WHCP-FM (91.7 FM) is a

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station licensed to

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, and serving

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and

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. WHCP-FM is owned and operated by Mid-Shore Community Radio, Inc. The station is the successor to WHCP-LP (101.5 FM), which went on the air July 4, 2015. On July 15, 2023, WHCP-LP was relaunched as WHCP-FM, on 91.7 FM. The station is now an

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member station that airs a mix of regular NPR programming, such as ''

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'', interlaced with music and community shows focused on the Mid-Shore area of Maryland. On August 1, 2023, Cambridge Community Radio surrendered the original WHCP-LP license to the

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, who cancelled it the same day.

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