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 inside room number 201 of the E.J. Noble Medical Building adjacent to the SLU campus on East Main Street in Canton.
The flagship station, WSLU in Canton, signed on for the first time on March 7, 1968, on 96.7 MHz."NCPR: A Brief History", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019. 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 18 full-power FM transmitters and 16 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."NCPR: on the Air and on the Map", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019."About NCPR", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019. 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."World Ends, NERW Rolls On". NorthEast Radio Watch, May 23, 2011.
In November 2024, NCPR signed on a new FM transmitter at Ellenburg, 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.Signal dropping out past Malone? Not anymore!, North Country Public Radio, November 22, 2024
Stations Call sign Frequency City of license State Facility ID Class ERP(W) Height(m (ft)) Transmitter coordinates WXLH 91.3 FM Blue Mountain Lake New York A 78 WXLB 91.7 FM Boonville New York A 100 WSLZ 88.1 FM Cape Vincent New York A 2,000 WSLU 89.5 FM Canton New York C2 40,000 WSLG 90.5 FM Gouverneur New York A 2,000 WXLE 105.9 FM Indian Lake New York A 590 WXLL 91.7 FM Lake Placid New York A 100 WXLD 89.7 FM Lowville New York A 220 WSLO 90.9 FM Malone New York A 200 WXLG 89.9 FM North Creek New York C3 200 WXLU 88.1 FM Peru New York C3 1,000 WSLL 90.5 FM Saranac Lake New York A 600 WXLS 88.3 FM Tupper Lake New York A 110 WSLJ 88.9 FM Watertown New York A 280 WXLJ 94.1 FM Whitehall New York A 3,000 WXLQ 89.1 FM Bristol Vermont A 160
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Translators Call sign Frequency(MHz) City of license State Facility ID Class ERP(W) Height(m (ft)) Transmitter coordinates Rebroadcasts W217AE 91.3 Alexandria Bay New York D 65 WSLJ W272BL 102.3 Carthage New York D 43 WSLJ W262BO 100.3 Clayton New York D 90 WSLU W217CC 91.3 Elizabethtown New York D 80 WSLL W271AW 102.1 Jay New York D 10 WSLL W211BU 90.1 Keene New York D 10 WSLL W242AZ 96.3 Keene Valley New York D 10 WSLL W271DP 102.1 Lake George New York D 10 WXLG W219BG 91.7 Long Lake New York D 9 WSLU W212BQ 90.3 Morristown New York D 55 WSLU W247BB 97.3 Newcomb New York D 10 WXLH W282AV 104.3 North Creek New York D 10 WXLG W204BJ 88.7 Old Forge New York D 19 WXLH W205BW 88.9 Paul Smiths New York D 55 WSLL W237BR 95.3 Schroon Lake New York D 110 WXLG W248BL 97.5 Speculator New York D 10 WXLG W224BI 92.7 Wells New York D 10 WXLG
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References
External links NCPR website North Country at Work