WPIR (FM)
{{short description|Christian adult contemporary radio station in Culpeper, Virginia, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WPIR
| logo = File:WPERlogo2019.png
| logo_size = 200px
| city = Culpeper, Virginia
| country = US
| area = Northern Virginia
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1999|p=fy}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|89.9|MHz}}
| translator = See § Translators
| format = Christian adult contemporary
| power = 41,000 Watts
| haat = {{convert|127.4|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B
| facility_id = 18852
| coordinates = {{coord|38|40|42.0|N|77|47|18.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WCFL (1987–1990)
WPAV (1990)
WPVB (1990–1996)
WPER (1996–2018)
| owner = Baker Family Stations
| licensee = Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
| sister_stations = WPER, WPZR, WMXH-FM
| webcast = [https://wper.org/listen-live/ WPER Webstream]
| website = [https://wper.org WPER Online]
| affiliations =
| branding = WPER
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WPIR|title=WPIR Facility Record|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
Combined 89.5/90.5 history
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
{{see also|WPER (FM)}}
WPIR is relayed by three translators to widen its broadcast area. Co-owned WPER relays the same programming on additional translators.
{{RadioTranslators
| call1 = W228BA
| freq1 = 93.5
| city1 = Leesburg, Virginia
| fid1 = 18877
| watts1 = 10
| haat1 = 359
| class1 = D
| call2 = W243AF
| freq2 = 96.5
| city2 = Flint Hill, Rappahannock County, Virginia {{!}} Flint Hill, Virginia
| fid2 = 18881
| watts2 = 10
| haat2 = 318
| class2 = D
| call3 = W269DH
| freq3 = 101.7
| city3 = Leesburg, Virginia
| fid3 = 141387
| watts3 = 13
| haat3 = 118
| class3 = D
| call4 = W279CV
| freq4 = 103.7
| city4 = Winchester, Virginia
| fid4 = 142768
| watts4 = 10
| haat4 = 175
| class4 = D
}}
References
- {{cite web |publisher=VARTV: Virginia Radio & TV |url=http://www.vartv.com/media/wper01.wma|title=WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ}}
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External links
- [https://wper.org WPER Online]
- {{FM station data|53095|WPIR}}
{{Washington Radio}}
Category:Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1999