area biloxi gulfport mississippi branding 97 9 cpr rocks frequency 97.9 mhz format active rock erp 50 000 watts haat 142 meters class c2 facility id 72194 owner alpha media alpha media licensee llc webcast listen live website 979cprrocks . com wcpr fm 97.9 fm is a radio station licensed to wiggins mississippi . its transmitter is located in saucier mississippi on a 466 foot tower at 50 000 watts of power . wcpr plays primarily rock and alternative music . the station s signal reaches far west to covington louisiana far east to mobile alabama and far north as hattiesburg mississippi . contents 1 history 1.1 us98 97 9 cpr 2 on air lineup 3 external links history edit us98 97 9 cpr edit the station started out with a country music format as us98 from 1994 1995 . on september 20 1995 the station dropped country for active rock as real rock 97.9 wcpr and became the first new rock station on the mississippi gulf coast . in 1999 wcpr were the first radio station to play the popular song kryptonite by 3 doors down which was eventually released on the 17th january 2000 . in 2012 wcpr was nominated for a radiocontraband rock radio award for medium market radio station of the year in july 2014 station owner triad broadcasting was sold to alpha media along with sister stations wxyk wgbl wqbb and wtni 97 9 cpr currently ranks at 7 5.5 in the gulfport biloxi market according to the spring 2015 nielsen ratings release . on air lineup edit morning show 5 30am 10am walton & johnson mid days 10am 2pm the scot fox super show scot fox afternoon drive 2pm 6pm the denver crabb & riley show denver crabb & riley knight evenings 6pm 10pm josh danger mcqueen weekend s fill ins kyle curley & weerd wayne watkins program director kenny vest music director scot fox external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wcpr radio locator information on wcpr query nielsen audio s fm station database for wcpr v t e radio stations in the biloxi gulfport pascagoula mississippi market by fm frequency 88.1 88.7 89.1 89.7 90.3 91.7 92.5 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.7 97.9 99.1 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.9 105.9 107.1 107.9 by am frequency 870 1130 1190 1240 1390 1490 1640 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 162.550 by callsign kec61 kih21 w209cf waoy wbuv wcpr fm wgbl wgcm wgcm fm wjzd fm wknn fm wmah fm wmej wmjy wolm wosm wotb wpas wqbb wqfx wqrz lp wqyz wroa wtni wwl wxbd wxyk wzkx wznf nearby radio markets lake ponchartrain laurel hattiesburg mobile new orleans see also list of radio stations in mississippi v t e alpha media am radio stations kaan kabi kate kaus kbnn kbrk kcob kdkd kfor kfqd kglo kgnc kgrn khar kiik kjam kjff kjjq kjpw kkrt kmcd kmrn knwh knwq knwz knzr koka krei ksah ksal ktsa ktub kufo kvgh kwiq kwix kwok kxro kxtg kzdc wang wcha whag whbc whhw whis wibw wing wirl wjnt wjol wjqs wkez wkrs wlip wmbd wntx woad woic wrnn wrns wsgw wtni wxbd fm radio stations kaan fm kaus fm kayo kbay kbff kbls kbmg kbrj kbrk fm kbte kbtt kclb fm kclz kcob fm kcpi kdbx kdes fm kdgl kdkd fm kdks fm kdlo fm kdut kdux fm keag keez fm kezr kfbd fm kfrx kgnc fm kgnz khhl kiai kiaq kibz kink kirk kixx kjam fm kjel kjxk kkbb kkdv kkfd fm kkiq kkrv kkus kkuu kkwk klak kley fm klkl klll fm klly kmad fm kmkt kmmx kmxs knzr fm kone kooi koye kozq fm kpsi fm kres krti ksah fm ksaj fm ksal fm ktal fm ktcm ktfm ktjj ktpk kuic kupl kwhl kwiq fm kwix fm kwln kxea kxgl kxl fm kxxk kyez kykx w228ci w242by w262by w274bm warq warv fm wbbt fm wccq wcen fm wcli fm wcpr fm wdht wdjx wdld weat wero werv fm wfls fm wfxh fm wgbl wgco wger wghl wgtz wgzb fm whaj whbc fm whkx whqx whxt wibw fm wiil wikz wirk wjmi wkoy fm wkxi fm wkzq fm wlfv wmbx wmfx wmjm wmyb wngy wpbg wqbb wqcm wqsl wqzl wrks wrmf wrnn fm wrns fm wrou fm wrwn wrxq wscz wsgw fm wssr wswt wtlz wubb wvbx wwdm wwlb wwuz wxcl wxlc wxma wxqr fm wxyk wxyy wyav website alphamediausa.com v t e modern rock radio stations in the state of mississippi by frequency 97.9 103.7 by callsign wcpr fm wffx by city gulfport hattiesburg see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in mississippi see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock coordinates 30 37 01 n 89 08 02 w 30.617 n 89.134 w 30.617 ; 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