W265AI
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.
History
The vision for WXPR was developed by Peter Nordgren, whose previous involvement in noncommercial radio was with WSSU at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, as well as KBSB and KAXE. Other early staff and supporters included Mary Kay Foltz Sherer, a fundraising specialist from Minocqua who would go on to be development director at Wisconsin Public Radio, retired Army Signal Corps colonel Elmer Goetsch, and construction worker Robert M. (Mick) Fiocchi of Rhinelander, later WXPR's general manager. The first program director was W. Scott Yankus, later with Minnesota Public Radio and Marketplace (radio program); other staff included news director Jeff Gavin and programming staff Rita Rahoi, later a professor of communications at Winona State University. WXPR was one of fourteen stations in underserved areas whose development in the early 1980s was supported by expansion grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Translators
Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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W265AI | 100.9 FM | Ironwood, Michigan | 72221 | 10 | D | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WXPR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WLBL (FM) 91.9". WPR website. 2014-03-23.
- ^ "White Pine Community Broadcasting newsletters". White Pine Community Broadcasting, Inc. 1980–1983.
External links
- WXPR official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 72220 (WXPR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WXPR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 72222 (WXPW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WXPW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 72221 (W265AI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Radio Locator information on W265AI