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| Broadcast area | |
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| Frequency | 91.3MHz |
| Branding | WGTE FM 91 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public Radio -Classical -News - Talk |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio Public Radio Exchange American Public Media |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwestern Ohio |
| WGTE-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | May 2, 1976 (48 years ago) (1976-05-02) |
Call sign meaning | "Greater Toledo Education" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66287 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 13,500watts |
| HAAT | 289 meters (948 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°39′29″N83°25′55″W / 41.658°N 83.432°W /41.658; -83.432 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WGTE-FM (91.3MHz) is anon-commercial, listener-supported,publicradio station inToledo, Ohio, and is thesister station of Channel 30WGTE-TV, Toledo'sPBSnetwork affiliate. WGTE-FM featuresclassical music andjazz along with news and talk. It is a member ofNational Public Radio and also carries programs from other public radio networks. The studios and offices are on South Detroit Avenue.
WGTE-FM is aClass B station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 13,500watts. Thetransmitter is on Corduroy Road at North Wynn Avenue inOregon, Ohio.[2] Programming issimulcast on three other Ohio radio stations: WGBE (90.9 FM) inBryan, WGDE (91.9 FM) inDefiance and WGLE (90.7 FM) inLima. Several times each year, WGTE-FM holds on-airfundraisers to ask for listener support.
Most of the day, WGTE-FM airs classical music. But on weekdays, it breaks during morningdrive time, middays and afternoons for news and information programs from NPR:Morning Edition,Here and Now,Marketplace andAll Things Considered.
On weekends, it mixes music programs with one-hour weekly public radio shows:Snap Judgement,Milk Street Radio,Radiolab,This American Life,The Moth Radio Hour,Hidden Brain,Travel with Rick Steves,On The Media andWait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. On Friday and Saturday evenings, the music switches to jazz. And on weekends, specialty music programs are heard:Hearts of Space,The Thistle and Shamrock,Pipedreams and during the season,The Metropolitan Opera.
WGTE-FMsigned on the air on May 2, 1976; 48 years ago (May 2, 1976).[3] At first, its programming was mostly classical music with six hours of jazz per week and hourly news updates. It also featured NPR's first weekday news program,All Things Considered.
When NPR beganMorning Edition in 1979, that program was also heard on the weekday schedule. Gradually more news and talk programs from NPR and PRI were added, although unlike most other NPR affiliates, WGTE-FM continues to air a sizable number of classical music programs with some jazz music and other genres on weekends.
In 1981, WGLE-FM in Lima became the first simulcast station of WGTE-FM. WGBE-FM in Bryan was added in 1996 and WGDE-FM in Defiance signed on in 1999.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| WGBE | 90.9 FM | Bryan, Ohio | 53733 | 850 | 120 m (394 ft) | A | 41°28′47″N84°35′50″W / 41.47972°N 84.59722°W /41.47972; -84.59722 | LMS |
| WGDE | 91.9 FM | Defiance, Ohio | 53713 | 6,000 | 93 m (305 ft) | A | 41°17′41″N84°23′24″W / 41.29472°N 84.39000°W /41.29472; -84.39000 | LMS |
| WGLE | 90.7 FM | Lima, Ohio | 53715 | 50,000 | 128 m (420 ft) | B | 40°39′04″N84°06′33″W / 40.65111°N 84.10917°W /40.65111; -84.10917 | LMS |
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