WOUB-FM
City | Athens, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | |
Branding | Ohio University Public Radio |
Frequency | 91.3 MHz |
First air date | December 13, 1949 (originally carrier current 1942-49) |
Format | public radio |
ERP | 50,000 watts |
HAAT | 150 meters |
Class | B |
Owner | Ohio University |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.woub.org |
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 | December 19, 1985 | none | |
WOUH-FM | 91.9 FM | Chillicothe, Ohio | October 4, 1991 | WVZF (to December 1991; may not have been used on-air) | |
WOUL-FM | 89.1 FM | Ironton, Ohio | December 29, 1986 | none | |
WOUZ-FM | 90.1 FM | Zanesville, Ohio | October 9, 1992 | none |
Ohio University Public Radio also operates WOUB AM 1340, which offers a public radio schedule different from FM.
Images
- Transmitter facility for WOUB-FM-TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
- Transmitter tower for WOUB-FM-TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
References
- ↑ Athens News, 2004 http://www.denverradio.net/newforum/viewthread.php?tid=57 here
External links
- Ohio University Public Radio
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUB
- Radio-Locator information on WOUB
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOUB
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUC
- Radio-Locator information on WOUC
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOUC
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUH
- Radio-Locator information on WOUH
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOUH
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUL
- Radio-Locator information on WOUL
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOUL
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WOUZ
- Radio-Locator information on WOUZ
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOUZ
Coordinates: 39°18′54″N 82°09′00″W / 39.315°N 82.150°W