WCPR-FM

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WCPR-FM
Broadcast area Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
Frequency 97.9  MHz
Branding97-9 CPR Rocks
Programming
Languages English
Format Active rock
Ownership
Owner TeleSouth Communications Inc
WXYK, WOSM, WGBL, WANG
History
First air date
1994
Former call signs
WPHF (1990)
WOTC (1990–1992)
WUSD (1992–1995) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 72194
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 142 meters (466 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
 30°37′02.70″N89°08′03.20″W / 30.6174167°N 89.1342222°W / 30.6174167; -89.1342222
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 979cprrocks.com

WCPR-FM (97.9 MHz) is a radio station licensed to D'Iberville, Mississippi. Its transmitter is located in Saucier, Mississippi, on a 466-foot tower at 50,000 watts of power. WCPR plays primarily rock and alternative music. The station's signal reaches far west to Covington, Louisiana, far east to Mobile, Alabama, and far north to Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

History

The station started out with a country music format as "US 98" from 1994–1995. On September 20, 1995, the station dropped country for active rock as "Real Rock 97.9 WCPR" and became the first new rock station on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. WCPR was founded and conceived by New Orleans Radio veterans Kenny Vest, Scot Fox, and Weerd Wayne Watkins. Vest, Fox, and Kyle Curley are all original staffers that are still at the radio station today, 29 years later.

In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, WCPR was nominated for a RadioContraband Rock Radio Award for "Small Market Radio Station of the Year".

In July 2014, station owner, Triad Broadcasting was sold to Alpha Media along with sister stations, WXYK, WGBL, WQBB and WTNI.

In December 2018, Alpha Media announced that it would be selling its Gulf Coast cluster to local Mississippi broadcast company, Telesouth Communications Inc, who already owns WOSM, the Biloxi affiliate of its Supertalk Mississippi network in the market. The FCC approved the sale on February 12, 2019, and closed on March 1, 2019.


  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". Licensing and Management System. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCPR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
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