WLPR (AM)

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WLPR
Logo-wlpr960.png
City Prichard, Alabama
Broadcast area Mobile, Alabama
Frequency 960 kHz
Slogan "Solid Gospel 960 AM"
Programming
Format Southern Gospel
Affiliations Salem Communications
Ownership
OwnerGoforth Media, Inc.
WBHY, WBHY-FM
History
First air date
 1986
Former call signs
WGRR (1983-1989) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 24454
Class D
Power 6,000 watts (day)
32 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 30°45′50″N88°06′36″W / 30.76389°N 88.11000°W / 30.76389; -88.11000
Translator(s)
  • 93.3 W227DA (Mobile)
  • 106.9 W295BB (Daphne)
Links
Website www.goforth.org/WLPR960

WLPR (960 AM, "Solid Gospel 960 AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Prichard, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Goforth Media, Inc.

Contents

WLPR broadcasts a Southern Gospel music format to the Mobile, Alabama, area. [2] The station features programming from Salem Communications.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 29, 1983. [3] The new station was assigned the call letters WGRR by the FCC on October 11, 1983. [1] WGRR received its license to cover from the FCC on February 27, 1987. [4]

The station had the FCC change its callsign to the current WLPR call letters on April 1, 1989. [1]

In January 1994, Mobile Broadcast Service, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Goforth Media, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 11, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on July 7, 1994. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BP-20613)". FCC Media Bureau. July 29, 1983.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19861126AA)". FCC Media Bureau. February 27, 1987.
  5. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19940114EA)". FCC Media Bureau. July 7, 1994.


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