Applicant Information

Friends of Public Radio, inc.
    WHQR Public Radio

application number: 01199
funds requested: $120,281
total project cost: $240,562
contact: Ms. Susan G Dankel
address: 254 N. Front Street
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
phone: (910) 343-1640
e-mail: whqr@wilmington.net

To improve public radio station WHQR-FM in Wilmington, NC by replacing the STL system, including the remote control, and to improve and expand the station's production capabilities. The project will replace worn-out and obsolete equipment in both the master control studio and production control studio. The project will also upgrade the radio reading service by equiping a new studio dedicated for that purpose. Two new production studios and an edit booth will also be equipped through the project. The station provides the only public radio service for 300,000 people.

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