:''See also Windows Subsystem for Linux GUI.'' North Country Public Radio is a

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member regional radio network headquartered in

Canton, New York Canton is an incorporated Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in St. Lawrence County, New York, St. Lawrence County, New York (state), New York. The population was 11,638 at the time of the 2020 census. The town contains two Administr ...

. The member-supported network is owned by St. Lawrence University and is the

(NPR) member for the Adirondack North Country region of northern New York. Its radio studios are in the Noble Medical Building on the SLU campus. The flagship station, WSLU in Canton,

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for the first time on (originally on 96.7 MHz).NCPR: A Brief History
, North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019. It was a charter member of NPR. It adopted the on-air name North Country Public Radio in 1984. In the same year, it built the first of several low-powered

FM translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tra ...

s. Much of the surrounding area was among the few places in the Northeastern United States that were still without public radio. Its first full-powered repeaters, WSLO in Malone and WSLL in Saranac Lake, began broadcasting in 1989, with additional stations signing on in the early 1990s. It now comprises 15 full-power FM transmitters and 18 low-powered translators serving the North Country, parts of western

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and the

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provinces of

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and

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

with regional and national news, public affairs programs, and an eclectic variety of music.NCPR: on the Air and on the Map
, North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019. Major cities in its coverage area are

Watertown Watertown may refer to: Places in China In China, a water town is a type of ancient scenic town known for its waterways. Places in the United States *Watertown, Connecticut, a New England town **Watertown (CDP), Connecticut, the central village ...

, Plattsburgh, and Glens Falls in New York, as well as Burlington, Vermont and

Cornwall, Ontario Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, situated where the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and the state of New York converge. It is the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry and is Ontario's easternmost city ...

. In May 2011, North Country Public Radio also launched

WREM WREM is a 2,600-watt radio station licensed to Canton (village), New York, Canton, New York. Owned and operated by St. Lawrence University, it broadcasts the public radio remix format. Station history WREM was launched by St. Lawrence University ...

, a radio station in Canton which offers a distinct program schedule sourced from

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."World Ends, NERW Rolls On"
''NorthEast Radio Watch'', May 23, 2011.

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External links

NCPR website

North Country at Work
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