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The Essentials

Call Letters: WPRS
Frequency: 1440am
City of License: Paris, Illinois
Metro(s): Terre Haute
Power: 1000 watts - Day, 250 watts - Night
Format: Country
Address: P.O. Box 277, Paris, IL 61944-0277
Phone: 217.465.6336
Ownership: Midwest Communications, Inc.
Network Affiliation(s): Illini Sports Network, RFD Illinois Radio Network
Web Presence: http://www.wprsam.com

Station Personnel

Current

Market Manager: Becky Dole (November 2007 - Current)
Chief Engineer: Jerry Arnold
SM/OM: Bill Cain (? - December 2012) (From Director of Programming for the Mountain Broadcasting radio stations in Missoula, Montana.)
PD: Mark Jaynes
News Director: B.J. Fessant
Promotions Director: Stacey
Mornings: Bob Forester
Middays: Kris Wilson (10am - 3pm)
Afternoons: Jim Casey
Nights: Linda Flores

Former

President/GM: Adlai C. Ferguson, Jr.
GM: Phil Johnson (January 2002 - Current) (From GSM at WTHI-TV)
GM: Becky Dole
Chief Engineer: Adlai C. Ferguson, Jr.
SM: John Clark
PD: Jason Murphy
PD: Kent Walls
PD: Natalie
Mornings: Good Day with Doug Stephan (6:00am - 6:36am)
Mornings: RFD Illinois (6:36am - 7:00am)
Mornings: Good Day Show with Doug Stephan (7:00am - 9:00am)
Middays: Dave Ramsey (9:00pm - 12:00pm)
Middays: Rush Limbaugh (12:00pm - 3:00pm)
Afternoons: Sean Hannity (3:00pm - 6:00pm)
Nights: Mark Levin (6:00pm - 8:00pm)
Nights: Laura Ingraham (8:00pm - 11:00pm)
Nights: Jacy Shepherd
Overnights: George Noory ("Coast to Coast AM") (11:00pm - 6:00am) (Syndicated via Premiere Radio Networks)
Weekends: Glenn Beck Weekend (Saturday 6:00am - 9:00am)
Weekends: Viewpoints (Saturday 9:00am - 9:30am)
Weekends: Radio Health Journal (Saturday 9:30am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Kim Kommando (Saturday 10:00am - 1:00pm)
Weekends: Rush Limbaugh Weekend (Saturday 1:00pm - 4:00pm)
Weekends: MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker (Saturdy 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: Costas on the Radio (Saturday 7:00pm - 9:00pm)
Weekends: Rusty Humphries (Saturday 9:00pm - 11:00pm)
Weekends: Coast to Coast AM (Saturday 11:00pm - Sunday 7:00am)
Weekends: Jim Blue Gospel Show (Sunday 7:30am - 10:00am)
Weekends: Roy Masters (Sunday 10:00am - 11:00am)
Weekends: MotoTrend Weekend (Sunday 11:00am - 1:00pm)
Weekends: Sean Hannity Weekend (Sunday 1:00pm - 4:00pm)
Weekends: MoneyTalk with Bob Brinker (Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm)
Weekends: The Other Side (Sunday 7:00pm - 10:00pm)
Weekends: Bill Cunningham (Sunday 10:00pm - 1:00am)

Station History

WPRS signed on in 1951. Formerly owned by The Paris Broadcasting Corporation.. WPRS was an ABC (Entertainment) Network affiliate. Flipped formats from News/Talk to Country in 2010. Sold by P.R.S. Broadcasting, Inc. to Midwest Communications, Inc..

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