WQPR – Reaching Huntsville and the Shoals

When the power goes out, the radio stays on – with your help. It’s time to replace the aging WQPR transmitter in Russelville that broadcasts across the northern tier of Alabama and southern Tennessee. Alabama Public Radio (APR) operates four transmitters across the Yellowhammer State, plus an extension of the transmitter (a translator) in Maysville. This project will replace the outdated transmitter and the translator.

In these days when the internet seems to be everywhere, radio provides vital information across the broadcast area, even when the internet is not available. In some parts of Alabama, the radio may be the only source of information in a time of crisis.

APR provides programming across the state including news, music, and entertainment programs. Since the late 1980’s, WQPR has broadcasted APR programs. This station has been part of the College of Communication and Information Sciences since 1982. To date, countless students have interned with the station to learn how to research, interview, write, and create on-air stories. Since www.APR.org was established, students have also had practical experience writing for the web.

Even though APR is part of The University of Alabama, it relies on support from listeners to pay for the programs and infrastructure that enables the broadcast. Updates for WQPR are critical because replacement parts are increasingly hard to source with some totally unavailable except on the used parts market.

Help Alabama Public Radio keep WQPR running for the next generation. Your donation of $50, $100, $500 or more will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a generous donor.

Our goal of $100,000 will be matched with $100,000 to make the replacement of the transmitter possible. A gift in any amount will go twice as far.

Thank you for supporting Alabama Public Radio.