KWRR (89.5 FM) was a public

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Ethete, Wyoming Ethete () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,553 at the 2010 census. The town is located on the Wind River Indian Reservation. It grew up around the Episcopal St. Michael's Missio ...

, serving residents of the

Wind River Indian Reservation The Wind River Indian Reservation, in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, is shared by two Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribes, the Eastern Shoshone (, ''meaning: "buffalo eaters"'') and the Norther ...

. Programming on KWRR consisted of local programming (including

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), plus programs from

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and

Native Voice One Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC) is a nonprofit media center that provides Native radio programming through Alaska Native governance and operation.Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (2010). Retrieved from http://www.koahnicbroadcast.org/ KBC’s r ...

. It was established in 1996. As of June 2018 the station was off the air. The

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cancelled KWRR's license on October 4, 2021, due to the station failing to file an application to renew its license.

External links

Native Voice One website
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