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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WHPR-FM
| logo             =
| city             = [[Highland Park, Michigan]]
| area             = [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]]
| branding         =
| airdate          = May 21, [[1954 in radio|1954]]
| frequency        = 88.1 [[MHz]]
| format           = [[Urban Oldies]]/Urban Talk
| erp              = 44 watts
| haat             = 105 feet
| class            = D
| callsign_meaning = '''H'''ighland '''P'''ark '''R'''adio
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = R.J. Watkins Late Night Entertainment
| sister_stations  = [[WHPS-CD]]<br>[[WVIE (FM)]]
| webcast          =
| website          = [http://www.fm881whpr.com WHPR-FM]
| affiliations     =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WHPR-FM''' (88.1 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is an Urban Oldies and Talk [[radio station]] based in [[Highland Park, Michigan]], owned and operated by R. J.'s Late Night Entertainment Corporation.
==History==
The station was founded May 21, 1954 by the Highland Park School District; the studio and transmitter were located at [[Highland Park Community High School|Highland Park High School]], with the facilities operated by high school students to provide educational radio broadcasting to the community.
When the high school relocated in 1977, the [[Wayne County Community College District]] took over the facility as well as the HPHS buildings. On December 20, 1994, the college closed down the campus, and the station was sold to R.J. Watkins, owner of local low-powered station [[WHPS-CD|W33BY]] (then on channel 68 as W68CH). Under Watkins, he reformulated the station as a local station that served the African-American community in the Highland Park area. Under Watkins, the station would relocate its studios and transmitters to its current facility at the corner of Victor and Brush Streets (near the intersection of [[M-1 (Michigan highway)|Woodward Avenue]] and the [[M-8 (Michigan highway)|Davison Freeway]]) in Highland Park.
==Violations==
WHPR-FM was admonished by the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]] in 2001 for running advertising contrary to its status as a "Noncommercial Educational Station."<ref>[http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2001/da011419.html FCC document: "In the Matter of R.J.'S Late Night Entertainment Corporation: Memorandum Opinion and Order", June 14, 2001.]</ref> In 2011, the station was fined $22,000 for numerous violations, including relocating its transmitter without FCC authorization, failure to keep a [[public file]] and not having any [[Emergency Alert System|EAS]] equipment in use (the station's EAS decoder was stored in a closet).<ref>[http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2011/DA-11-1755A1.html FCC document: "In the Matter of R.J.'S Late Night Entertainment Corporation: Notice of apparent liability for forfeiture and order", October 21, 2011.]</ref>
==See also==
*[[WHPS-CD]]
*[[WVIE (FM)]]
*[[Media in Detroit]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-g/whpr.html Michiguide.com - WHPR-FM History]
==External links==
*{{FM station data|54428|WHPR-FM}}
{{Detroit Radio}}
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[[Category:Radio stations in Detroit|HPR-FM]]
[[Category:Urban oldies radio stations in the United States]]