WOUB-FM
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WOUB-FM | |
City of license | Athens, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | [1] |
Branding | Ohio University Public Radio |
Frequency | 91.3 mHz |
First air date | December 13, 1949 (originally carrier current 1942-49) |
Format | public radio |
ERP | 50 kW |
Class | B |
Owner | Ohio University |
Website | http://www.woub.org/radio |
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WOUB-FM is a radio station in the United States, broadcasting at FM 91.3 in Athens, Ohio. The station, owned by Ohio University, is a National Public Radio member station.[1] WOUB-FM is the flagship station of a five-station network, Ohio University Public Radio.
WOUB debuted in 1942 as WOUI, a carrier current station broadcasting from Ewing Hall on the Ohio U. campus. It became a full-fledged station on December 13, 1949. Sometime in the early 1960s, it changed its calls to WOUB-FM.
The station also serves most of southern and southeastern Ohio, plus portions of neighboring West Virginia and Kentucky, through a network of repeater stations:
Callsign | Frequency | City of license | Broadcast Area | First air date | Former callsigns |
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WOUC-FM | 89.1. FM | Cambridge, Ohio | [2] | December 19, 1985 | none |
WOUH-FM | 91.9 FM | Chillicothe, Ohio | [3] | October 4, 1991 | WVZF (to December 1991; may not have been used on-air) |
WOUL-FM | 89.1 FM | Ironton, Ohio | [4] | December 29, 1986 | none |
WOUZ-FM | 90.1 FM | Zanesville, Ohio | [5] | October 9, 1992 | none |
Ohio University Public Radio also operates WOUB AM 1340, which offers a public radio schedule different from FM.
[edit] References
- ^ Athens News, 2004 http://www.denverradio.net/newforum/viewthread.php?tid=57 here
[edit] External links
- Ohio University Public Radio
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUL
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUZ
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