WFPR is a

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formatted broadcast

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

. The station is licensed to Hammond, Louisiana and serves

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, and

Greater New Orleans The New Orleans metropolitan area, designated the New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, or simply Greater New Orleans (french: Grande Nouvelle-Orléans, es, Gran Nueva Orleans), is a me ...

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. WFPR is owned by Northshore Media Group and operated under their North Shore Broadcasting Co., Inc. licensee.

Translator

In addition to WFPR's primary frequency, the station's programming is simulcast on the following

translator station A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

, on the

FM band The FM broadcast band is a range of radio frequencies used for FM broadcasting by radio stations. The range of frequencies used differs between different parts of the world. In Europe and Africa (defined as International Telecommunication Union ( ...

, to widen WFPR's broadcast area.

References

External links

The Boss Country Online
* {{Country Radio Stations in Louisiana 1947 establishments in Louisiana Classic country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1947 Radio stations in Louisiana