Related Research Articles
WBEZ – branded WBEZ 91.5 – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, and primarily serving the tri-state region of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned by Chicago Public Media and is financed by listener contributions, corporate underwriting and some government funding. WBEZ is affiliated with both National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). It also broadcasts content from American Public Media and the BBC World Service. It produces several nationally syndicated shows for public radio stations, including documentary program This American Life, and co-produces news and politics quiz program, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! with NPR.
WFCR is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts. It serves as the National Public Radio (NPR) member station for Western Massachusetts, including Springfield. The station operates at 13,000 watts ERP from a transmitter on Mount Lincoln in Pelham, Massachusetts, 968 feet above average terrain. The University of Massachusetts Amherst holds the license. The station airs NPR news programs during the morning and afternoon drive times and in the early evening. Middays and overnights are devoted to classical music and jazz is heard during the later evening hours.
WXPN is a non-commercial, public radio station licensed to the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that broadcasts an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format, along with many other format shows. WXPN produces World Cafe, a music program distributed by NPR to many non-commercial stations in the United States. The station's call sign, which is often abbreviated to XPN, stands for "Experimental Pennsylvania Network". The broadcast tower used by WXPN is located at, in the antenna farm complex in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.
KALA is a non-commercial public FM radio station in Davenport, Iowa, serving the Quad Cities radio market. It is owned by St. Ambrose University with studios on West Locust Street. It airs a mix of news and specialty music shows. Most of the news programs come from National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Radio Exchange (PRX). The station's musical lineup includes mainstream and fusion jazz, blues, Americana music, Southern gospel, urban gospel, Latin contemporary, classic rock, oldies, urban contemporary, world music, classic R&B, indie rock and alternative rock. KALA carries the syndicated weekly Pink Floyd program "Floydian Slip."
WFAE is a non-commercial public radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the main NPR news and information member in the Charlotte region. The station's main studios and offices are at One University Place in the University City neighborhood of northeast Charlotte. The WFAE Center for Community Engagement is located at 301 E. 7th Street in Uptown Charlotte, where live shows and other community gatherings are held.
KCLU-FM is a non-commercial radio station that is licensed to Thousand Oaks, California and serves Ventura County. The station, owned by California Lutheran University, is a member of NPR and airs local news, weather forecasts, and traffic conditions as well as a wide variety of public radio programming for California's South Coast of California and Central Coast of California, through additional signals listed below.
KOPB-FM is a non-commercial, listener-supported radio station licensed to Portland, Oregon. It is owned by Oregon Public Broadcasting and airs a public radio news and talk format. It is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and airs the BBC World Service overnight. KOPB-FM serves as the flagship station for OPB, simulcast on multiple stations and FM translators in Oregon. It is a primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System.
WLRN-FM and WKWM (91.5 MHz) are non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio stations for South Florida and the Florida Keys. WLRN-FM is licensed to Miami and WKWM is licensed to Marathon. They are owned by Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The offices and studios are on NE 15th Street in Miami.
WOUB-FM is a public radio station in Athens, Ohio. Owned by Ohio University, it is the flagship of a five-station network known as Ohio University Public Radio. The studios and offices are on South College Street in Athens.
KANU is the flagship station of Kansas Public Radio (KPR), a seven-station network based in Lawrence at the University of Kansas. In addition to KANU, KPR also operates full-power stations KANH in Emporia, KANV in Olsburg, and KANQ in Chanute ; and low-power translators K210CR in Atchison, and K258BT and K250AY in Manhattan.
WFSU is the callsign for public radio stations operated by Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
KEDT-FM branded as "KEDT Public Radio," is a non-commercial FM public radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas. It is owned by The South Texas Public Broadcasting System, which also owns PBS station KEDT-TV. KEDT-FM airs news programming from NPR in morning and afternoon drive time and several hours on weekends. The rest of the schedule is made up of classical music, with jazz and other genres on weekends. Programming is simulcast on KVRT 90.7 FM in Victoria.
WHRV is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia. It is the flagship NPR member station for the Hampton Roads section of Virginia, and is a sister station to the area's PBS member, WHRO-TV 15. They are owned by the Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, a consortium of 19 school districts in Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore. Studios are in the Public Telecommunications Center on the campus of Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
WRVO is a non-profit public radio network in Oswego, New York, licensed to the State University of New York at Oswego, operating from studios in the Penfield Library on the SUNY Oswego campus. Its multi-station network serves more than 20 counties in central and northern New York from flagship WRVO in Oswego, repeaters WRVD in Syracuse, WRVH in Clayton, WRVN in Utica, and WRVJ in Watertown. Low-power translators serve Geneva, Hamilton, Ithaca, Norwich and Watertown.
North State Public Radio is an NPR-affiliated public radio broadcaster which has main stations in the Northern California cities of Redding and Chico. It airs news and public affairs, classical music, talk radio and jazz programs. With the help of a number of relay transmitters, NSPR's signal covers a large portion of the North State region, including the cities of Red Bluff, Oroville, Paradise, Anderson, and Shasta Lake City.
KUSU-FM, known as Utah Public Radio, is an NPR-member radio station. It airs NPR programs, plus classical and folk music. Licensed to Utah State University in Logan, Utah, it broadcasts as Utah Public Radio on a series of 30 translators throughout the state. It is a part of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University.
KSUT originally signed on as a non-commercial community radio station licensed to serve the community of Ignacio, Colorado. The station has since expanded to two distinct formats, Four Corners Public Radio, with a public radio format of NPR and music programming, and Southern Ute Tribal Radio, which airs Native American music and news. While the stations have different legal call letters, both stations still refer to themselves on-air, online, and in marketing as KSUT. The stations are owned by KSUT Public Radio, a non-profit corporation, and licensed to KUTE, Inc.
KMUN is a community and public radio station in Astoria, Oregon, United States, serving the northern Oregon Coast from Astoria to Tillamook. The station is owned by the Tillicum Foundation, alongside classical music and news station KCPB-FM 90.9, and maintains studios in Tillicum House on Exchange Street in Astoria. Three low-power translators and KTCB in Tillamook extend the signal south. KMUN features a block radio format with news, public affairs, and music programming. The Tillicum Foundation also owns KCPB-FM 90.9, a complementary service with NPR national news programs and classical music.
WHCP-LP was a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Cambridge, Maryland and serving Cambridge and Algonquin in Maryland. WHCP-LP was last owned and operated by Cambridge Community Radio, Inc.
KNCJ is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Reno, Nevada. Owned and operated by the University of Nevada, Reno, it plays classical music during the week with jazz on weekend evenings. KNCJ is co-owned with NPR member station 88.7 KUNR. Their studios and offices are on North Virginia Street in Reno, on the university campus.
References
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVRU-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "WVRU Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WVRU Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ↑ "WVRU Program Guide". Radford University .
