North Country Public Radio
Radio network
RadiotransmittersSee § Stations and § Translators
HeadquartersCanton, New York
Broadcast area
BrandingNCPR
CountryUnited States
AirdateMarch 7, 1968[1]
OwnerSt. Lawrence University
Webcast(M3U)
(PLS)
Websitenorthcountrypublicradio.org

North Country Public Radio (NCPR) is a National Public Radio (NPR) member regional radio network headquartered in Canton, New York. The member-supported network is owned by St. Lawrence University (SLU) and is the NPR member for the Adirondack North Country region of northern New York. Its radio studios are inside room number 201 of the E.J. Noble Medical Building[2] adjacent to the SLU campus on East Main Street in Canton.

The flagship station, WSLU in Canton, signed on for the first time on March 7, 1968, on 96.7 MHz.[1][3] It was a charter member of NPR.[3] It adopted the on-air name North Country Public Radio in 1984.[1] In the same year, WSLU moved to 89.5 MHz,[history 1] and NCPR built the first of several low-powered FM translators.[1][3] Much of the surrounding area was among the few places in the Northeastern United States that were still without public radio. Its first full-powered repeaters, WSLO in Malone and WSLL in Saranac Lake, began broadcasting in 1989, with additional stations signing on in the early 1990s.[3]

It now comprises 18 full-power FM transmitters and 16 low-powered translators[4] serving the North Country, parts of western Vermont and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec with regional and national news, public affairs programs, and an eclectic variety of music.[5][6] Major cities in its coverage area are Watertown, Plattsburgh, and Glens Falls in New York, as well as Burlington, Vermont; Kingston, Ontario; and Cornwall, Ontario.[5]

In May 2011, North Country Public Radio also launched WREM, a radio station in Canton which offers a distinct program schedule sourced from Public Radio Exchange.[7]

In November 2024, NCPR signed on a new FM transmitter at Ellenburg, New York on 88.9 FM with a call sign WELN. The new signal will cover communities along Route 11 between Malone and Plattsburgh, NY which was previously a dead air zone.[8]

Stations

Call signFrequencyCity of licenseStateFacility IDClassERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		Transmitter coordinates
WXLH91.3 FMBlue Mountain LakeNew YorkA78527 m (1,729 ft)43°52′18.2″N 74°24′0.5″W
WXLB91.7 FMBoonvilleNew YorkA100107 m (351 ft)43°26′53.2″N 75°20′46.6″W
WSLZ88.1 FMCape VincentNew YorkA2,00092 m (302 ft)44°6′58.2″N 76°20′19.8″W
WSLU[i]89.5 FMCantonNew YorkC240,00091 m (299 ft)44°32′1.2″N 75°5′48.7″W
WSLG90.5 FMGouverneurNew YorkA2,00063 m (207 ft)44°15′32.2″N 75°34′38.7″W
WXLE105.9 FMIndian LakeNew YorkA590−61.5 m (−202 ft)43°45′27.2″N 74°14′44.5″W
WXLL91.7 FMLake PlacidNew YorkA100−32 m (−105 ft)44°17′8.1″N 73°59′14.5″W
WXLD89.7 FMLowvilleNew YorkA22080 m (260 ft)43°48′31.4″N 75°30′40.2″W
WSLO90.9 FMMaloneNew YorkA200106 m (348 ft)44°49′46.1″N 74°22′29.6″W
WXLG89.9 FMNorth CreekNew YorkC3200608 m (1,995 ft)43°40′22.2″N 74°2′56.4″W
WXLU88.1 FMPeruNew YorkC31,000341 m (1,119 ft)44°34′25.1″N 73°40′27.5″W
WSLL90.5 FMSaranac LakeNew YorkA600107 m (351 ft)44°20′28.1″N 74°7′41.5″W
WXLS88.3 FMTupper LakeNew YorkA110433 m (1,421 ft)44°9′34.2″N 74°28′32.6″W
WSLJ88.9 FMWatertownNew YorkA280130 m (430 ft)43°57′23″N 75°50′25″W
WXLJ94.1 FMWhitehallNew YorkA3,000100 m (330 ft)43°28′37.2″N 73°26′54.4″W
WXLQ90.5 FMBristolVermontA160181 m (594 ft)44°13′24.1″N 73°7′25.4″W

Notes:

  1. ^ Flagship station

Translators

Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseStateFacility IDClassERP
(W)		Height
(m (ft))		Transmitter coordinatesRebroadcasts
W217AE91.3Alexandria BayNew YorkD654.8 m (16 ft)44°20′15.4″N 75°55′13.9″WWSLJ
W272BL102.3CarthageNew YorkD439.3 m (31 ft)43°58′36.2″N 75°36′37.6″WWSLJ
W262BO100.3ClaytonNew YorkD9036.4 m (119 ft)44°13′48.1″N 76°4′44.7″WWSLU
W217CC91.3ElizabethtownNew YorkD80−176 m (−577 ft)44°13′14.2″N 73°36′42.9″WWSLL
W271AW102.1JayNew YorkD10−215.8 m (−708 ft)44°21′57.1″N 73°43′29.5″WWSLL
W211BU90.1KeeneNew YorkD10−56.5 m (−185 ft)44°15′3.1″N 73°45′51.5″WWSLL
W242AZ96.3Keene ValleyNew YorkD10−361.1 m (−1,185 ft)44°11′19.1″N 73°47′22.4″WWSLL
W271DP102.1Lake GeorgeNew YorkD10384.2 m (1,260 ft)43°25′12.2″N 73°45′35.4″WWXLG
W219BG91.7Long LakeNew YorkD976 m (249 ft)43°57′39.2″N 74°25′17.5″WWSLU
W212BQ90.3MorristownNew YorkD5546.1 m (151 ft)44°35′17″N 75°38′34″WWSLU
W247BB97.3NewcombNew YorkD1068.3 m (224 ft)43°57′22.2″N 74°10′24.5″WWXLH
W282AV104.3North CreekNew YorkD10−137.4 m (−451 ft)43°41′38.2″N 73°59′4.4″WWXLG
W204BJ88.7Old ForgeNew YorkD1954.6 m (179 ft)43°42′4.2″N 74°58′18.6″WWXLH
W205BW88.9Paul SmithsNew YorkD5525 m (82 ft)44°26′11.1″N 74°15′35.5″WWSLL
W237BR95.3Schroon LakeNew YorkD110−98.6 m (−323 ft)43°51′16.2″N 73°45′26.5″WWXLG
W248BL97.5SpeculatorNew YorkD10180.7 m (593 ft)43°31′26.2″N 74°21′37.5″WWXLG
W224BI92.7WellsNew YorkD10−129.2 m (−424 ft)43°23′7.2″N 74°18′18.4″WWXLG

Notes

  1. ^ For regulatory purposes, WSLU on 89.5 operates on a new license issued in 1985; the original 96.7 license was sold and is now WNCQ-FM 102.9.

References

  1. ^ Chaisson, Bill. "North Country Public Radio celebrates 50th anniversary", Lake Placid News. March 16, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Contact NCPR". www.northcountrypublicradio.org. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  3. ^ "NCPR: A Brief History", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Find NCPR on the Air and on the Map". NCPR. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  5. ^ "NCPR: on the Air and on the Map", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "About NCPR", North Country Public Radio. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "World Ends, NERW Rolls On". NorthEast Radio Watch, May 23, 2011.
  8. ^ Signal dropping out past Malone? Not anymore!, North Country Public Radio, November 22, 2024