WPRO-FM
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City of license | Providence, Rhode Island |
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Broadcast area | Providence metropolitan area |
Branding | 92 Pro FM |
Slogan | "Today's Hit Music" |
Frequency | 92.3 MHz/Channel 222 |
First air date | April 17, 1948 |
Format | Top 40 |
ERP | 39,000 watts |
HAAT | 168 meters |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 64841 |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°48′18″N 71°28′24″W / 41.80500°N 71.47333°W |
Callsign meaning | PROvidence (callsign originates with parent A.M. WPRO) |
Owner |
Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) |
Sister stations | WEAN-FM, WPRO, WPRV, WWKX, WWLI |
Webcast | WPRO-FM Live Feed |
Website | http://www.92profm.com |
WPRO-FM (92.3 FM, "92 PRO-FM") is a radio station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The station broadcasts a top 40 format. It is the sister station to WPRO (AM). The station was previously owned by Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Corp., Capital Cities Communications, Tele-Media, and Citadel Broadcasting, but today is owned by Cumulus Media.
Its transmitter is located in Johnston, Rhode Island. The studio is located in the Brine Broadcasting Center located on Wampanoag Trail on the East Providence/Barrington line.
Notable people
- Gary Berkowitz, the first program director of Top 40 WPRO-FM when it flipped formats in April 1974
- Rocky Allen
External links
- 92 Pro FM
- 92 PRO FM On-Air Playlist
- 92 Pro FM's Official Myspace
- Audio of WPRO-FM on this page from 1959 simulcasting WPRO/630 & in 1976 as Top 40 "FM92"
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPRO
- Radio-Locator information on WPRO
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPRO
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