WPBI

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WPBI

City of license	West Palm Beach, Florida
Broadcast area	West Palm Beach, Florida
Branding	Classical South Florida
Frequency	90.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	101.9 W270AD (West Palm Beach, relays HD2)
First air date	November 24, 1969 (as WHRS-FM)
Format	Classical HD2: NPR News/Talk
ERP	38,000 watts
HAAT	340 meters (1078 feet)
Class	C1
Facility ID	58363
Transmitter coordinates	26°35′20″N 80°12′44″W / 26.58889°N 80.21222°W / 26.58889; -80.21222
Callsign meaning	West Palm Beach Information; also IATA code for Palm Beach International Airport
Former callsigns	WHRS-FM (1969-1985) WXEL (1985-2011)
Affiliations	National Public Radio
Owner	American Public Media Group (Classical South Florida, Inc.)
Sister stations	WKCP
Webcast	WPBI Webstream WPBI-HD2 Webstream
Website	classicalsouthflorida.publicradio.org

WPBI (90.7 FM) is a National Public Radio member station in West Palm Beach, Florida, owned by the American Public Media Group and branded as Classical South Florida.

History

The station signed on in 1969 as WHRS-FM, an outreach of the Palm Beach County Schools to the large number of migrant families in the Palm Beaches. It joined NPR in 1972. Originally airing a mix of classical music and fine arts programming with Spanish and bilingual programming in the mornings, it gradually evolved into a typical NPR classical music and fine arts station. In 1981, WHRS was sold to South Florida Public Telecommunications, the community group that owned the area's PBS station, WWPF-TV, which changed its calls to WHRS-TV before signing on in 1982. In 1985, the two stations changed their call letters to WXEL-FM-TV. Barry University bought the stations in 1997.

In April 2005, Barry announced a pending purchase of both WXEL and WXEL-TV to a group consisting of Educational Broadcasting Corporation (owners of New York City's WNET and WLIW) and the Community Broadcast Foundation of Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast, a local volunteer organization. Barry University decided to terminate the sale in May 2008.

Another deal to sell WXEL radio, this time to American Public Media, doing business as Classical South Florida, was reached on April 20, 2010 after receiving approval from the station's trustees. The sale closed on May 25, 2011 and, as WXEL-TV was not included in the deal, the call letters of the radio station were changed to WPBI. APM operates the station separately from its existing Miami radio station WKCP, which is also branded as Classical South Florida.

With the sale, all NPR news programming moved to WPBI's HD Radio subchannel. A low-powered translator, W270AD in West Palm Beach, relays the subchannel's schedule; it had previously been used to simulcast WKCP.^[1] Most of the market gets at least grade B coverage from WLRN-FM in Miami.

References

↑ Kleinberg, Eliot (April 20, 2010). "WXEL sold to Broward-based classical FM radio station". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

External links

WPBI official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WPBI

Radio-Locator information on WPBI

v t e Radio stations in the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Florida market

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By callsign	W270AD WAXY-FM WAYF WBZT WCNO WDJA WEAT WEFL WFTL WHTY WIRK WJBW WJCB WJNO WKGR WLDI WLVJ WMBX WMEN WOLL WPBI WPBR WPSP WRLX WRMB WRMF WSBR WSVU WUUB WWFE WWRF WZZR

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American Public Media Group

American Public Media

Productions	American RadioWorks American Routes BBC World Service On Being Classical 24 Composers Datebook Future Tense Marketplace Marketplace Money Performance Today Pipedreams A Prairie Home Companion Saint Paul Sunday The Splendid Table The Story with Dick Gordon SymphonyCast The Writer's Almanac

Personalities	Michael Barone Fred Child Dick Gordon Jeremy Hobson Lynne Rossetto Kasper Garrison Keillor Doug Krizner Bill McGlaughlin Bill Radke Kai Ryssdal Nick Spitzer Krista Tippett Tess Vigeland

Minnesota Public Radio

News	K280EB Albert Lea KNCM Appleton KNSE Austin KNBJ Bemidji K270AQ Blue Earth KBPN Brainerd KLNI Decorah, IA WSCN Duluth/Superior W269AC Ely KCCD Fargo/Moorhead KNWF Fergus Falls K286AU Glencoe WLSN Grand Marais K297AD Grand Rapids WGRH Hinckley WGGL Houghton, MI K201CN International Falls KXLC La Crosse/La Crescent KNGA Mankato/St. Peter/New Ulm KNOW Minneapolis/St. Paul K276EW Olivia K280EC Owatonna K231AT Pine City K245AK Redwood Falls KZSE Rochester KNSR St. Cloud/Collegeville KAUR Sioux Falls, SD KNTN Thief River Falls/Grand Forks WIRN Virginia/Hibbing KRXW Warroad/Roseau K246BG Windom W297AW Winona KNSW Worthington/Marshall

Classical	K224DM Albert Lea KRSU Appleton K277AD Austin KCRB Bemidji K222BA Blue Earth KBPR Brainerd K238AX Brookings, SD KLCD Decorah, IA WSCD Duluth-Superior W269AC Ely KCCM Fargo/Moorhead KCMF Fergus Falls WMLS Grand Marais K281AB Grand Rapids K213EN Hailey, ID K206EF Granite Falls K283AN Hinckley WGGL Houghton, MI K249BK International Falls K201BW La Crosse/La Crescent KGAC Mankato/St. Peter/New Ulm KSJN Minneapolis/St. Paul K280ET Olivia K289AE Owatonna KLSE Rochester W215AI Roseau KSJR St. Cloud/Collegeville K295BD St. James KRSD Sioux Falls, SD K276EV Sleepy Eye KWRV Sun Valley, ID KQMN Thief River Falls/Grand Forks WIRR Virginia/Hibbing K264AR Warroad W297AW Winona KRSW Worthington/Marshall

The Current	K280EF Austin W248AS Hinckley K228XN Mankato KCMP Minneapolis/St. Paul (Northfield) K237ET New Ulm KPCC Pasadena, CA KMSE Rochester K228XN St. Peter

Southern California Public Radio

Classical South Florida

v t e NPR Member Stations in the state of Florida

Stations	Ft. Myers WGCU-FM Ft. Pierce WQCS Gainesville WUFT-FM Inverness WJUF Jacksonville WJCT-FM Marathon WKWM Marco Island WMKO Melbourne WFIT Miami WDNA Miami WKCP Miami WLRN-FM Orlando WMFE-FM Orlando WUCF-FM Panama City WFSW Pensacola WUWF Sarasota WSMR Tallahassee WFSQ Tallahassee WFSU-FM Tampa WMNF Tampa WUSF West Palm Beach WPBI

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