WHPR-FM
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| City of license | Highland Park, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | [1] |
| Branding | Power Talk 88.1 |
| Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
| First air date | May 21, 1954 |
| Format | Urban music and talk |
| ERP | 11 watts |
| Class | D |
| Callsign meaning | Highland Park Radio |
| Owner | R.J. Watkins Late Night Entertainment |
| Website | http://www.tv33whpr.com/ |
WHPR-FM (88.1 FM, "Power Talk 88.1") is a talk radio and oldies music radio station based in Highland Park, Michigan, owned and operated by R. J.'s Late Night Entertainment Corporation.
WHPR-FM's programming is generally brokered talk programming, much of it simulcast on its co-owned television station, W33BY channel 33. During late-night and some evening hours, oldies are played.
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[edit] History
The station was founded May 21, 1954 by the Highland Park Community College, as part of the college's student radio service. On December 20, 1994, the college closed down, and the station was sold to R.J. Watkins, owner of local low-powered station W33BY (then on channel 68 as W68CH). Under Watkins, he reformulated the station as a local station that serves the African-American community in the Highland Park area.
[edit] Controversy
WHPR-FM was admonished by the FCC in 2001 for running advertising contrary to its status as a "Noncommercial Educational Station."
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[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WHPR
- Radio Locator information on WHPR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WHPR
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