Wyoming Public Radio (WPR) is the statewide
public radio
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network in
Wyoming, and is licensed to the
University of Wyoming.
Programming and operation
Wyoming Public Radio was founded in 1966, and the station's format is similar to that of many other American public radio stations. Although licensed to the University, the network does not produce student-derived programming. Twice a year, in the fall and in the Spring, the station conducts Pledge Drives, which is where a majority of the station's budget comes from.
From the UW campus in
Laramie, the network produces local news and music programming, mostly consisting of
jazz,
classical and
adult album alternative music. The network also airs a variety of
syndicated programs from
National Public Radio,
Public Radio Exchange,
Native Voice One
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, and
American Public Media. Some NPR, PRX and BBC World Service programming includes
Morning Edition,
All Things Considered,
BBC World Service
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, and many others.
Wyoming Public Radio also produces Classical Wyoming, a 24-hour classical format. It is available as an analog radio service in Laramie, Rock Springs and Lander. It is also available on HD-2 throughout the state.
In September 2016, Wyoming Public Radio launched a fourth radio service named Wyoming Sounds. Wyoming Sounds is a rock-based format with emphasis on singer-songwriters and a wide variety of styles including acoustic, folk, blues, soul, reggae, world and Americana music. It is carried as an analog radio service in Laramie, Torrington, Lander, Riverton and Worland. It is also available on HD-3 channels throughout the state. Its website is wyomingsounds.org.
WPR is the only public radio network produced in Wyoming. Other public radio networks and stations (including
Yellowstone Public Radio
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,
KUER-FM,
KUNC
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, and
KUVO
KUVO (89.3 MHz) is a non-profit FM radio station broadcasting mainly jazz music in a public radio format. Licensed to Denver, Colorado, KUVO is owned by the Rocky Mountain Public Media Inc. KUVO's mission is to "provide distinctive music, news ...
) also reach into parts of the state.
Stations
; Notes
Wyoming Sounds
Wyoming Public Media
Wyoming Public Media is a public broadcaster and is part of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. The organization operates several services: Wyoming Public Radio, Classical Wyoming, Jazz Wyoming, Wyoming Sounds, and wyomingpublicmedia.org. Wyomi ...
operates an adult album alternative network, branded Wyoming Sounds.
Two of the transmitters in this network, KTWY and KXWY, were previously commercial licenses held by Cochise Broadcasting which only broadcast periodically to maintain their licenses. In 2017, the FCC entered into a consent decree with Cochise by which it surrendered these stations, KWWY (in the Classical Wyoming network), and other stations for donation to other entities. KNWT operated independently from 2009 to 2017 as a service of
Northwest College in
Powell
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.
Classical Wyoming
Three stations air their own programming, consisting mostly of
classical music
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:
KUWL
KUWL airs its own programming, consisting mostly of
jazz music:
Some of the affiliates are broadcasting digitally via
HD Radio
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, with a subchannel consisting of full-time
classical music
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, mostly from the
Classical 24 network.
Wyoming HD Radio stations
See also
* Wyoming Public Television
Wyoming PBS (formerly known as Wyoming Public Television) is the PBS member network in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It currently consists of flagship KCWC-DT (channel 4) in Lander (serving Riverton); full-power satellites KWYP-DT (channel 8) in ...
References
External links
*
University of Wyoming
Online Streaming - Main Service
Online Streaming - Classical Wyoming
Online Streaming - Jazz Wyoming
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