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This article is about the Newark, New Jersey radio station. For the airport in Lio Matu, Malaysia assigned the ICAO code WBGO, see List of airports by ICAO code: W § Malaysia.
WBGO
  • United States
    • Broadcast area
  • New York City
    • Frequency88.3 MHz (HD Radio)
    BrandingWBGO Jazz 88
    Programming
    FormatJazz
    SubchannelsHD2: "The Jazz Bee" (Jazz)
    AffiliationsNPR
    Ownership
    OwnerNewark Public Radio
    History

    First air date

    		1948; 76 years ago (1948)
    Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    		FCC
    Facility ID48699
    ClassB1
    ERP2,500 watts
    HAAT269.2 meters (883 ft)

    Transmitter coordinates

    		40°45′22″N 73°59′10″W / 40.756°N 73.986°W / 40.756; -73.986
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
    • WebcastListen live
    Websitewww.wbgo.org

    WBGO (88.3 FM, "Jazz 88") is a public radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. Studios and offices are located on Park Place in downtown Newark, and its transmitter is located at 4 Times SquareinManhattan. The station primarily plays jazz music.[2] In addition the station airs public affairs programming, locally produced newscasts, traffic reports from Total Traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours, and NPR-produced newscasts and programming.

    History[edit]

    WBGO's first license was granted on January 26, 1947.[3] Originally owned by the Newark Board of Education with studios in Central High School, it was established as the first public radio station in New Jersey when in 1979 the broadcast license was transferred to Newark Public Radio in cooperation with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. WBGO then became affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR) and went to a 24-hour broadcast format in 1980.

    While WBGO's base of operations remain in Newark, the station's broadcast antenna and transmission system moved to Midtown Manhattan on December 30, 2011.

    WBGO was one of two major FM jazz stations in the New York City metropolitan area, along with smooth jazz station WQCD until 2008, when that station flipped to a rock format, leaving WBGO as the New York area's only jazz station.[4]

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBGO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ Gorce, Tammy La (January 29, 2020). "Behind the Racial Uproar at One of the World's Best Jazz Stations". The New York Times.
  • ^ FCC Query License and technical data on WBGO
  • ^ "I was fired for calling out 'blatant racism' at N.J. Radio station, ex-employee says". January 30, 2020.

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