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WGPR
City of license	Detroit, Michigan
Broadcast area	[1]
Branding	The Rhythm
Frequency	107.5 MHz
First air date	December 6, 1961
Format	Smooth Jazz / Soft Urban Adult Contemporary
Power	50,000 watts
ERP	50 kW
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Grosse Pointe Radio Where God's Power Radiates
Owner	International Free and Accepted Modern Masons (WGPR, Inc.)
Website	www.wgprdetroit.com

WGPR ("The Rhythm 107-5") is a FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by the International Free and Accepted Modern Masons, the station operates on 107.5 MHz.

WGPR was founded on December 6, 1961. It was the first full-time FM stereo radio station in Michigan, and was a pioneer black-owned broadcaster. WGPR has featured an R&B format throughout its history.^{[citation needed]} It is reported that the station's callsign meant, Where God's Presence Reigns.

The Electrifyin' Mojo was heard on WGPR-FM during the early 1980s. The station also used the on-air identifier "G107.5" for a time during the 1980s.

The station was co-owned with WGPR-TV channel 62, which the Freemason group established in 1975. This station, which would adopt the CBS affiliation in 1994 following WJBK's switch from CBS to Fox, was sold to CBS in 1995 and re-called WWJ-TV.

Today WGPR features a mix of Urban Adult Contemporary hits and Smooth Jazz. Saturdays are "Old School" Saturdays, featuring a wide variety of R&B, soul and dance-oriented oldies. Saturdays are called Old School Saturdays which is more ambiguous than the typical schedule. Genres played on OSS are disco, funk, 1980s electronic music, dance music, Motown Sound, urban oldies, 1970s R&B. This program has been prone to technical errors. These errors include skipping CDs, varying volume levels between tracks, a song ending midway through and sometimes accidental but simultaneous mix-in of multiple song tracks. Sundays are devoted to gospel programming, and the station also features traditional jazz on weekend overnights.

Because WGPR sometimes plays Smooth Jazz, it competes with Smooth Jazz V98.7 as well as urban AC stations 92.3 WMXD and 105.9 WDMK.

The current weekday on-air lineup is as follows:

• Morning Show: Mason in the Morning - John Mason
• Mid-Days: Sylvia Simone
• Afternoon Drive: Cliff Coleman
• Nighttime: Dallas Keith

The Rhythm 107-5 currently ranks at #20 in the Detroit market according to the Fall 2007 Phase II ratings release.

According to a preliminary Arbitron report released December 12, 2007

• Michiguide.com - WGPR History

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGPR
• Radio Locator information on WGPR