WREM

WREM is a 2,600-watt radio station licensed to Canton, New York. Owned and operated by St. Lawrence University, it broadcasts the public radio remix format.[1]

For the Monticello, Maine radio station that held the call sign WREM at 780 AM from 1987 to 2007, see WXME.
WREM
Frequency88.7 MHz
BrandingPublic Radio Remix
Programming
FormatPublic Radio
AffiliationsPublic Radio Exchange
Ownership
OwnerSt. Lawrence University
History
Call sign meaning
Public Radio REMix
Technical information
ClassA
ERP2,600 watts
HAAT71 meters
Links
WebsitePublic Radio Remix

Station history

WREM was launched by St. Lawrence University in May 2011. St. Lawrence University also owns and operates North Country Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate which broadcasts on 89.5 FM in Canton, New York as well as many translators throughout Upstate New York and Vermont.

The call letters WREM were first used in 1956 when Ed Slusarczyk and Jerry Prouty built a 1 KW daytime station on 1480 kc in Remsen, NY.

References
  1. "WREM: Public Radio REMIX". northcountrypublicradio.org. 2011-05-16.

44.5337°N 75.0969°W / 44.5337; -75.0969


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