I was searching for another station in the FCC database and I noticed that 90.5 was listed as "WNPR..." weird. I click through and CPBN swapped the calls of WNPR Norwich and WPKT Meriden yesterday, 9/15/11. I've always wondered why the "mothership" WPKT never picked up the WNPR calls instead of the Norwich station, but the move seems a little random?
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After 30 years, WPKT and WNPR swap calls
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I've often wondered why an iconic-looking call like WNPR is in Connecticut to begin with. You'd think it would be in New York City with WNBC, WABC and WCBS. Maybe the "N" in WNPR stands for "Norwich" rather than "National."
As I understand the story from hartfordradiohistory.com, the WNPR calls were available and applied for, at the objection of NPR Head Frank Mankiewicz who wanted to start an NPR flagship station in Washington. I guess nobody else decided to go for the WNPR calls in the 11 years that NPR had existed at that point, so they went for it. The NPR flagship station idea never came to fruition.
reelyreal said:
And KNPR was snapped up by Nevada Public Radio.
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