City Gap, Pennsylvania Frequency 92.9 MHz | Branding WLRI 93FM NEWSRADIO First air date October 16, 2003 | |
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Broadcast area Lancaster County, PA
Chester County, PA Format All-news Non-Commercial Educational | ||
WLRI-LP (92.9 MHz) is a non-commercial, non-profit, educational low-power FM radio station licensed to Gap, Pennsylvania. The station is licensed to WLRI, Inc. It airs a All-News radio stations and information radio format. WLRI is affiliated with the Pacifica Radio Network. It also features the weekday syndicated shows from Thom Hartmann and Stephanie Miller.
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Station history
WLRI is a full-service radio station licensed to serve the community of Gap, Pennsylvania, with a reach of Lancaster, Chester Southern Berks and Southeastern York Counties. It is heard twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. WLRI broadcasts in FM stereo from transmitter facilities located in Christiana, Pennsylvania.
WLRI's original construction permit was granted on October 16, 2003, and initial broadcast took place shortly thereafter.
In fall 2009 WLRI began reading the Intelligencer Journal and Lancaster New Era newspapers on the air, under an exclusive agreement with Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. (now known as "LNP Media Group"). In summer 2010 WLRI-LP began reading the Sunday News newspaper. All three newspapers were renamed in 2014 and now go by "LNP" and "LNP Sunday News" respectively.
On July 12, 2013 WLRI began airing programming from the Pacifica Radio Network and other community and non-commercial sources worldwide, along with live "in studio" news, weather, traffic and current affairs. Additional programming offerings from Pacifica Radio Network, WYM Media Management, Dan Delgado, SM Radio Productions, Mythical Intelligence, Inc., and Democracy Now! supplement daytime and some weekend on-air programming.
On March 17, 2015, WLRI filed for a new construction permit to relocate the transmitter and improve its overall service area. The application was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on March 19, 2015.
On March 28, 2015, WLRI was granted permission to relocate and increase power to 100 watts.
On April 20, 2015, control of WLRI was transferred to WLRI Incorporated, a non-membership, non-profit private Pennsylvania corporation following the consummation of its previous licensee.
On June 15, 2015, WLRI began operating at full power and applied for license to cover, subsequently granted.
On May 6, 2016, WLRI announced that it began establishing an online public file and virtual front desk in compliance to Federal Communication Commission rule-makings passed in early 2016.
Network affiliations
On 10/01/2010 WLRI 93 FM officially became the first Pacifica Radio Network station in Southeastern Pennsylvania. It also airs the Thom Hartmann Show and the Stephanie Miller Show.