WPIR (FM)

WPIR

Culpeper, Virginia United States
Broadcast area	Northern Virginia
Frequency	89.9 MHz
Branding	WPER
Programming
Format	Christian adult contemporary
Ownership
Owner	Baker Family Stations (Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.)
Sister stations	WPER, WPZR, WMXH-FM
History
First air date	1999 (25 years ago) (1999)
Former call signs	WCFL (1987–1990) WPAV (1990) WPVB (1990–1996) WPER (1996–2018)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18852
Class	B
Power	41,000 Watts
HAAT	127.4 meters (418 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°40′42.0″N 77°47′18.0″W / 38.678333°N 77.788333°W / 38.678333; -77.788333
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WPER Webstream
Website	WPER Online

WPIR (89.9 FM) is a Christian adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Culpeper, Virginia. It serves the Northern Virginia area from a transmitter near Warrenton, Virginia, and simulcasts its sister station WPER. The station is owned and operated by Baker Family Stations.^[2]

In January 2006, Positive Alternative Radio bought the old CSN-Virginia, a network of four full-power stations and almost two dozen translators that formerly broadcast programming from local Calvary Chapel churches alongside KAWZ's Calvary Satellite Network. In the buyout, these stations were split between the then-WPER and WRXT in Lynchburg. WPER obtained WJYJ, based out of Fredericksburg, and seven of the translators, increasing its range of its new network all the way down to Richmond, Williamsburg, and even Buckingham County. Accordingly, WPER changed all promotional materials from "Positive Hits 89.9 WPER" to "Positive Hits 89.9 and the NEW 90.5".

WPIR swapped call signs with sister station WPER on February 20, 2018.

WPIR is relayed by three translators to widen its broadcast area. Co-owned WPER relays the same programming on additional translators.

• "WPER Becomes 89.9 WPER/90.5 WJYJ". VARTV: Virginia Radio & TV.

• WPER Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 53095 (WPIR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WPIR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database