WYPR

This article is about the Baltimore radio station. For the Danville, Virginia that previously had these call letters from 1959-1981, see WMPW.

WYPR

Broadcast area	Baltimore, Maryland
Branding	88.1 WYPR
Slogan	"88.1 Your NPR News Station"
Frequency	88.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeaters	WYPF 88.1, Frederick WYPO 106.9, Ocean City
First air date	1979 (originally carrier current 1945–1979)
Format	Public radio (News/Talk/Jazz) HD2: BBC World Service HD3: Classical
ERP	15,500 watts
HAAT	129.6 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	65753
Callsign meaning	We're Your Public Radio
Former callsigns	WJHU (1979–2002)
Owner	Your Public Radio Corp
Webcast	WYPR Webstream WYPR-HD2 Webstream WYPR-HD3 Webstream
Website	wypr.org

WYPR is a public radio station serving the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area. The station broadcasts on 88.1 MHz on the FM band. Its studio is in the Charles Village neighborhood of northern Baltimore, while its transmitter is westward in Park Heights. The station is simulcast in the Frederick and Hagerstown area on WYPF (88.1 FM) and in the Ocean City area on WYPO (106.9 FM). Surprisingly, the two stations on 88.1 are not synchronized. WYPF's sound is about 1/2 second behind WYPR, rendering WYPR almost unlistenable in some portions of Howard and Carroll counties.

WYPR is Baltimore's flagship National Public Radio member station, carrying content from NPR, American Public Media (the distribution arm of Minnesota Public Radio), Public Radio International and the BBC World Service (on HD2). WYPR also provides a 24-hour classical music format on its HD3 subchannel. In addition, WYPR produces several of its own shows, including the public affairs-focused programs Midday and Maryland Morning as well as local news coverage and special newsroom series.

History

The station signed on in 1979 as WJHU, a 10-watt student-run station owned by Johns Hopkins University. It took over from a carrier current station that had operated under the same calls on AM 830 since 1945. Originally a typical freeform college radio station, it boosted its power to 25,000 watts in 1985, allowing it at least secondary coverage of the entire Baltimore/Washington corridor. Soon after the power increase, Johns Hopkins converted the station into a full-time professional operation, allowing it to become Baltimore's NPR member station.^[1] It originally aired a mix of classical music and NPR programming, but on June 23, 1995, switched to a primarily news/talk format.

Johns Hopkins put the station up for sale in 2000 due to the expense of maintaining it, as well as a change in focus that no longer included radio.^[1]^[2] In 2002, Your Public Radio Corp., a community group, bought the station and changed its calls to WYPR. In 2004 Your Public Radio Corp. bought religious broadcaster WJTM in Frederick, which became a relay of WYPR with the call letters of WYPF. WYPF's signal also covers Hagerstown. On July 30, 2007, Your Public Radio Corp. bought Ocean City, Maryland alternative rock station 106.9 WRXS, which began simulcasting WYPR starting September 10, 2007. That station was renamed WYPO on October 3, 2007. The three stations provide at least grade B coverage to almost two-thirds of Maryland.

For much of the time from the late 1990s to 2008, it operated at only 10,000 watts. While this provided a decent signal to Baltimore itself and most of its close-in suburbs, many of Baltimore's outer suburbs, including Annapolis, only got a grade B signal. In 2008, it increased its power to 15,500 watts, giving it a coverage area roughly comparable to the other major Baltimore stations. However, since its transmitter is located in northwestern Baltimore, some areas of Harford County get only a grade B signal. Furthermore, its signal is not as strong in the southern part of the metro area because it must conform its signal to protect Washington's WAMU, at nearby 88.5. While the University of Maryland student station, WMUC, broadcasts on the same frequency as WYPR, WMUC is designated as a class D station and thus its signal is not protected, rendering both stations practically unlistenable in parts of Prince George's County, Montgomery County and Northeastern DC due to WYPR's interference with WMUC.

References

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYPR

Radio-Locator information on WYPR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYPR

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYPF

Radio-Locator information on WYPF

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYPF

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYPO

Radio-Locator information on WYPO

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYPO

Radio stations in the Baltimore, Maryland market

By AM frequency	600 680 750 810 860 970 1010 1090 1230 1300 1330 1370 1400 1430 1470 1570 1590 1620

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.1 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.5 95.1 95.9 97.9 99.1 100.7 101.9 102.7 103.1 103.7 104.3 105.7 106.5 107.9

By callsign	WAMD WBAL WBJC WBMD WCAO WCBM WDCH-FM WEAA WERQ-FM WFBR WFSI WHFC WHGM WIYY WJZ WJZ-FM WKHS WLIF WLOY WLZL WNAV WNST WOLB WPOC WQLL WQSR WRBS WRBS-FM WRNR-FM WRYR-LP WTMD WTTR WTTZ-LP WWIN WWIN-FM WWMX WXCY WYPR WYRE WZBA WZFT

Defunct stations	WBIS (1190 AM)

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in Maryland Washington, D.C. Metro Markets Fredericksburg, Virginia

Radio stations in the Frederick, Maryland market

By AM frequency	700 820 930 1450 1520

By FM frequency	88.1 90.5 97.5 99.9 103.1 103.9 104.7 106.9

By callsign	WAFY WAYZ WCRH WDMV WFMD WFRE WLTF WTLP WTHU WTRI WWEG WWFD WYPF

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland See also List of radio stations in Maryland Washington, D.C. Metro Markets Fredericksburg, Virginia

Radio stations in the Hagerstown–Chambersburg–Waynesboro–Martinsburg market

By AM frequency	800 820 930 1240 1380 1410 1490 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.7 89.1 90.5 92.1 93.3 93.5 94.3 95.1 95.9 96.7 97.5 99.9 101.5 102.9 103.7 104.7 106.9

By callsign	WARK WAYZ WBHB-FM WCBG WCHA WCRH WDLD WEEO-FM WFMD WFRE WFSI WGMS WHAG WHGT WICL WIKZ WJEJ WLTF WNUZ WQCM WRZO-LP WSYC-FM WWCF WWEG WWFD WYPF WYPM

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Salisbury–Ocean City, Maryland market

By AM frequency	960 1280 1320 1470 1590

By FM frequency	89.5 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.3 92.5 92.7 93.5 95.3 95.9 96.3 97.1 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 100.5 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.7 102.5 103.5 103.9 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.1 107.3 107.7 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KEC92 W210CC W286BB WAFL WAVD WBEY-FM WBOC-FM WBYC-LP WDIH WEES-LP WESM WGBG WGMD WHCP-LP WICO WICO-FM WIJK WINX-FM WJDY WJKI WKDB WKHI WKTT WKZP WLVW WNCL WOCQ WOCM WPSB-LP WQHQ WRBY-LP WRYD WSBY-FM WSCL WSDL WSUX WTDK WTGM WWFG WWOP-LP WXDE WXSH WXSU-LP WYPO WZBH WZEB

Maryland radio markets Baltimore Frederick Hagerstown Salisbury–Ocean City Other Maryland radio regions Cumberland Northern Neck Oakland Delaware radio markets Wilmington Salisbury-Ocean City, MD Other Delaware radio regions Dover See also List of radio stations in Maryland List of radio stations in Delaware

NPR member stations in the state of Maryland

Stations	Baltimore WEAA Baltimore WYPR Frederick WYPF Frostburg WFWM Hagerstown WGMS Ocean City WRAU Ocean City WSDL Ocean City WYPO Princess Anne WESM Salisbury WSCL Towson WTMD Worton WKHS

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 Maryland

Coordinates: 39°19′53″N 76°39′28″W / 39.33139°N 76.65778°W / 39.33139; -76.65778

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