TPR acquired the license in 2021 from Portsmouth Abbey School, a Benedictine institution, which had established it as a classical music station under the WJHD call letters in 1972.
WNPH is currently operating at low power under special temporary authority from the Federal Communications Commission as TPR seeks to relocate to a new transmitter site off the Portsmouth Abbey School campus.
WJHD—named for John Hugh Diman, the founder of the Portsmouth Abbey School[2]—first went into service in early 1972, using only a 10-watt RCA BTE-10C exciter and transmitter, two AR turntables, and a Shure mixer.
Debuting "The Blue Monk," Edmund's show played requests for faculty, parents, and members of the Rhode Island State Police who were listening while on patrol.
[5] An application is pending to relocate the transmitter site from the school and to new facilities in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, increasing coverage in the southern portion of the state; the WJHD call sign was changed to WNPK on January 4, 2022.