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WPIR (FM)

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WPIR
Broadcast areaNorthern Virginia
Frequency89.9 MHz
BrandingWPER
Programming
FormatChristian adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner
  • Baker Family Stations
  • (Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.)
WPER, WPZR, WMXH-FM
History
First air date
1999 (25 years ago) (1999)
Former call signs
WCFL (1987–1990)
WPAV (1990)
WPVB (1990–1996)
WPER (1996–2018)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID18852
ClassB
Power41,000 Watts
HAAT127.4 meters (418 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°40′42.0″N 77°47′18.0″W / 38.678333°N 77.788333°W / 38.678333; -77.788333
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
Public license information
WebcastWPER Webstream
WebsiteWPER Online

WPIR (89.9 FM) is a Christian adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Culpeper, Virginia. It serves the Northern Virginia area from a transmitter near Warrenton, Virginia, and simulcasts its sister station WPER. The station is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.[2]

Combined 89.5/90.5 history

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Old WPER Logo used from 1999 to 2006

In January 2006, Positive Alternative Radio bought the old CSN-Virginia, a network of four full-power stations and almost two dozen translators that formerly broadcast programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between the then-WPER and WRXT in Lynchburg. WPER obtained WJYJ, based out of Fredericksburg, and seven of the translators, increasing its range of its new network all the way down to Richmond, Williamsburg, and even Buckingham County. Accordingly, WPER changed all promotional materials from "Positive Hits 89.9 WPER" to "Positive Hits 89.9 and the NEW 90.5".

WPIR swapped call signs with sister station WPER on February 20, 2018.

Translators

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WPIR is relayed by three translators to widen its broadcast area. Co-owned WPER relays the same programming on additional translators.

Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W228BA 93.5 FM Leesburg, Virginia 18877 10 359 m (1,178 ft) D LMS
W243AF 96.5 FM Flint Hill, Virginia 18881 10 318 m (1,043 ft) D LMS
W269DH 101.7 FM Leesburg, Virginia 141387 13 118 m (387 ft) D LMS
W279CV 103.7 FM Winchester, Virginia 142768 10 175 m (574 ft) D LMS

References

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  • "WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ". VARTV: Virginia Radio & TV.
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