WLPR (AM)

WLPR

City of license	Prichard, Alabama
Broadcast area	Mobile, Alabama
Slogan	"Solid Gospel 960 AM"
Frequency	960 kHz
First air date	1986
Format	Southern Gospel
Power	6,000 watts (day) 32 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	24454
Transmitter coordinates	30°45′50″N 88°06′36″W / 30.76389°N 88.11000°W / 30.76389; -88.11000
Former callsigns	WGRR (1983-1989)^[1]
Affiliations	Salem Communications
Owner	Goforth Media, Inc.
Sister stations	WBHY, WBHY-FM
Website	WLPR Online

WLPR (960 AM, "Solid Gospel 960 AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Prichard, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Goforth Media, Inc.

WLPR broadcasts a Southern Gospel music format to the Mobile, Alabama, area.^[2] The station features programming from Salem Communications.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 29, 1983.^[3] The new station was assigned the call letters WGRR by the FCC on October 11, 1983.^[1] WGRR received its license to cover from the FCC on February 27, 1987.^[4]

The station had the FCC change its callsign to the current WLPR call letters on April 1, 1989.^[1]

In January 1994, Mobile Broadcast Service, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Goforth Media, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 11, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on July 7, 1994.^[5]

References

1 2 3 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Application Search Details (BP-20613)". FCC Media Bureau. July 29, 1983.
↑ "Application Search Details (BL-19861126AA)". FCC Media Bureau. February 27, 1987.
↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-19940114EA)". FCC Media Bureau. July 7, 1994.

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Radio stations serving the Mobile, Alabama area

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Religious radio stations in the state of Alabama

Stations	WAKD – Sheffield WALN – Carrollton WAQG – Ozark WAQU – Selma WAXU – Troy WAYH – Harvest WBFR – Birmingham WBHY – Mobile WBSA – Boaz WBTG-FM – Sheffield WBXR – Hazel Green WDYF – Dothan WEBT – Langdale WELB – Elba WELL-FM – Dadeville WFBH-LP – Hamilton WGIB – Birmingham WGRW – Anniston WGTF – Dothan WIJD – Prichard WILF – Monroeville WIRB – Level Plains WJCK – Piedmont WJEC – Vernon WJIA – Guntersville WJIF – Opp WJIK – Fulton WJSD-LP – Henagar WKNG-FM – Heflin WKRE – Argo WKUA – Moundville WKWL – Florala WLBF – Montgomery WLJR – Birmingham WLPR – Prichard WLVM – Chickasaw WMBV – Dixons Mills WMCJ – Cullman WMFT – Tuscaloosa WMGY – Montgomery WMOB – Mobile WNGL – Mobile WPMR-LP – Russellville WQEM – Columbiana WQLS – Camden WQOH – Irondale WRNF – Selma WRNK-LP – Lanett WSJL – Bessemer WSTF – Andalusia WTBB – Gadsden WTBJ – Oxford WTOF – Bay Minette WURY-LP – Phenix City WVMB-LP – Madison WVOB – Dothan WVPL – Dozier WWFC-LP – Bryant WXJC-FM – Cordova WYFD – Decatur WZTQ – Centre

Defunct	WKOC-LP – Ider WUAC-LP – Tuscaloosa

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