WPRO-FM is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Providence, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island

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. The station broadcasts an adult top 40 format. It is the sister station to WPRO (AM)

WPRO (AM)

WPRO is a radio station located in Providence, Rhode Island. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, and airs a talk format. WPRO's studio and transmitter are located in East Providence, at the Salty Brine Broadcast Center, named after WPRO's longtime morning host...

. The station was previously owned by Cherry & Webb Broadcasting Corp., Capital Cities Communications

Capital Cities Communications

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, Tele-Media, and Citadel Broadcasting

Citadel Broadcasting

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country...

, but today is owned by Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, behind Clear Channel Communications, operating 570 stations in 150 markets as of September 16, 2011. The company also owns Cumulus Media Networks...

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Its transmitter is located in Johnston, Rhode Island

Johnston, Rhode Island

Johnston is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 28,769 at the 2010 census. Johnston is the site of the Clemence Irons House a stone-ender museum and the only landfill in Rhode Island...

. The studio is located in the Brine Broadcasting Center located on Wampanoag Trail on the East Providence

East Providence

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/Barrington

Barrington

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 line in Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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Notable people

• Gary Berkowitz
  Gary Berkowitz
  Gary Berkowitz is an American Radio Broadcast Consultant based in Detroit, Michigan.Originally from Oceanside, NY, he attended Emerson College in Boston, MA where he received a B.A. in Speech and Communications....
  
  , the first program director of Top 40 WPRO-FM when it flipped formats in April 1974
• Rocky Allen
  Rocky Allen
  Rocky Allen is an American talk radio personality and host of the eponymous Rocky Allen Showgram. It aired, most recently, from 3 to 7 pm ET on FM station WPLJ, New York...
  
  

External links

• 92 Pro FM
• 92 PRO FM On-Air Playlist
• 92 Pro FM's Official Myspace
• Audio of WPRO-FM on this page from 1959 simulcasting WPRO/630 & in 1976 as Top 40 "FM92"

Richard A. Medeiros, radio disc jockey 1974