WPIP
religious radio station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
WPIP (880 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. It is licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, and serves the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The station, owned by Berean Christian School (North Carolina) which is part of Berean Baptist Church, broadcasts only during daytime hours to protect WHSQ of New York City, which is assigned the 880 AM clear channel frequency during the nighttime.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “WPIP” is religious radio station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through WPIP, religious and radio, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “religious radio station in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7954323. Authority coordinates are 36.044, -80.182. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
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- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “WPIP” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.