WPPP-LP
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WPPP-LP
| logo =
| area = Athens, Georgia
| branding = Rock 100 (formerly Hot 100.7)
| airdate =
| frequency = 100.7 FM
| format =
| power =
| erp = 100 watts
| haat = 26 meters
| class = L1
| callsign_meaning = Passion Power Pleasure{{Cite web |title=Our Mission |url=http://www.dailyhangover.com/mission.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012120408/http://www.dailyhangover.com/mission.html |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |access-date=November 28, 2023 |website=Athens Alternative}}
| former_callsigns =
| owner = Athens Community Radio Foundation, Inc.
| licensee = The Web Rights Association
| webcast =
| website = http://www.athensrock.com/
| affiliations = Pacifica Radio Network
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WPPP-LP is a non-commercial low power FM radio station in Athens, Georgia, United States. Owned by the non-profit Athens Community Radio Foundation, Inc., the station reaches listeners within a 15-mile radius of its studios near the University of Georgia campus. WPPP's programming includes alternative and progressive rock, as well as "news reports and progressive political commentary produced free of corporate interests and government influence."{{cite web | title = Athens Alternative Radio | publisher = WPPP-LP website | url = http://www.dailyhangover.com/mission.html | access-date = 2009-02-26}}{{cite web | last = Barrett | first = John | title = Station embraces ad-free format | publisher = The Red and Black (University of Georgia independent student newspaper) | url = http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2008/04/11/Variety/Station.Embraces.AdFree.Format-3318460.shtml | access-date = 2009-02-06}} The station is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio network.{{cite web | title = Pacifica Affiliate Stations | publisher = Pacifica Radio.org | url = http://www.pacificanetwork.org/radio/content/view/187/42/ | access-date = 2009-02-26}}
Station history
A group led by Xavier Elkins applied for a broadcast license after the Federal Communications Commission opened a filing window for LPFM licenses in 2000. The station went on the air in August 2004.{{cite web | last = Hooper | first = Sterling | title = Hot 100.7 gaining popularity in Athens | publisher = The Red and Black (University of Georgia independent student newspaper) | url = http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2006/01/10/Variety/Hot-100.7.Gaining.Popularity.In.Athens-2569656.shtml | date = January 10, 2006 | access-date = 2009-02-26}}{{cite web | title = Public Notice: Low Power FM Filing Window | publisher = Federal Communications Commission | date = July 28, 2000 | url = http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/FM_Windows/da001697.html | access-date = 2009-02-26}} Known for a wildly varying assortment of music, the station was cited by the Athens Banner-Herald as "the only radio station in the area that will play Pat Benatar right after a Drive-By Truckers song following a jazz lick - and all without commercial interruption."{{cite news | last = Melancon | first = Merritt | title = Groups scramble for Commerce frequency | newspaper = Athens Banner-Herald | url = http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/120907/news_20071209049.shtml | date = December 8, 2007 | access-date = 2009-02-26}} Elkins and co-host Jon Bird host a talk show called "The Daily Hangover Chronicles."
Community affiliation
WPPP-LP is an affiliate of Common Ground Athens, a resource center offering meeting space, training programs, and management support to Athens community organizations.[http://www.commongroundathens.org/index.php/affiliate-tools-topmenu/14-news-for-affiliates/82-new-affiliate-hot-1007 Common Ground Athens - New Affiliate Hot 100.7]
See also
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