Radio station in Wiggins, Mississippi
WCPR-FM
(97.9
FM
) is a radio station licensed to
Wiggins, Mississippi
. Its transmitter is located in
Saucier, Mississippi
, on a 466-foot tower at 50,000 watts of power. WCPR plays primarily rock and alternative music. The station's signal reaches far west to
Covington, Louisiana
, far east to
Mobile, Alabama
, and far north as
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
.
History
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US98/97-9 CPR
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The station started out with a
country music
format as US98 from 1994?1995. On September 20, 1995, the station dropped country for
Active Rock
as "Real Rock 97.9 WCPR" and became the first new
rock
station on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. WCPR was founded and conceived by New Orleans Radio veterans Kenny Vest, Scot Fox, and Weerd Wayne Watkins. Vest, Fox, and Kyle Curley are all original staffers that are still at the radio station today, 28 years later.
In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, WCPR was nominated for a RadioContraband Rock Radio Award for "Small Market Radio Station of the Year"
In July 2014, station owner, Triad Broadcasting was sold to
Alpha Media
along with sister stations,
WXYK
,
WGBL
,
WQBB
and
WTNI
In December 2018, Alpha Media announced that it would be selling its Gulf Coast cluster to local Mississippi broadcast company,
Telesouth Communications Inc
, who already owns
WOSM
, The Biloxi affiliate of its
Supertalk Mississippi
network in the market. The FCC approved the sale on February 12, 2019, and closed on March 1, 2019.
External links
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30°37′01″N
89°08′02″W
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30.617°N 89.134°W
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30.617; -89.134