WBGO

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WBGO
City of license	Newark, New Jersey
Broadcast area	New York City
Branding	WBGO Jazz 88
Slogan	The Jazz Source
Frequency	88.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1948
Format	Jazz
ERP	2,500 watts
HAAT	269.2 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	48699
Owner	Newark Public Radio
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wbgo.org

WBGO (88.3 FM, "Jazz 88") is a public radio station broadcasting from Newark, New Jersey with its transmission system located on top of 4 Times Square in New York City. The station primarily plays jazz music. In addition the station airs public affairs programming, locally produced newscasts, traffic reports from Metro Traffic during morning and afternoon rush hours, and NPR-produced newscasts and programming.

Until 2008 WBGO was, with smooth jazz station WQCD/101.9 FM, one of two major FM jazz stations in the New York metropolitan area. That changed when Emmis Communications decided to change WQCD's format to rock and its call letters to WRXP, leaving WBGO as the New York area's only jazz station. While WBGO's base of operations remains in Newark, NJ, the station's broadcast antenna and transmission system moved to Midtown Manhattan on December 30, 2011.

The station was originally owned by the Newark Board of Education and had studios in Central High School. Studios and offices are now located at 54 Park Place in downtown Newark. It is also available as a web radio station, with both a live stream and on-demand replay of shows.

New Jersey Public Radio simulcasts WBGO during the late night hours; until June 30, 2011, the simulcast was heard on New Jersey Network's radio network.

Mission

WBGO is a publicly supported cultural institution that champions jazz and presents news to a worldwide audience through radio, other technologies and events.

On-air personalities

Weekday

Gary Walker: Morning Jazz
Rhonda Hamilton: Mid-Day Jazz
Michael Bourne: Afternoon Jazz, Singers Unlimited, The Blues Hour
Awilda Rivera: Evening Jazz, Latin Jazz Cruise
Brian Delp: Jazz After Hours
Harlan Jacobson: WBGO Journal Film Critic

Weekend

Bob Porter: Portraits in Blue, Saturday Morning Function
Felix Hernandez: Rhythm Revue
Monifa Brown: Saturday Afternoon Jazz
Rob Crocker: Saturday Evening Jazz, Sunday Afternoon Jazz
Daniel Karcher: Sunday Morning Harmony
Eulis Cathey: Sunday Night Music Mix
Sheila Anderson: Weekend Jazz After Hours

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBGO

Radio-Locator information on WBGO

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By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.1 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.1 99.1 102.3 105.5 106.3 107.1 Westchester County, N.Y. 88.1 88.9 90.3 93.5 96.7 100.7 103.9 106.3 107.1 Long Island, N.Y. 92.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

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Defunct	WHN WNBC WNBC-FM WNEW WYNY

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Other Stations	Hackettstown WNTI Lincroft WBJB Newark WBGO Ocean City/Atlantic City WRTQ

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

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