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North Country Public Radio

Broadcast area	North Country, New York and bordering areas of Vermont, Ontario and Quebec
Frequency	See § Stations
Branding	NCPR
Programming
Format	Public radio
Ownership
Owner	St. Lawrence University
History
First air date	March 7, 1968; 56 years ago (1968-03-07)
Technical information
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Webcast	NCPR Webcast (M3U) NCPR Webcast (PLS)
Website	www.northcountrypublicradio.org

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 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, signed on for the first time on March 7, 1968, on 96.7 MHz. It was a charter member of NPR. It adopted the on-air name North Country Public Radio in 1984. In the same year, WSLU moved to 89.5 MHz, and NCPR built the first of several low-powered FM translators. 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 16 full-power FM transmitters and 17 low-powered translators serving the North Country, parts of western Vermont and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec with regional and national news, public affairs programs, and an eclectic variety of music. Major cities in its coverage area are Watertown, Plattsburgh, and Glens Falls in New York, as well as Burlington, Vermont, Kingston, Ontario and Cornwall, Ontario.

In May 2011, North Country Public Radio also launched WREM, a radio station in Canton which offers a distinct program schedule sourced from Public Radio Exchange.

In November 2024, NCPR opened up a new FM transmitter at Ellensburg, New York on 88.9 FM with a call sign WELN. The new signal will cover communities along Route 11 between Malone and Plattsburgh, NY which was previously a dead air zone.

Stations

Notes:

1. Flagship station

Translators

Notes

1. For regulatory purposes, WSLU on 89.5 operates on a new license issued in 1985; the original 96.7 license was sold and is now WNCQ-FM 102.9.

References

1. ^ Chaisson, Bill. "North Country Public Radio celebrates 50th anniversary", Lake Placid News. March 16, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
2. ^ "NCPR: A Brief History", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
3. ^ "NCPR: on the Air and on the Map", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
4. "About NCPR", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
5. "World Ends, NERW Rolls On". NorthEast Radio Watch, May 23, 2011.
6. Signal dropping out past Malone? Not anymore!, North Country Public Radio, November 22, 2024

External links

• NCPR website
• North Country at Work

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