title: WREM
text: # WREM
  
  WREM is a 2,600-watt radio station licensed to Canton, New York. Owned and operated by St. Lawrence University, it broadcasts the public radio remix format.
  
  ## Station history
  
  WREM was launched by St. Lawrence University in May 2011. St. Lawrence University also owns and operates North Country Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate which broadcasts on 89.5 FM in Canton, New York as well as many translators throughout Upstate New York and Vermont.
  
  The call letters WREM were first used in 1956 when Ed Slusarczyk and Jerry Prouty built a 1 KW daytime station on 1480 kc in Remsen, NY.
  
  