WPER
City | Culpeper, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Washington DC Metro Area, Winchester, Virginia |
Branding | "Your 'PER" |
Slogan | "Virginia's Positive Hits" |
Frequency | 89.9 FM MHz (see left for list of translators) (also on HD Radio via WBTJ-HD 3) |
First air date | 1999 |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Power | 41,000 Watts |
HAAT | 127.4 meters (418 ft) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 18852 |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°40′42.0″N 77°47′18.0″W / 38.678333°N 77.788333°W |
Callsign meaning | W Positive Encouraging Radio |
Owner |
Baker Family Stations (Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WJYJ |
Webcast | WPER Webstream |
Website | WPER Online |
WPER (89.9 FM) is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station which is being simulcast by WJYJ.
WPER is licensed to Culpeper, Virginia.WPER serve Winchester Virginia and the Washington DC Metro area. WPER is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.[1]
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, formerly broadcasting programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between 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."
Translators
In addition to the main station, WPER is relayed by an additional 5 translators to widen its broadcast area.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | ERP W | Class | FCC info |
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W201BA | 88.1 | Front Royal, Virginia | 25 | D | FCC |
W228BA | 93.5 | Leesburg, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W231BJ | 94.1 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W240BH | 95.9 | Gainesville, Virginia | 4 | D | FCC |
W243BS | 96.5 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | 27 | D | FCC |
HD Radio
WPER is also carried on WBTJ-HD3, an iHeartMedia station in Richmond. Per FCC records, Richmond repeater W273BB is attached to WBTJ.
References
- "WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ". VARTV: Virginia Radio & TV.
- ↑ "WPER Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Your'PER
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPER
- Radio-Locator information on WPER
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPER