WPIR
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WPIR | |
City of license | Hickory, North Carolina |
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Slogan | Joy FM |
Frequency | 88.1 MHz |
Format | Southern Gospel |
ERP | 26,500 watts |
HAAT | 77.0 meters |
Class | C2 |
Facility ID | 53091 |
Transmitter Coordinates | |
Owner | Positive Alternative Radio, Inc. |
Website | joyfm.org |
WPIR (88.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Hickory, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
The station uses the identifier of "Joy FM". It has a number of repeater frequencies located as far north as Kentucky.
[edit] History
This station signed on in Claremont, North Carolina in the 1980s as WPAR, with a Contemporary Christian music format.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Joy FM's Official Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPIR
- Radio Locator information on WPIR
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WPIR