Contents

WLTR

WLTR (91.3 MHz) is a noncommercial public FM radio stationinColumbia, South Carolina, United States. The station features a news and information radio format with programs from National Public Radio, as well as classical and other genres of music in late mornings, nights and weekends. WLTR is the flagship station of the statewide "News and Music Network" from South Carolina Public Radio.

WLTR has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum permitted for non-grandfathered FM stations.^[2] The transmitter is on Hardscrabble Road near Sloan Road in Columbia.^[3]

History[edit]

On July 1, 1976, WLTR first signed on the air. Over time, more stations were added to the network of non-commercial FM outlets around the state, run jointly with South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV). All the FM stations largely simulcast the programming originating on flagship WLTR, a mix of NPR news and information on weekday mornings and afternoons, with mostly classical music heard middays, nights and weekends. By the end of the 1990s, many non-commercial NPR stations around the country were eliminating music from their schedules and focusing on all news, talk and information formats.

In 2001, the statewide network of South Carolina Educational Radio Network stations was split, with stations WRJA-FMinSumter, WJWJ-FMinBeaufort and WHMC-FMinConway carrying all NPR and local news and information programming. WLTR continued with its format, featuring news and information in mornings and afternoons, with some classical music and other musical programs, middays, nights and weekends. 89.3 WSCI Charleston and 90.1 WEPR Greenville continue to simulcast WLTR.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• South Carolina Public Radio Network
• Facility details for Facility ID 60984 (WLTR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WLTRinNielsen Audio's FM station database

This article about a radio station in South Carolina is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.