public radio slogan are you listening frequency 88.1 mhz first air date january 17th 1995 format public radio erp 4 000 watts haat 41 meters class a facility id 66656 callsign meaning wheeler school former callsigns wufg 7 30 1992 6 1 1993 1 affiliations rhode island public radio owner the wheeler school programmed by rhode island public radio webcast listen live website www.ripr.org welh 88.1 fm is a radio station owned by the wheeler school of providence rhode island . originally signing on in january 1995 with a pop alternative format and a line up of student djs wwkx veterans including kickin al snape a young robby bridges and others as welh taking music to new heights . in 1996 the station moved to a modern rock format programmed by student djs as extreme 88 and later jazz and oldies eventually offering programming from various groups including brown university rhode island college the wheeler school itself and community groups today welh broadcasts programming from rhode island public radio as it has since october 8 2011 . 2 its main studio is located on school grounds at 216 hope st. in providence ; however as the flagship station of rhode island public radio virtually all programming originates at the network s studios at union station in downtown providence . contents 1 former programming 1.1 brown student and community radio 1.2 rhode island college radio 1.3 latino public radio 2 power increase 3 references 4 external links former programming edit brown student and community radio edit brown student and community radio bsr is a freeform student and community radio station in providence rhode island which had broadcast on welh and streaming on http www.bsrlive.com . it grew out of wbru am a carrier current station on the brown university campus in 1997 as a noncommercial and educational alternative to wbru s primary commercially operated station for students at brown university and in 2003 it became a joint student community radio station . in 2008 mtvu nominated bsr as one of the top radio stations in the country . bsr s involvement with welh was discontinued on july 31 2011 as part of its transition to being the flagship of rhode island public radio ; its programming continues as an internet radio station . 3 4 rhode island college radio edit rhode island college radio wxin was an original partner of welh formerly sending a signal from the college s studios to welh on weekday nights and weekends . much of welh s broadcast studio was purchased by wxin as part of a mutual broadcast agreement . only veteran wxin djs were permitted to have a show on welh . the agreement began shortly after welh beat wxin in the acquisition of a broadcast license both had applied for the license from the fcc to broadcast on 88.1 in the late 1980s . in the late 1990s wxin members shared airtime with welh on tuesday thursday and sundays and by the early 2000s wxin only broadcast on the weekends and occasionally weekdays during the summer . over time brown university s student radio bought out wxin s airtime limiting rhode island college s use of the station to sundays . by 2007 brown bought the remainder of the airtime effectively removing wxin s involvement from welh . this air time was later filled by a latino block until noon and an italian block from noon 9 p.m. latino public radio edit welh was the original home for latino public radio a spanish language public radio service airing its programming from 3 a.m. 3 p.m. on weekdays and from 3 a.m. noon on weekends . when the station became the flagship station of rhode island public radio lpr s programming moved to a 24 hour clearance on wrni 1290 am ripr s original providence station ; this move allowed lpr to qualify for corporation for public broadcasting funding . 2 power increase edit in early 2009 wlne tv channel 6 permanently moved to uhf channel 49 for digital broadcasts . the move has removed a roadblock for increasing the power of welh on the 88.1 frequency . according to the fcc database welh has applied for and received a construction permit to upgrade their transmitting facilities from 150 watts to 4 000 watts . the upgraded power and antenna will double the current coverage area and improve reception in metropolitan providence . references edit callsign history for welh . a b ziner karen lee october 7 2011 . r.i. latino radio station going 24 7 in new place . the providence journal . retrieved october 10 2011 . brown student radio loses fm home . providence business news . july 27 2011 . retrieved october 10 2011 . harrison elisabeth october 10 2011 . changes ahead for radio in rhode island . wrni.org . retrieved october 10 2011 . external links edit official website rhode island public radio website query the fcc s fm station database for welh radio locator information on welh query nielsen audio s fm station database for welh brown student radio website information on b.s.r. & welh . 1995 legal id scroll down to welh . rhode island college radio on welh website page is dated 2004 . v t e radio stations in the providence warwick pawtucket rhode island market by am frequency 550 630 790 920 1110 1220 1240 1290 1320 1380 1450 1590 1630 by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.7 90.3 90.72 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.7 94.1 95.1 95.5 96.5 97.31 98.11 99.7 100.3 101.5 103.7 104.7 105.1 106.3 via fm subcarrier 67 khz insight radio radio reading service noaa weather radio frequency 162.4 digital radio by frequency & subchannel 93.3 1 93.3 2 93.3 3 98.1 1 102.7 1 102.7 2 by callsign wara warv wbru wctk1 wcvy wdom wean fm welh whjj whjy wigv lp wjfd fm1 wjmf wkkb wlkw wnri woon wpmz wpqb669 wpro wpro fm wprv wqri wriu wrni wsjw wsne fm wstl wvei fm wwbb wwkx wwli wwri lp wxj39 w229an w284ba wxin 2 defunct stations wale 990 whim country wkfd 1370 wfci 1420 wptl 90.9 91.5 wrji 91.5 whjy hd2 94.1 2 wlov 99.9 wliv 107.7 1 radio station from a neighboring market which targets providence . 2 part 15 radio stations with notability nearby radio markets boston new bedford fall river new london newport worcester see also list of radio stations in rhode island station that is in the new bedford market or newport market but focuses on providence . v t e npr member stations in the state of rhode island by callsign wcvy welh wjmf wrni fm by frequency 88.1 88.7 91.5 102.7 by community of license coventry narragansett pier providence smithfield see also pbs rhode island and list of npr stations see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in rhode island coordinates 41 51 29 n 71 19 05 w 41.858 n 71.318 w 41.858 ; 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