WGBH (FM)
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| City of license | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Branding | WGBH 89.7 |
| Slogan | Boston's NPR Arts and Culture Station |
| Frequency | 89.7 MHz (Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | October 6, 1951 |
| Format | public radio |
| ERP | 98,000 watts (WGBH) 5 watts (W242AA) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 70510 |
| Callsign meaning | W Great Blue Hill |
| Affiliations | NPR, PRI |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Sister stations | WCAI, WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV |
| Webcast | WGBH-FM webstream |
| Website | www.wgbh.org |
- See also: WGBH-TV
WGBH (89.7 FM MHz) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member station of NPR and PRI. The license-holder is the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns WGBH and WGBX-TV.
The station, dubbed "Boston's NPR, Arts and Culture Station" broadcasts a mixed-format of classical, jazz, folk, blues, Celtic music, NPR News programs and PRI's The World, which is a co-production of WGBH, PRI, and the BBC World Service.
"GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of WGBH's FM transmitter, as well as the original location of WGBH-TV's transmitter. Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts, has an elevation of 635 feet (193 m) and is the highest point in the Boston area.
Both WGBH and their all-classical music HD Radio sidechannel webcast their audio programming on the internet.
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[edit] Stations
WGBH owns three stations in the Cape Cod and Islands area, licensed to Woods Hole (WCAI), Nantucket (WNAN), and Brewster (WZAI). All simulcast National Public Radio programming but are programmed separately from WGBH. A fourth station, WNCK, is owned by Nantucket Public Radio, but simulcasts WGBH's main programming.
WGBH also operates a translator in East Cambridge, W242AA (96.3 FM).
WGBH also programs an HD Radio sidechannel, featuring all-classical music programming. Both WGBH and the all-classical sidechannel webcast their audio programming on the internet.
[edit] History
For more of a history of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council see the article on John Lowell, Jr.
WGBH Educational Foundation received its first broadcasting license (for radio) in 1951 under the auspices of the Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council, a consortium of local universities and cultural institutions, whose collaboration stems from an 1836 bequest by textile manufacturer John Lowell, Jr. calling for free public lectures for the citizens of Boston.
WGBH signed on October 6, 1951, with a live broadcast of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
[edit] Programming
Programs originating from WGBH-FM include:
- Open Source
- A Celtic Sojourn
- Says You!
- Sound & Spirit
- The World (co-produced with the BBC World Service)
- The Changing World
- From the Top
- Arts and Ideas
[edit] External links
- WGBH official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WGBH
- Radio Locator information on WGBH
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WGBH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W242AA
- Radio Locator information on W242AA
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