WGTE-FM (91.3 MHz) is a non-commercial, listener-supported, public radio station in Toledo, Ohio, and is the sister station of Channel 30 WGTE-TV, Toledo's PBS network affiliate. WGTE-FM features classical music and jazz along with news and talk. It is a member of National Public Radio and also carries programs from other public radio networks. The studios and offices are on South Detroit Avenue.

WGTE-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency91.3 MHz
BrandingWGTE FM 91
Programming
FormatPublic Radio - Classical - News - Talk
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
Public Radio Exchange
American Public Media
Ownership
OwnerPublic 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 ID66287
ClassB
ERP13,500 watts
HAAT289 meters (948 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
41°39′29″N 83°25′55″W / 41.658°N 83.432°W / 41.658; -83.432
Repeater(s)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wgte.org

WGTE-FM is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,500 watts. The transmitter is on Corduroy Road at North Wynn Avenue in Oregon, Ohio.[2] Programming is simulcast on three other Ohio radio stations: WGBE (90.9 FM) in Bryan, WGDE (91.9 FM) in Defiance and WGLE (90.7 FM) in Lima. Several times each year, WGTE-FM holds on-air fundraisers to ask for listener support.

Programming

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Most of the day, WGTE-FM airs classical music. But on weekdays, it breaks during morning drive time, middays and afternoons for news and information programs from NPR: Morning Edition, Here and Now, Marketplace and All 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 and Wait, 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.

History

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WGTE-FM signed 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 began Morning 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.

Repeaters

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
WGBE 90.9 FM Bryan, Ohio 53733 850 120 m (394 ft) A 41°28′47″N 84°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″N 84°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″N 84°06′33″W / 40.65111°N 84.10917°W / 40.65111; -84.10917 LMS

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGTE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WGTE
  3. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1978 page C-172. Retrieved Aug. 15, 2024.
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