Frequency | 91.7 MHz(HD Radio) |
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Programming | |
Format | Public radio |
Affiliations | |
Ownership | |
Owner | White Pine Community Broadcasting, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | April 24, 1983 |
Call sign meaning | EXcellence in Public Radio |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 72220 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 128 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°46′28″N 89°14′54″W / 45.774444°N 89.248333°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.wxpr.org |
WXPR (91.7 FM) is a community-licensed public radio station serving north central Wisconsin and adjacent areas of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Licensed to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States, the station is owned by White Pine Community Broadcasting, a nonprofit educational corporation. WXPR is a National Public Radio member station as well as an affiliate of Native Voice One. The studios are at 28 N. Stevens St. in downtown Rhinelander, in a historic building previously occupied by the local newspaper. The transmitter is off Oneida County Highway A between Sugar Camp and Three Lakes, Wisconsin, southwest of Thunder Lake.
The station operates satellite WXPW at 91.9 FM in Wausau. In a share-time arrangement, WXPW shares 91.9 with WLBL-FM, the Wausau outlet for Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. WXPW airs from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. from Monday through Thursday and from 6 p.m. on Friday to 5 p.m. on Sunday.[2]