WPAR
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City | Salem, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia |
Branding | "Spirit FM" |
Slogan | "Uplifting and Encouraging" |
Frequency | 91.3 MHz |
First air date | September 8, 1993 |
Format | Contemporary Christian |
Power | 3,300 Watts |
HAAT | 270 Meters |
Class | C3 |
Facility ID | 53097 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°22′23.0″N 79°55′37.0″W / 37.373056°N 79.926944°W |
Call sign meaning | W Positive Alternative Radio |
Owner | Positive Alternative Radio, Inc. |
Webcast | WPAR Webstream |
Website | WPAR Online |
WPAR is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Salem, Virginia; with studios in Lynchburg. It is the flagship station of Positive Alternative Radio, which is headquartered in Blacksburg.[1]
WPAR operates a network of full-power stations and translators stretching from southern West Virginia through the Shenandoah Valley and the Roanoke/Lynchburg area to the fringes of the Richmond market. The stations collectively identify themselves as "Spirit FM."
WRXT, at 90.3 FM broadcasts in HD.[2]
Full power translators[edit]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
WOKD-FM | 91.1 | Danville, Virginia | 18,000 | C2 | FCC |
WPIN-FM | 91.5 | Dublin, Virginia | 85 | A | FCC |
WJYA | 89.3 | Emporia, Virginia | 2,000 | A | FCC |
WOKG | 90.3 | Galax, Virginia | 2,700 | C3 | FCC |
WPIM | 90.5 | Martinsville, Virginia | 4,000 | A | FCC |
WRXT | 90.3 (HD Radio) |
Roanoke, Virginia | 5,500 | C2 | FCC |
WPVA | 90.1 | Waynesboro, Virginia | 2,500 | B1 | FCC |
WPIB | 91.1 | Bluefield, West Virginia | 12,000 | C1 | FCC |
WRXT exists mainly to bring WPAR's programming into Lynchburg and points east. However, the main WPAR signal covers Roanoke very well (Salem is an inner-ring suburb of Roanoke).
Low power translators[edit]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP (W) |
Class | FCC info |
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W253BH | 98.5 | Blacksburg, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W294BY | 106.7 | Charlottesville, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W254AH | 98.7 | Farmville, Virginia | 27 | D | FCC |
W277CY | 103.3 | Harrisonburg, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W295AI | 106.9 | Marion, Virginia | 10 | D | FCC |
W230CH | 93.9 | Roanoke, Virginia | 250 | D | FCC |
W279AC | 103.7 | Roanoke, Virginia | 233 | D | FCC |
W230CH rebroadcasts WRXT.
References[edit]
- ^ "WPAR Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?realid=447 HD Radio Guide for Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA
External links[edit]
- Spirit FM Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPAR
- Radio-Locator information on WPAR
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPAR
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