WCPR-FM
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WCPR-FM is a radio station
licensed to Wiggins, Mississippi
, and its transmitter is located in Saucier, Mississippi
, on a 466-foot tower at 50,000 watt
s of power. WCPR plays all new rock alternative and some active rock from the 1980s and 1990s but mostly new rock. The station's signal reaches far west to Covington, Louisiana
, far east to Mobile, Alabama
, and far north as Hattiesburg, Mississippi
.
The station started with a country music
format and was called WUSD US 98 from 1995 to 1996. Sometime in 1996 WCPR was born and became the first new rock station in the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The current line up on the station as of April 2008 is the following:
Radio station
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licensed to Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins, Mississippi
Wiggins is a city in Stone County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,849 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Stone County.-History:...
, and its transmitter is located in Saucier, Mississippi
Saucier, Mississippi
Saucier is a census-designated place in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, on a 466-foot tower at 50,000 watt
Watt
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s of power. WCPR plays all new rock alternative and some active rock from the 1980s and 1990s but mostly new rock. The station's signal reaches far west to Covington, Louisiana
Covington, Louisiana
Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,483 at the 2000 census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River....
, far east to Mobile, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...
, and far north as Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg is a city in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 44,779 at the 2000 census . It is the county seat of Forrest County...
.
The station started with a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format and was called WUSD US 98 from 1995 to 1996. Sometime in 1996 WCPR was born and became the first new rock station in the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
The current line up on the station as of April 2008 is the following:
- Mornings with Walton and Johnson
- Middays from 10a-2p with Scot Fox
- Afternoons from 2p-7p with Riley Knight