEC will host mornings and Ryan Pause and longtime host Dave Fierro will move to afternoons. 

 

The station will continue to carry Boston sports, including the Red Sox play by plays. 

 

WNAW was formerly as WMNB for decades. Northern Berkshire Community Television Corp. was able to acquire the call letters to launch WMNB-lp on 107.1 FM about eight years ago. The low power station can be heard throughout North Adams and carries public access and original programming.