Interlochen Public Radio

IPR Music Radio

City	Interlochen, Michigan
Broadcast area	WIAA: Cadillac-Traverse City WIAB: Mackinaw City-St. Ignace WICV: Petoskey
Format	Public radio
Affiliations	NPR
Owner	Interlochen Center for the Arts
Website	http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

Interlochen Public Radio, established in 1963, is a network of public radio stations in Northern Michigan. It broadcasts classical music and news on five stations in northwest lower Michigan. It is operated by the Interlochen Center for the Arts, with studios on the center's campus in Interlochen, Michigan; just outside Traverse City. It is an affiliate of National Public Radio and Public Radio International.

At one point early in the 2000s, IPR led the nation in annual listener support.^[1] This was all the more remarkable because it is the second-smallest NPR member in Michigan, and one of the smallest in the entire NPR system.

History

Joseph E. Maddy, founder of the National Music Camp (now the Interlochen Center for the Arts), had long wanted to bring a fine arts radio station to Northern Michigan. In 1963, WIAA signed on for the first time. Originally broadcasting eight hours per day, it grew enough within a decade to become a charter member of NPR. Interlochen Public Radio became a network in 1989 with the addition of WICV in 1989.

In 2000, Interlochen signed on WICA at 91.5, and by 2001 all NPR news and talk programming had moved there. However, WICA does not have nearly the signal strength of WIAA. As a result, Cadillac, the second-largest city in IPR's service area, has no access to NPR talk programming even after the addition of two repeaters for WICA since the turn of the millennium.

Stations

Since 2000, IPR has operated a two-service network. "Classical IPR" (formerly known as "IPR Music Radio") provides classical music and hourly NPR news updates for three stations. News and talk programming from NPR and other sources is heard on three stations, branded as "IPR News Radio".

Classical IPR stations

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
WIAA	88.7	Interlochen, Michigan	100,000	C	WIAA FCC
WIAB	88.5	Mackinaw City, Michigan	20,000	C2	WIAB FCC
WICV	100.9	East Jordan, Michigan	2,800	A	WICV FCC

IPR News Radio stations

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
WHBP	90.1	Harbor Springs, Michigan	1,200	C3	WHBP FCC
WICA	91.5	Traverse City, Michigan	4,000	C3	WICA FCC
WLMN	89.7	Manistee, Michigan	15,000	C3	WLMN FCC

References

↑ Archive of IPR Website

Sources

External links

http://www.interlochen.org/ipr/

NPR member stations in the state of Michigan

Michigan Radio	Ann Arbor WUOM Flint WFUM Grand Rapids WVGR

CMU Public Radio	Alpena WCML-FM Bay City WUCX-FM Harbor Springs WCMW-FM Mt. Pleasant WCMU-FM Oscoda WCMB-FM Sault Ste. Marie WCMZ-FM Standish WWCM

Interlochen Public Radio	East Jordan WICV Harbor Springs WHBP Interlochen WIAA Mackinaw City WIAB Manistee WLMN Traverse City WICA

WGVU Radio	Allendale WGVU-FM Kentwood WGVU Muskegon WGVS Whitehall WGVS-FM

Other stations	Berrien Springs WAUS Detroit WDET-FM East Lansing WKAR East Lansing WKAR-FM Grand Rapids WBLU-FM Houghton WGGL-FM Kalamazoo WMUK Marquette WNMU-FM Twin Lake WBLV Ypsilanti WEMU

See also: List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

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