WDIY

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WDIY
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City of license Allentown, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Frequency 88.1 MHZ
Format Public Radio
Callsign meaning Do It Yourself
Owner Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association
Website http://www.wdiyfm.org

WDIY (88.1 FM) is a community public radio station licensed to Allentown, Pennsylvania, and based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The station serves the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, as well as western Warren County in New Jersey.

WDIY has an air staff of 70 volunteers and a paid management staff. It has been broadcasting since January 8, 1995. The station is licensed to Lehigh Valley Community Broadcasters Association, Inc., a nonprofit organization. The station's mission "is to engage the Lehigh Valley community through a wide-ranging exchange of music, arts, news and culturally diverse information."

[edit] Programming

WDIY's program schedule includes NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered weekdays, with Classical music and adult album alternative programs between the two news shows. Week nights and weekends, the station features a variety of music, including folk music, blues, electronic music, jazz, World music, alternative rock, Classical music, avant-garde music and ethnic music (Jewish, Arabic and Indian), as well as NPR's Weekend Edition and Fresh Air.

[edit] Translators

In addition to its main frequency at 88.1 FM, which broadcasts to Allentown and Bethlehem, WDIY maintains two other frequencies: 93.7 in Trexlertown and Fogelsville and 93.9 in Easton and Phillipsburg (New Jersey).

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