WEPL-LP | |
City: | Rochester, New York |
Area: | Rochester |
Branding: | PODER 97.1 |
Frequency: | 97.1 MHz FM |
Format: | Latin music and talk |
Language: | Spanish |
Erp: | 39 watts |
Haat: | 48 meters |
Class: | L1 |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
Facility Id: | 193382 |
Callsign Meaning: | W El Poder Latino (Latino power) |
Owner: | Ibero-American Action League |
Website: | ibero.org/poder |
WEPL-LP (97.1 FM) is a low-power radio station based in Rochester, New York. The station is owned and operated by the Ibero-American Action League as a service to the Latino community in Rochester. The station, branded as PODER 97.1, features Latin music interspersed with Spanish-language news and talk. It began broadcasting in its current format on November 30, 2015.
In August 2023, the Ibero-American Action League entered into an agreement to purchase translator W298CH (107.5) from the WXXI Public Broadcasting Council pending FCC approval. [1] The translater was used to boost WEPL's signal.[2]