WPRS-FM
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| City | Waldorf, Maryland |
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| Broadcast area | Washington, D.C. |
| Branding | Praise 104.1 |
| Slogan | DC's Station for Inspiration! |
| Frequency | 104.1 MHz |
| First air date | 1981 (as WXTR) |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Urban Gospel HD2:Urban Talk (WOL simulcast) HD3: Urban Gospel (WYCB simulcast) |
| ERP | 20,000 watts |
| HAAT | 244 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 74212 |
| Callsign meaning | W PRaiSe |
| Former callsigns | WXTR (1981-1996) WWZZ (1996-2006) WGMS (2006-07) WXGG (2007) |
| Owner |
Radio One (Radio One Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WKYS, WMMJ, WOL, WYCB |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | praisedc.com |
WPRS-FM (104.1 FM, "Praise 104.1") is an Urban Gospel formatted radio station in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The station is licensed to Waldorf, Maryland, and is co-owned with WKYS-FM, WMMJ, WOL and WYCB and has studios located in Silver Spring, Maryland, with a transmitter located just east of Waldorf.
For many years, 104.1 FM was known as WXTR, an oldies station known as "Xtra 104", which began in 1981. WXTR, which had been purchased by Liberty Broadcasting, was soon paired with the Frederick, Maryland-licensed WZYQ 103.9 FM (which aired a Top 40 format), in an attempt to attain better signal coverage for WXTR. From that point on, both stations operated as a simulcast throughout a variety of formats: first oldies, then all-70s. Finally, Bonneville purchased the WXTR/WZYQ combo, and changed the format over to CHR at 11 AM on July 11, 1996, as "Z104" with the call letters WWZZ/WWVZ. The first song on "Z104" was "Get Ready for This" by 2 Unlimited. "Z104" was Washington, D.C.'s first Top 40 station since the flip of WAVA to Christian programming in 1992.
On October 1, 2001, due to new competition from WIHT (which as a full-market signal), Z104 switched to a modern adult contemporary format, playing music by the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Goo Goo Dolls and Third Eye Blind. The format proved an effective alternative to WIHT and to local stations WWDC (DC101) and WHFS (HFS 99.1), both of which specialized in hard rock. The simulcast also dropped the "Z104" name in favor of "More Music 104" and simply "104" for a while, before reverting to the "Z104" name on April 8, 2004 at 8:04 AM.
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