WBGO

This article is about the Newark NJ radio station. For the airport in Lio Matu, Malaysia assigned the ICAO code WBGO, see List of airports by ICAO code: W § Malaysia.

WBGO

City	Newark, New Jersey
Broadcast area	Metro New York-New Jersey
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, New York. 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.

History

Until 2008, WBGO was, with smooth jazz station WQCD 101.9 FM, one of two major FM jazz stations in the New York City 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 the New Jersey city of Newark, the station's broadcast antenna and transmission system moved to New York City's 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, and its transmitter is atop of Condé Nast Building in Times Square in New York City. 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 on their radio network every morning between 1am and 5am.

WBGO also broadcasts in the HD Radio format.^[1]

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: Blues Break, Singers Unlimited
Nicole Sweeney: Afternoon Jazz
Simon Rentner: The Checkout
Awilda Rivera: Evening Jazz, Latin Jazz Cruise
Brian Delp: Jazz After Hours
Daniel Karcher: WBGO's Full-Time Substitute Host^[2]

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
Eulis Cathey: Sunday Night Music Mix
Sheila Anderson: Weekend Jazz After Hours

News

Doug Doyle: WBGO's News Director, Morning News Anchor, Co-Host of WBGO Journal & Host of SportsJam
Glenn Crespo: WBGO's Afternoon News Anchor
Alexandra Hill: WBGO's News Reporter and Producer of Newark Today
Phil Gregory: WBGO's Statehouse Reporter
Allan Wolper: Host of Conversations with Allan Wolper

External links

WBGO's official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WBGO

Radio-Locator information on WBGO

References

↑ "HD Radio station guide for New York, NY". Hdradio.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
↑ Daniel Karcher, WBGO. Accessed October 30, 2016.

Radio stations in the New York City market

By AM frequency	570 660¹ 710¹ 770¹ 820 880¹ 1010 1050 1130¹ 1190 1280 1330 1380 1480 1560⁴ 1600 1620 New Jersey 620 930 970 1430 1500 1530 1660 Westchester County, N.Y. 1460

Apex/VHF FM	42.8

By FM frequency	87.7 88.9 89.1² 89.9 90.3 (New York) 90.3 (Brooklyn) 90.7 91.5 92.3 93.9 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.9 98.7 99.5 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.7 107.5 New Jersey 88.3 89.1² 89.5 90.3 91.1 93.1³ 94.7 99.1 100.3³ 105.5 105.9³ 106.3 Westchester County, N.Y. 88.1 88.9 90.3 93.5 96.7 103.9 106.3 107.1 Long Island, N.Y. 92.7 103.5³

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Chinese Radio New York Gatewave radio reading service Radio Maria Stati Uniti (Italian) 92 kHz Chung Wah Chinese Broadcasting Company ICN Radio Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) RBC Radio

Digital radio	710 880 1010 1280 1560 88.3-1 88.3-2 89.5-1 89.5-2 89.9-1 89.9-1 89.9-2 89.9-3 90.7-1 90.7-2 90.7-3 92.3-1 92.3-2 93.1-1 93.1-2 93.5-1 93.5-2 93.5-3 93.5-4 93.9-1 93.9-2 93.9-3 94.7-1 94.7-4 95.5-1 95.5-2 95.5-3 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.9-1 98.7-1 100.3-1 100.3-2 101.1-1 101.1-2 101.1-3 102.7-1 102.7-2 102.7-3 103.5-1 103.5-2 103.5-3 103.9-1 104.3-1 104.3-2 105.1-1 105.1-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.5-1 107.5-2

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	KWO35 WA2XMN WABC¹ WADO WARY WAWZ WAXQ WBAI WBBR¹ WBGO WBLS WBMP WCBS¹ WCBS-FM WEPN WEPN-FM WFAN¹ WFAN-FM WFDU² WFME¹ WFME-FM WFMU WFUV WGHT WHCR-FM WHTZ WICR WINS WJDM WKCR-FM WKDM WKLV-FM WKMK WKRB WKTU WLIB WLTW WMCA WMSC WNBM WNEW-FM WNSH WNSW WNYC WNYC-FM WNYE WNYM WNYU-FM² WNYZ-LP WOR¹ WPAT WPAT-FM WPLJ WQBU-FM WQHT (HD2) WQXR-FM WQXW WSIA WSKQ-FM WSNR WSOU WVIP WVOX WWES WWPR-FM (HD2) WWRL WWRU WWRV WWZY WXNY-FM WXPK WZRC

Defunct	WHN⁴ WNBC WNBC-FM⁴ WNEW WYNY⁴

See also Poughkeepsie Philadelphia Hudson Valley New Haven Bridgeport Danbury Stamford-Norwalk Middlesex-Somerset-Union Sussex Morristown Monmouth-Ocean Long Island Trenton ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Stations share time on the frequency. ³ = Station is licensed to a community in their respective sub market (e.g. New Jersey), but transmits from atop the Empire State Building or Freedom Tower. ⁴ = Technically still active, but on a different frequency with new call letters and different intellectual property.

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 WXPJ 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

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

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