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| Broadcast area | Greater New Haven; Hartford, Connecticut; North Shore (Long Island) |
| Frequency | 99.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 99.1 PLR |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Subchannels | HD2: WICC simulcast (news/talk) |
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| History | |
First air date | 1948 |
Former call signs | WNHC-FM (1948–1971) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 46968 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 15,000 watts |
| HAAT | 276 meters (906 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°25′22.3″N 72°57′4.4″W / 41.422861°N 72.951222°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WPLR (99.1 MHz, also known as "99.1 PLR" or Connecticut's #1 Rock Station). licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, is a mainstream rock station owned by Connoisseur Media as of May 10, 2013.[2][3] The station's playlist includes rock music from the 1970s to the early 2000s. PLR is a traditional ratings powerhouse in Southern Connecticut, though it provides city-grade coverage to most of the state, including Hartford. The station can also be received in some parts of the Pioneer Valley.
The station, which first went on the air in 1948 as WNHC-FM,[4] has a history as a pioneer in the AOR format, with which it has closely identified since its inception in the early 1970s.
The physical location of the station has also changed as the studios are now co-located with other Connoisseur radio stations on Wheelers Farms Road in Milford. Previously, the studios were located on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden and prior to that the offices and studios were located on Chapel Street in New Haven. The station's transmitter is on Madmare Mountain in Hamden near the WTNH transmitter site.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPLR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Connoisseur Media to buy Cox Radio's Connecticut stations
- ^ Venta, Lance (May 6, 2013). "Cox Sells Stations In Six Markets To Two Groups". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ^ "WPLR history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 30, 2021.