WDPR (88.1 FM) is a

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licensed to

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

, carrying a

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format branded "Discover Classical". Owned by Dayton Public Radio, WDPR's primary signal serves the

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. The station's reach is extended via WDPG (89.9 FM) in Greenville and WUSO (89.1 FM) in Springfield. WDPR's studios and transmitter are located in Dayton, while WDPG's transmitter resides in Greenville; WUSO's transmitter is located on the campus of

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in Springfield. In addition to a standard

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, WDPR is available online.

History

WDPR signed on in 1985 at 89.5, moving to 88.1 in 1998. Its original city of license was

West Carrollton, Ohio West Carrollton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. A suburb of Dayton, Ohio its population was 13,129 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Great Miami River runs through the town and ...

. WDPR's old transmitter at 89.5 only operated at 6,000 watts to protect

Louisville Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 24th-largest city; however, by populatio ...

WFPL WFPL (89.3 Hertz, MHz) is a 24-hour public radio, listener-supported, commercial radio, noncommercial FM radio, FM radio station in Louisville, Kentucky. The station focuses on news and information, and is the primary National Public Radio net ...

at nearby 89.3. Its current transmitter at 88.1 only operates at 780 watts to protect WNAS in

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; also at 88.1. WDPG signed on in February 1994.Information
from

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2010 page D-427 WDPG went on the air after the demise of the former WGVO (91.9 MHz), which was operated by the Greenville City Schools.

References

External links

Discover Classical
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