WPIR (FM)

WPIR
Culpeper, Virginia;
Broadcast area	Northern Virginia
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Branding	"WPER"
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Baker Family Stations; (Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.);
Sister stations	WPER, WPZR, WMXH-FM
History
First air date	1999
Former call signs	WCFL (1987-1990); WPAV (1990); WPVB (1990-1996); WPER (1996-2018)
Technical information
Facility ID	18852
Class	B
Power	41,000 Watts
HAAT	127.4 meters (418 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°40′42.0″N 77°47′18.0″W / 38.678333°N 77.788333°W
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Webcast	WPER Webstream
Website	WPER Online

WPIR (89.9 FM) is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Culpeper, Virginia. It serves the Northern Virginia area from a transmitter near Warrenton, Virginia, and simulcasts its sister station WPER. The station is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.^[1]

Combined 89.5/90.5 history

In January 2006, Positive Alternative Radio bought the old CSN-Virginia, a network of four full-power stations and almost two dozen translators that formerly broadcast programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between the then-WPER and WRXT in Lynchburg. WPER obtained WJYJ, based out of Fredericksburg, and seven of the translators, increasing its range of its new network all the way down to Richmond, Williamsburg, and even Buckingham County. Accordingly, WPER changed all promotional materials from "Positive Hits 89.9 WPER" to "Positive Hits 89.9 and the NEW 90.5".

WPIR swapped call signs with sister station WPER on February 20, 2018.

Translators

WPIR is relayed by three translators to widen its broadcast area. Co-owned WPER relays the same programming on additional translators.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W228BA	93.5 FM	Leesburg, Virginia	18877	10	359 m (1,178 ft)	D	LMS
W243AF	96.5 FM	Flint Hill, Virginia	18881	10	318 m (1,043 ft)	D	LMS
W279CV	103.7 FM	Winchester, Virginia	142768	10	175 m (574 ft)	D	LMS

References

"WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ". VARTV: Virginia Radio & TV.

^ "WPIR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

WPER Online
Facility details for Facility ID WPIR ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

[1] "WPIR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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