WHPR-FM

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WHPR-FM
City of license	Highland Park, Michigan
Broadcast area	Highland Park / north central Detroit, Michigan
Branding	Power Talk 88.1
First air date	1954
Frequency	88.1 MHz
Format	talk radio / oldies
ERP	11 watts
Class	D
Callsign meaning	W Highland Park Radio
Owner	R. J.'s Late Night Entertainment Corporation
Website	http://tv33whpr.com/

WHPR-FM 88.1 (Power Talk 88.1) is a talk radio and oldies 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Controversy 3 See also 4 External links

[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."

[edit] See also

• W33BY

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Michiguide: WHPR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WHPR