WYPR
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| Broadcast area | Baltimore, MD |
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| Branding | 88.1 WYPR |
| Slogan | "88.1 Your NPR News Station" |
| First air date | 1979 |
| Frequency | 88.1(MHz) |
| Format | public radio (News/talk/jazz) |
| ERP | watts |
| Callsign meaning | W Your Public Radio |
| Owner | Your Public Radio Corp |
| Website | www.wypr.org |
WYPR is a public radio station that services the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area. The station broadcasts on 88.1 MHz on the FM band. The station is simulcast in the Frederick, Maryland area via 88.1 WYPF.
WYPR is an National Public Radio affiliate, carrying content from NPR, Minnesota Public Radio, Public Radio International and the BBC World Service. In addition, WYPR produces several of its own programs, many of which focus on local affairs, the most notable of which is The Marc Steiner Show.
Since the station's inception its signal has had a difficult time reaching further than the Baltimore area. This problem has been compounded by licenses held by other stations in the region also broadcasting on 88.1, WMUC in College Park and previously WJTM in Frederick, which WYPR would end up purchasing.
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[edit] History
Starting operations in 1979 as WJHU, owned by Johns Hopkins University, the station had a classical format. Over the years it progressively added more content from NPR and its partners, shifting to the format of news/talk in the daytime and overnight weekday hours, and music (mainly jazz) programming during evenings and nights. In the fall of 1998, then-WJHU added overnight coverage of World Radio Network (WRN), which provides English-language news programs from broadcasters around the world; today the station simulcasts the BBC World Service during the overnight. The station was sold by the university in early 2002 to Your Public Radio Corp., a locally based group of station talk hosts and listeners, and became WYPR. In 2004 Your Public Radio Corp. bought Frederick, Maryland religious broadcaster WJTM, which became a relay of WYPR with the call letters of WYPF.
[edit] The Marc Steiner Show
The Marc Steiner Show, hosted by Marc Steiner, is WYPR's flagship daily public affairs talk program. Steiner's program, on the air since 1993, has earned a reputation as the city's premier radio forum for discussion and debate of national and international political and cultural issues. Above all, the show provides a venue for conversation about local issues relating to the livelihood and well-being of the residents of Baltimore and Maryland.
[edit] WYPR Mission Statement
From http://www.wypr.org/About_WYPR.html Serving the metropolitan Baltimore area and the state of Maryland, the mission of Your Public Radio is to broadcast programs of intellectual integrity and cultural merit which enrich the minds and spirits of our listeners and ultimately strengthen the communities we serve.
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| FM Radio Stations in the Baltimore Market (Arbitron #21) | |
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| By frequency: |
88.1 | 88.9 | 89.7 | 90.5 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 93.1 | 95.1 | 95.9 | 97.5 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 100.7 | 101.9 | 102.7 | 103.1 | 103.7 | 104.3 | 105.7 | 106.5 | 107.9 |
| By callsign: |
WBJC | WEAA | WERQ | WFSI | WHFC | WHFS | WIYY | WKHS | WLIF | WLZL | WPOC | WQSR | WRBS | WRNR | WRYR | WSMJ | WTMD | WWIN | WWMX | WXCY | WYPR | WZBA |
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Satellite Radio Local Traffic/Weather: XM Channel 213 | Sirius Channel 152 |
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Baltimore (FM) (AM) | Cumberland | Frederick | Hagerstown | Salisbury-Ocean City |
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