WREM is a 2,600-watt

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licensed to

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. Owned and operated by

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, it broadcasts the public radio remix format.

Station history

WREM was launched by

in May 2011. St. Lawrence University also owns and operates

North Country Public Radio North Country Public Radio (NCPR) is a National Public Radio (NPR) member regional radio network headquartered in Canton, New York. The member-supported network is owned by St. Lawrence University (SLU) and is the NPR member for the Adirondack ...

, a

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affiliate which broadcasts on 89.5 FM in

as well as many translators throughout Upstate New York and Vermont. The call letters WREM were first used in 1956 when Ed Slusarczyk and Jerry Prouty built a 1 KW daytime station on 1480 kc in Remsen, NY.

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* REM Public radio stations in the United States St. Lawrence University Radio stations established in 2011 {{NewYork-radio-station-stub