Connecticut Public Radio

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WPKT/WNPR/WEDW/WRLI
City of license	WPKT: Meriden, Connecticut WNPR: Norwich, Connecticut WEDW: Stamford, Connecticut WRLI: Southampton, New York
Broadcast area	Connecticut, eastern Long Island
Slogan	WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio
Frequency	WPKT: 90.5 mHz WNPR: 89.1 mHz WEDW: 88.5 mHz WRLI: 91.3 mHz
Format	News/talk
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	Connecticut Public Broadcasting
Website	http://www.wnpr.org/

Connecticut Public Radio is a network of public radio stations in the state of Connecticut, affiliated with National Public Radio. It is owned by Connecticut Public Broadcasting, who also owns Connecticut Public Television.

It is composed of four stations located on the FM band, broadcasting the same programming at all times:

• WPKT Meriden/Hartford/New Haven (90.5 mHz)
• WNPR Norwich/New London (89.1 mHz)
• WEDW Stamford/Greenwich (88.5 mHz)
• WRLI Southampton, New York (91.3 mHz)

The stations air primarily news and talk from NPR. It promotes itself on-air as "WNPR/Connecticut Public Radio." However, WPKT is the main station. It is headquartered with CPTV in Hartford, and operates an additional studio in New Haven.

The network's first station, WPBH in Meriden, signed on in June 1978. It became WPKT in 1984. WNPR followed in 1981, WEDW in 1985 and WRLI in 1993.

[edit] External links

• Connecticut Public Radio Website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WPKT
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WNPR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WEDW
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WRLI