WCPR-FM
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| City of license | Wiggins, Mississippi |
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| Broadcast area | Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi |
| Branding | 97.9 WCPR |
| Slogan | "CPR Rocks" |
| Frequency | 97.9 MHz |
| Format | Active Rock |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 142 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 72194 |
| Owner |
L&L Broadcasting (L&L Licensee, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 979cprrocks.com |
WCPR-FM (97.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Wiggins, Mississippi, and its transmitter is located in Saucier, Mississippi, on a 466-foot tower at 50,000 watts of power. WCPR plays all new rock alternative and some active rock from the 1980s and 1990s but mostly new rock. The station's signal reaches far west to Covington, Louisiana, far east to Mobile, Alabama, and far north as Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
The station started with a country music format and was called WUSD US 98 from 1995 to 1996. Sometime in 1996 WCPR was born and became the first new rock station in the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The current line up on the station as of April 2008 is the following:
- Mornings with Walton and Johnson
- Middays from 10a-2p with Scot Fox
- Afternoons from 2p-7p with The Denver Crabb and Riley Show
- Nights from 7p-10p with Riley Knight
WCPR was nominated for a RadioContraband Rock Radio Award for "Medium Market Radio Station of the Year" 2012
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WCPR
- Radio-Locator information on WCPR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCPR
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Coordinates: 30°37′01″N 89°08′02″W / 30.617°N 89.134°W