WRYR-LP
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WRYR-LP is a radio station
licensed to Sherwood, Maryland
, USA, and the station serves the Baltimore area. The station is currently owned by WRYR Community Radio Inc.
This station is a project of the South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development (SACReD) as a creative means of reaching out to the Chesapeake Bay communities. As one of the first licensed Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations, WRYR-LP began broadcasting to the Mid-Chesapeake Bay region in the spring of 2002.
WRYR-LP is operated by a volunteer staff, using donated equipment, and funding contributed by businesses and individuals throughout the communities we serve. The station focuses on issues of local interest such as the environment and smart growth
, local news, music and entertainment, health and lifestyle information, and other programming of interest to the eastern and western shore communities served by the station.
WRYR-LP was the first community radio barnraising of the Prometheus Radio Project
.
As of August 1, 2011, alternative rock
station WHFS returned on 97.5 FM from a 1000 foot tower on TV Hill in Baltimore. The 250-watt HFS signal reaches well into the Crownsville area of Anne Arundel County. WRYR's signal makes it difficult to receive HFS South of Annapolis even though WRYR has been broadcasting mostly dead air since August.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Sherwood, Maryland
Sherwood, Maryland
Sherwood is an unincorporated community in Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The United States Postal Service has assigned Sherwood the ZIP Code 21665.In 2002 HGTV built their dream home here....
, USA, and the station serves the Baltimore area. The station is currently owned by WRYR Community Radio Inc.
This station is a project of the South Arundel Citizens for Responsible Development (SACReD) as a creative means of reaching out to the Chesapeake Bay communities. As one of the first licensed Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations, WRYR-LP began broadcasting to the Mid-Chesapeake Bay region in the spring of 2002.
WRYR-LP is operated by a volunteer staff, using donated equipment, and funding contributed by businesses and individuals throughout the communities we serve. The station focuses on issues of local interest such as the environment and smart growth
Smart growth
Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl and advocates compact, transit-oriented, walkable, bicycle-friendly land use, including neighborhood schools, complete streets, and mixed-use development with a...
, local news, music and entertainment, health and lifestyle information, and other programming of interest to the eastern and western shore communities served by the station.
WRYR-LP was the first community radio barnraising of the Prometheus Radio Project
Prometheus Radio Project
The Prometheus Radio Project is a non-profit advocacy and community organizing group committed to building an inclusive and representative media landscape in the United States and around the world. They are working to create a network of low power community radio stations...
.
As of August 1, 2011, alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
station WHFS returned on 97.5 FM from a 1000 foot tower on TV Hill in Baltimore. The 250-watt HFS signal reaches well into the Crownsville area of Anne Arundel County. WRYR's signal makes it difficult to receive HFS South of Annapolis even though WRYR has been broadcasting mostly dead air since August.