WRTI

WRTI

City	WRTI: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Delaware Valley
Slogan	Your Classical and Jazz Station
Frequency	See table below
Translator(s)	See tables below
First air date	1953 (originally carrier current 1948-53)
Format	Classical/Jazz
Language(s)	English
Callsign meaning	WRTI: Radio Training Institute^[1]
Owner	Temple University
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wrti.org

WRTI (90.1 FM) is a public radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is a service of Temple University.

History

WRTI began in 1948 as an AM carrier current station. It was founded by John Roberts, professor emeritus of communications at Temple and long-time anchorman at WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV). He'd helped found the School of Communications and Theater at Temple. The call letters stood for "Radio Training Institute." In 1952, the station received an FM transmitter, receiving a full license to cover the FM facility in 1953. After years of serving as a student laboratory, WRTI-AM signed-off for good in 1968. WRTI-FM switched from block programming to an all-jazz format in 1969. It added classical music in 1997 after Philadelphia's commercial classical music station, WFLN, changed formats.^[1]

Programming

WRTI is a music-intensive Public Radio service, broadcasting classical music during the day (6am-6pm), and jazz at night (6pm-6am).

The station features hosts Dave Conant, Jack Moore, Jill Pasternak, Gregg Whiteside, Bob Perkins, Bob Craig, Maureen Malloy, Mark Quinlan, Jeff Duperon, Zivit Shlank, Courtney Blue Tim Johnstone and Frank McCloy. WRTI also has special programs on Friday and Saturday evenings. Each Friday 10pm-2am there's "The Bridge," with host J. Michael Harrison. This program explores the merging platforms of popular music and jazz. Saturday from 9pm-12am "El Viaje" airs, hosted by David Ortiz, focusing on Latin Jazz and Salsa.

WRTI also presents Arts and Culture programming. The multi-award winning CrossOver (Saturday 1130am WRTI/Friday 7pm WRTI-HD2), hosted by Jill Pasternak, explores music as "the international language." The show, which presents music and conversation with some of the world's greatest artists and personalities, focuses not only on classical and jazz, but also music in the periphery of those two art forms. Featured have been Michel Legrand, Rick Braun, Byron Janis, Billy Joel, Eric Whitacre, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Feinstein, Louis Lortie, Herbie Hancock, Yolanda Kondonassis, Branford Marsalis and many more.

The award-winning Creatively Speaking arts segments feature contributors Jim Cotter, David Patrick Stearns and Susan Lewis among others. Mr. Cotter heads WRTI's Arts and Culture desk. The forerunner of these features was a 30-minute Saturday morning arts magazine show, also called Creatively Speaking, which was cancelled in early 2013. It was felt that splitting up the show in segments and spreading them throughout the broadcast day and week would better serve the audience.

Some of WRTI's programming is centered on area arts organizations. Discoveries From the Fleisher Collection is hosted by Kile Smith, former curator of the Edwin A. Fleisher Collection of Orchestral Music at the Free Library of Philadelphia, the largest lending library of orchestral performance material in the world, and WRTI's Jack Moore. Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection uncovers the unknown, rediscovers the little-known, and takes a fresh look at some of the remarkable treasures housed in the collection.

The Wanamaker Organ Hour, hosted by WRTI's Jill Pasternak and Macy's Grand Court Organist Peter Richard Conte, features recordings of performances on the organ by Mr. Conte and various guests. The Wanamaker Organ is housed in Macy's Center City Philadelphia department store and is the largest musical instrument in the world. Macy's and the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ make the broadcasts possible.

After a long hiatus, WRTI has recently resumed broadcasting full-length concerts by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recorded each week at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall in Center City, and hosted by WRTI's Gregg Whiteside, this series brings the distinctive sound of the "Fabulous Philadelphians" in performance back to the Delaware Valley airwaves for all to hear and enjoy. Broadcasts are made possible by Bryn Mawr Trust Wealth Management.

WRTI is also pleased to present in-concert performances of South Jersey's Symphony In C Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and others, as well as opera performances from the Academy of Vocal Arts and the Opera Company of Philadelphia.

WRTI is an network affiliate of NPR, PRI and APM, airing news and arts programming from these networks. Programs include NPR's Newscast Service, From The Top, Riverwalk Jazz, and SymphonyCast. WRTI is also an affiliate of the WFMT Radio Network, broadcasting a wide range of programming from this Chicago-based syndicator including concert broadcasts from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, the Deutsche Welle Festival Concert series, and many more programs and concert series.

WRTI is also pleased to be an affiliate of the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera Radio Network, airing LIVE the Met's Saturday Matinee performances from December through May each year. In the Met's off-season, WRTI broadcasts the American Opera Series from the WFMT Radio Network. This series features performances by the San Francisco, Los Angeles and Houston Grand Operas, as well as the Lyric Opera of Chicago. With these series, WRTI broadcasts a full-length opera every Saturday afternoon 52-weeks-a-year.

WRTI's main transmitter is located in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia. The station also serves much of Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey and Northern and Central Delaware with six other full-power transmitters and seven translators.

WRTI also broadcasts in HD Radio. Two of its signals (WRTI and WRTJ) broadcast HD2 signals as well. Known as "WRTI-HD2," this auxiliary service transmits Jazz in the daytime and Classical music at night, opposite the station's main signal, thus providing a full 24 hours of Classical and Jazz programming for those with HD-capable radios. Also, the programming of both WRTI-FM and WRTI-HD2 comprise two separate web audio streams. The "All-Classical" stream presents WRTI-FM's daytime programming, switching to WRTI-HD2's programming at night. The "All-Jazz" stream broadcasts WRTI-HD2's daytime programming, switching to WRTI-FM's signal at night. The web streams have proven popular with those who do not have an HD-capable radio or are not within the coverage area of WRTI and WRTJ.

The Temple University Board of Trustees holds the FCC license of the station.

Stations

Six full-power stations are licensed to relay the programming of WRTI.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	Facility ID	ERP/Power W	Height m (ft)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	Notes
WJAZ	91.7 FM (HD)	Summerdale, PA	65184	1,000	214 m (702 ft)	A	40°18′20″N 77°0′27″W / 40.30556°N 77.00750°W / 40.30556; -77.00750 (WJAZ)	Near Harrisburg, assigned calls July 27, 1990^[2]
WRTI	90.1^[3] FM (HD)	Philadelphia, PA	65190	7,700	371 m (1,217 ft)	B	40°2′29″N 75°14′11.5″W / 40.04139°N 75.236528°W / 40.04139; -75.236528 (WRTI)
WRTJ	89.3 FM (HD)	Coatesville, PA	90653	460	87.5 m (287 ft)	A	40°1′26″N 75°48′48″W / 40.02389°N 75.81333°W / 40.02389; -75.81333 (WRTJ)	Assigned calls July 11, 2007^[4]
WRTL	90.7 FM (HD)	Ephrata, PA	65177	650	265 m (869 ft)	A	40°19′22″N 76°11′52″W / 40.32278°N 76.19778°W / 40.32278; -76.19778 (WRTL)	Near Lancaster, assigned calls March 15, 1999^[5]
WRTQ	91.3^[6] FM (HD)	Ocean City, NJ	65176	13,500	120 m (390 ft)	B1	39°19′14″N 74°46′18.00″W / 39.32056°N 74.7716667°W / 39.32056; -74.7716667 (WRTQ)	Near Atlantic City, assigned calls May 5, 1993^[7]
WRTX	91.7 FM (HD)	Dover, DE	65181	580	96 m (315 ft)	A	39°12′3″N 75°33′55″W / 39.20083°N 75.56528°W / 39.20083; -75.56528 (WRTX)	Assigned calls July 12, 1991^[8]
WRTY	91.1 FM (HD)	Jackson Township, PA	65178	3,500	264 m (866 ft)	B1	41°2′40″N 75°22′45″W / 41.04444°N 75.37917°W / 41.04444; -75.37917 (WRTY)	Near Mount Pocono, assigned calls August 20, 1990^[9]

Translators

Three full-power stations have translators that are licensed to relay their respective stations.

Broadcast translators of WRTI
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W214AL	90.7	Denver, Pennsylvania	5	261 m (856 ft)	D	FCC
W246AA	97.1	Allentown, Pennsylvania	10	166.1 m (545 ft)	D	FCC
W249AT	97.7	Reading, Pennsylvania	10	215.3 m (706 ft)	D	FCC
W299BH	107.7	Marshallton, Delaware	250	49.5 m (162 ft)	D	FCC

Broadcast translators of WJAZ
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W214AC	99.7	York, Pennsylvania	19	67 m (220 ft)	D	FCC

Broadcast translators of WRTY
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W235AA	94.9	Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	10	286.8 m (941 ft)	D	FCC
W256AB	99.1	Pottsville, Pennsylvania	100	107 m (351 ft)	D	FCC
W291AP	106.1	Scranton, Pennsylvania	10	371.1 m (1,218 ft)	D	FCC

A radio station with the call sign WJAZ is mentioned in the song "The Nightfly" on Donald Fagen's 1982 album The Nightfly.^[10]

References

1 2 "About WRTI". WRTI. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
↑ "WJAZ Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=52
↑ "WRTJ Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ "WRTL Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=51
↑ "WRTQ Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ "WRTX Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ "WRTY Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
↑ "Lyrics - The Nightfly". Official Steely Dan. Retrieved May 23, 2013.

External links

Other station data

Temple University

Campuses	Main Campus Ambler Campus Japan Campus

Schools	Beasley School of Law Boyer College of Music and Dance Fox School of Business and Management Tyler School of Art Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry School of Medicine School of Podiatric Medicine

Athletics	Temple Owls Temple Owls men's basketball Temple Owls football Liacouras Center McGonigle Hall St. Joe's – Temple rivalry Temple Stadium Veterans Stadium Lincoln Financial Field Skip Wilson Field

People	Alumni and faculty Graduate Students Association

Miscellaneous	Temple University (SEPTA station) Cecil B. Moore (SEPTA station) The Temple News Temple University Press TECH Center WRTI ROTC T For Temple U

Radio Stations

Radio stations in the Philadelphia market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 88.9 89.1 89.1 89.3 (Warminster) 89.3 (Coatesville) 89.5 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.7 91.7 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 (HD2) 94.5 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.3 97.5 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.9 Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 212 Sirius Channel 149

By AM frequency	560 610 640 690² 740 800 860² 900 950 990 1060¹ 1110 1180 1210¹ 1310² 1340² 1360 1370 1420 1440 1460 1480 1490 1520 1540 1590 1640 1680² ¹ Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage ²Broadcast in Spanish

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	KIH28 KYW¹ WBCB WBBO WBEB WBEN-FM WBMR WBYO WCHE WCHR WCOJ WCUR WDAS WDAS-FM WDNR WEMG² WEXP WFIL WFYL WHAT WHHS WHYY WIFI WIOQ (HD2) WIP-FM (HD2) WISX WJBR WKDN WKDU WKVP WMGK WMMR WNAP WNG704 WNJC WNJS-FM WNPV WNTP WNWR WOGL WPAZ WPEB WPEN WPHE² WPHI WPHT¹ WPNX700 WPPZ-FM WPST WPWA WQHS WRDV WRFF WRNB WRSD WRTI WRTJ WSRN-FM WSTW WTEL WTHJ WTMR WTTM² WURD WUSL WVCH WWDB² WWJZ WWLU WWTX WXPN WXTU WXVU WYBF WYPA WZMP WZZE

Defunct stations	WCAU-FM WCAU (AM) WDRE WDVR WEGK WLCE WQHS WSNI WTHK WYXR

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren Philadelphia Metro Markets Allentown Monmouth-Ocean Reading Trenton Wilmington See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania Mass media in the Philadelphia Area Radio stations TV stations Newspapers

Radio stations in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania market

By FM frequency	89.1 90.3 90.7 91.3 91.7 92.9 94.5 96.9 101.3 103.7 105.1

By AM frequency	940 1390 1490 1580 1600

By callsign	WADV WDAC WFNM WIOV WIXQ WJTL WLAN WLAN-FM WLCH WLPA WLRI-LP WPDC WROZ WRTL WVZN WXCY

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle, Pennsylvania, market

By AM frequency	580 720 960 1000 1230 1270 1400 1460 1600 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.5 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.7 93.5 94.9 95.3 96.5 97.3 98.9 99.3 100.1 101.3 101.7 102.3 104.1 105.7 106.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KFX305 W211AA W237DE W269AS WCAT-FM WGTY WHKF WHGB WHP WHYF WHYL WIOO WITF-FM WJAZ WKBO WNNK WNNK-HD2 (W243BR) WONN-FM WPDC WPFG WQIC WQLV WQXA WRBT WROZ WRVV WTKT WTPA WXL40 WWKL WXPH WZCY-FM WZXM

Defunct	WISL (1480 AM)

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre market

By AM frequency	590 630 730 750 800 910 980 1240 1280 1300 1340 1400 1440 1460 1490 1550 1590 1640

By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.5 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 97.1 97.9 98.5 99.5 100.1 100.3 100.5 101.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.9 107.3 107.7 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	W205AG W235AA W262AI W282BK W291AP WARM WAZL WBAX WBHT WBHD WBSX WBWX WBZU WCDL WCIG WCIN WCLH WEJL WEJL-FM WEZX WPZX WFTE WFUZ WGGY WGMF WICK WILK WILK-FM WITK WKRF WKRZ WKZN WLKA WMGS WMQX WPEL WPEL-FM WPNX700 WPSN WQOR WRGN WRKC WSBG WSJR WTRW WUSR WVIA-FM WVMW-FM WWRR WXL43 WYCK WZZH WZMF

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in and around Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

By FM frequency	88.7 89.5 90.3 91.1 91.9 93.5 104.9 106.3 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	840

By callsign	WBYX WCSD-LP WESS WHCY WKRF WNTI WRTY WSBG WVPO WWPJ WWYY

Defunct stations	WPLY 960

Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Radio stations in the Atlantic City–Cape May market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.7 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.3 91.7 92.7 93.1 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.3 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 103.7 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.5 107.3

By AM frequency	1020 1230 1340 1400 1450 1490 1580

By callsign	WAIV WAJM WAYV WBSS WCFA-LP WCMC WCZT WEHA WENJ WEZW WFPG WGBZ WGYM WIBG WIBG-FM WJPG WJSE WLFR WLOM-LP WMGM WMID WNJN-FM WNJZ WOND WPGG WPUR WRTQ WSJO WTHJ WTKU-FM WTTH WWAC WWCJ WWFP WXGN WZBZ WZXL

New Jersey radio markets Atlantic City–Cape May Middlesex–Somerset–Union Monmouth–Ocean Morristown Sussex Trenton Other New Jersey radio regions Vineland–Millville–Bridgeton See also List of radio stations in New Jersey

Radio stations in the Dover, Delaware market

By AM frequency	930 1410 1600

By FM frequency	88.7 91.1 91.7 92.9 94.7 96.1 97.7

By callsign	WAFL WDDE WDOV WDSD WIHW-LP WKNZ WRDX WRJE WRTX WYUS

Delaware radio markets Wilmington Salisbury-Ocean City, MD Other Delaware radio regions Dover See also List of radio stations in Delaware

Pennsylvania college radio stations

WARC (Allegheny College) WBUQ (Bloomsburg University) WCAL (California University of Pennsylvania) WCLH (Wilkes University) WCUC-FM (Clarion University) WCUR (West Chester University) WDCV-FM (Dickinson College) WDNR (Widener University) WERG (Gannon University) WESS (East Stroudsburg University) WEXP (La Salle University) WFSE (Edinboro University) WFNM (Franklin & Marshall College) WGEV (Geneva College) WIUP-FM (Indiana University) WIXQ (Millersville University) WJRH (Lafayette College) WKCV-LP (Keystone College) WKDU (Drexel University) WKPS (Penn State University) WKVR-FM (Juniata College) WLHI (Lehigh Carbon Community College) WLVR-FM (Lehigh University) WMCE (Mercyhurst North East) WMCE-FM (Mercyhurst College) WMUH (Muhlenberg College) WNJR (Washington & Jefferson College) WNTE (Mansfield University) WPTC (Pennsylvania College of Technology) WPTS-FM (University of Pittsburgh) WQHS (University of Pennsylvania) WQSU (Susquehanna University) WRCT (Carnegie Mellon University) WRKC (Kings College) WRLC (Lycoming College) WRTI (Temple University) WSAJ-FM (Grove City College) WSRN-FM (Swarthmore College) WSRU (Slippery Rock University) WSYC-FM (Shippensburg University) WUSR (University of Scranton) WVMW-FM (Marywood University) WVYC (York College) WWEC (Elizabethtown College) WWNW (Westminster College) WXAC (Albright College) WXVU (Villanova University) WYBF (Cabrini College) WZBT (Gettysburg College)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

NPR Member Stations

NPR member stations in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Penn State University stations	Kane WPSX State College WPSU

Temple University stations	Jackson Township WRTY Ephrata WRTL Philadelphia WRTI Summerdale WJAZ Coatesville WRTJ

WQED stations	Johnstown WQEJ Pittsburgh WQED

WVIA stations	Scranton WVIA Williamsport WVYA

Other stations	Allentown WDIY Erie WQLN Harrisburg WITF Philadelphia WHYY Philadelphia WXPN Pittsburgh WESA Pittsburgh WYEP

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

NPR Member stations in the state of New Jersey

NJPR stations	Netcong WNJY Sussex WNJP Toms River WNJO Trenton WNJT

WHYY stations	Atlantic City WNJN Berlin WNJS Bridgeton WNJB Cape May WNJZ Manahawkin WNJM

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

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New Jersey

NPR member stations in the state of Delaware

Stations	Dover WDDE Dover WRTX

See also List of NPR stations

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Delaware

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