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{{Infobox Radio Station |
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name = WPGR |
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area = [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania]]/[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] |
branding = ''AM1510, WPGR''|
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airdate = 1960|
frequency = 1510 ([[kilohertz|kHz]]) |
format = [[Urban Gospel]] |
power = 5,000 [[watt]]s (Daytime) <br>2,500 watts ([[Critical Hours]])<br>1 watt (Nighttime)|
class = D|
owner = Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation |
website = |
callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''P'''ittsbur'''G'''h '''R'''adio |
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'''WPGR''' is a [[Urban Gospel]] [[radio station]] serving the [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] area. The station, which is owned by [[Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation]], broadcasts at 1510 [[Kilohertz|kHz]], with a transmitter power of 5,000 [[watt]]s daytime, 2,500 watts critical hours, and only 1 watt at nighttime. The city of license is [[Monroeville, Pennsylvania]].


== History: Beginnings as WPSL ==
Athletic trainers treat and recondition athletes who have sustained an athletic injury.
WPGR, whose previous formats included [[adult contemporary]], [[urban contemporary]] and [[modern rock]], flipped to its current format (which had previously been at what's now [[WWNL]]) in 1999.


This station first went on the air as WPSL back in 1964, and operated as a daytime-only operation with a power output of 250 watts, non-directional. The call letters were an acronym for Punchy Sylves Leib, the station's founder. The station's studio and transmitter location, where it had operated for many years, was located at One Sylves Lane within the city of Monroeville. It would remain at this location until 1999.
==Certified athletic trainer==
In the USA, the Certified [[Athletic trainer|Athletic Trainer]] (ATC) is an allied health care professional that is certified by the [[Board of Certification, Inc.]] (BOC). The Certified Athletic Trainer's role delineation encompasses six domains:
#Athletic Injury Prevention and Risk Management
#Recognition, Evaluation and Assessment of Injuries and Illnesses
#Immediate Care of Injuries
#Treatment, Rehabilitation and Reconditioning
#Health Care Organization and Administration
#Professional Development and Responsibility


WPSL was primarily a broadcast outlet for an announcer training school managed by Pittsburgh radio great Bill Lynch. The station later evolved into a commercial enterprise, maintaining its same ownership until being silenced in 1979, after the deaths of Leib and her father, who was one of the other owner principals of the station. The station would remain silent until its sale to Barua Communications of Monroeville the following year.
As a part of the sports medicine team, the Certified Athletic Trainer works under the direction of a licensed physician and in cooperation with other health care professionals, athletics administrators, coaches and parents.


==The X-15 Experiment==
Certified Athletic Trainers work in a wide range of areas. They work in athletics as well as in clinic settings. In clinic settings, they work with people of all ages and all activity levels specializing in athletic injury and prevention. Certified Athletic Trainers are also highly involved in the day to day processes of professional, intercollegiate, or high school athletics. Some duties of a Certified Athletic Trainer include:
*Prepping athletes for practice or competition including taping, bandaging, bracing or applying other forms of risk management
*Evaluating injuries to determine the best course of action
*Developing and implementing conditioning programs
*Implementing treatment programs


The station returned to the air in 1980 under a new set of call letters, WRUA, and a new owner, Barua Communications of Monroeville, founded by a local podiatrist. The station operated under these same call letters until 1989, when Barua leased the station to another operator (Julco Enterprises), Robert Julian. WRUA took on a new set of call letters, and WXVX (the last three standing for the Roman numeral 1510) was born. The new WXVX, marketed as "X-15" was created as an outlet for progressive and alternative rock after New Kensington-licensed FM station WXXP switched its format from this kind of music to adult contemporary and adopted the slogan "Mix 100.7".
Certified Athletic Trainers that are not integrated in the athletics community may work in a private, corporate or hospital based clinic treating athletes in those settings. Some athletic trainers work under the direction of physical therapists performing delegated aspects of physical therapy.


WXVX's presentation was that of inmates running the asylum, with concerts being held outside the station's ramshackle studio building (whose address by this time was unofficially renamed One Progressive Alley), by up and coming new rock acts. Though the station proved popular with listeners, and introduced acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Lenny Kravitz to the market, it didn't meet its financial goals and the station reverted back to Barua's control in 1992. A volunteer airstaff, dedicated to the format, kept the station going by working for free and selling airtime, including its new general manager, Paul Goodman.
==Places of employment==
Certified Athletic Trainers are employed in secondary schools, intercollegiate athletics, professional athletics, sports medicine clinics, the military, the sets of the movie industry, professional dance settings, or industrial and commercial settings. Hospitals and health clubs are also venues that create job opportunities for Certified Athletic Trainers.


Goodman managed to keep WXVX afloat until it was sold to another local doctor who owned several properties in the area. The new doctor leased the station to Chae Communications, a broadcast company controlled by former WLOA General Manager Del King, who programmed a format of adult urban contemporary. Unable to make a go of the operation, King let the contract lapse. WXVX was then sold in 1997 to Westmoreland County broadcaster Michael Horvath, who later purchased WPLW in Carnegie. Horvath changed from the WXVX urban format, and put an automated format of 80's music on the air, soliciting the airtime for sale to those interested in their own radio programs. After a few years, the station was sold to Mortenson Broadcasting from Kentucky. Mortenson carried an automated gospel music format from Sheridan Broadcasting during his tenure and eventually sold the station to Sheridan several years later.
==Athletic training education==
In the United States Athletic Training Education Programs are accredited by the [Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education] (CAATE). Entry level athletic training education uses a competency-based approach in both the classroom and clinical settings. Using a medical based education model, athletic training students are educated to serve in the role of physician extenders, with an emphasis on clinical reasoning skills. Educational competencies are bases on cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skill), affective competencies (professional behavior), and clinical proficiencies (practice oriented outcomes). Students must receive instruction in the foundational courses of human physiology, human anatomy, exercise physiology, kinesiology/biomechanics, nutrition, acute care of injury and illness, statistics and research design, and strength training and reconditioning. The student must be introduced to professional coursework that encompasses the following domains:
*Risk management
*Pathology of injury/illness
*Prevention and assessment of injuries/illness
*General medical conditions and disabilities
*Therapeutic modalities
*Strength and Conditioning
*Therapeutic massage
*Emergency medicine
*Weight management and body composition
*Psychosocial intervention and referral
*Medical ethics and legal issues
*Pharmacology
*Professional development and responsibilities


==See also==
==WPGR Today==
*[[Exercise physiology]]
*[[Kinesiology]]
*[[Sport psychology]]
*[[Orthopedics]]


Sheridan still continues to run the format as their "Flagship" station with their offices located in close by Pittsburgh, PA.


== External links ==
[[Category:Health sciences]][[Category:Athletic Training]]
*{{AMQ|WPGR}}
*{{AML|WPGR}}

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WPGR
Broadcast areaMonroeville, Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh
Frequency1510 (kHz)
BrandingAM1510, WPGR
Programming
FormatUrban Gospel
Ownership
OwnerSheridan Broadcasting Corporation
History
First air date
1960
Call sign meaning
W PittsburGh Radio
Technical information
ClassD
Power5,000 watts (Daytime)
2,500 watts (Critical Hours)
1 watt (Nighttime)

WPGR is a Urban Gospel radio station serving the Pittsburgh area. The station, which is owned by Sheridan Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasts at 1510 kHz, with a transmitter power of 5,000 watts daytime, 2,500 watts critical hours, and only 1 watt at nighttime. The city of license is Monroeville, Pennsylvania.

History: Beginnings as WPSL

WPGR, whose previous formats included adult contemporary, urban contemporary and modern rock, flipped to its current format (which had previously been at what's now WWNL) in 1999.

This station first went on the air as WPSL back in 1964, and operated as a daytime-only operation with a power output of 250 watts, non-directional. The call letters were an acronym for Punchy Sylves Leib, the station's founder. The station's studio and transmitter location, where it had operated for many years, was located at One Sylves Lane within the city of Monroeville. It would remain at this location until 1999.

WPSL was primarily a broadcast outlet for an announcer training school managed by Pittsburgh radio great Bill Lynch. The station later evolved into a commercial enterprise, maintaining its same ownership until being silenced in 1979, after the deaths of Leib and her father, who was one of the other owner principals of the station. The station would remain silent until its sale to Barua Communications of Monroeville the following year.

The X-15 Experiment

The station returned to the air in 1980 under a new set of call letters, WRUA, and a new owner, Barua Communications of Monroeville, founded by a local podiatrist. The station operated under these same call letters until 1989, when Barua leased the station to another operator (Julco Enterprises), Robert Julian. WRUA took on a new set of call letters, and WXVX (the last three standing for the Roman numeral 1510) was born. The new WXVX, marketed as "X-15" was created as an outlet for progressive and alternative rock after New Kensington-licensed FM station WXXP switched its format from this kind of music to adult contemporary and adopted the slogan "Mix 100.7".

WXVX's presentation was that of inmates running the asylum, with concerts being held outside the station's ramshackle studio building (whose address by this time was unofficially renamed One Progressive Alley), by up and coming new rock acts. Though the station proved popular with listeners, and introduced acts such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Lenny Kravitz to the market, it didn't meet its financial goals and the station reverted back to Barua's control in 1992. A volunteer airstaff, dedicated to the format, kept the station going by working for free and selling airtime, including its new general manager, Paul Goodman.

Goodman managed to keep WXVX afloat until it was sold to another local doctor who owned several properties in the area. The new doctor leased the station to Chae Communications, a broadcast company controlled by former WLOA General Manager Del King, who programmed a format of adult urban contemporary. Unable to make a go of the operation, King let the contract lapse. WXVX was then sold in 1997 to Westmoreland County broadcaster Michael Horvath, who later purchased WPLW in Carnegie. Horvath changed from the WXVX urban format, and put an automated format of 80's music on the air, soliciting the airtime for sale to those interested in their own radio programs. After a few years, the station was sold to Mortenson Broadcasting from Kentucky. Mortenson carried an automated gospel music format from Sheridan Broadcasting during his tenure and eventually sold the station to Sheridan several years later.

WPGR Today

Sheridan still continues to run the format as their "Flagship" station with their offices located in close by Pittsburgh, PA.

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