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| Broadcast area | Brooklyn, New York |
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| Frequency | 91. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 5 MHz |
| First air date | AM in 1938, FM in 1942 |
| Format | Variety/Educational |
| ERP | 18,000 W |
| HAAT | 131 m |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 3539 |
| Owner | NYC Media Group |
| Website | WNYE-FM |
WNYE is a public radio station owned by the City of New York. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF Height above average terrain ( HAAT) (or less popularly EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain is used extensively in FM Radio and This is a list of broadcast station classes applicable in much of North America under international agreements between the United States, Canada and The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The City of New York
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History
WNYE is operated by the NYC Media Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the City of New York. NYC Media Group is the City of New York 's agency that handles directly its media assets The program started out as a high-frequency AM (Apex) station in 1938, switching to 42. 1 MHz FM in 1942. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that In 1946, it moved to 91. 7 MHz, in a new FM band. Then in 1948, it settled at 91. 5 MHz.
In March 2007 the station was rebranded as 91. 5 FM Radio New York.
Programming
WNYE airs domestic and international programs as well as foreign-language productions. Included are National Public Radio (NPR) programs that WNYC, the primary NPR affiliate in the area, does not air, such as The Diane Rehm Show. The Diane Rehm Show is an award-winning National Public Radio Call-in show with more than 1 [1]
On February 11, 2008, the station management announced a partnership with Seattle-based station KEXP-FM to produce a new format branded as Radio Liberation[2], featuring indie-music shows and simulcasts. KEXP (903 FM) is a public Radio station based in Seattle Washington, that specializes in independent and Alternative rock programmed [3] The format started on March 24, 2008, replacing a number of BBC and NPR shows. [4] A prominent casualty of this change is the BBC Newshour that used to be broadcast from 8am to 9am. Newshour is the flagship news and current affairs radio programme of the BBC World Service.
References
- ^ What's On Radio New York, 91. 5 FM Radio New York schedule, official New York City web site.
- ^ Pyramid Communications (2008-02-11). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. "KEXP and Radio New York liberate listeners from the norm". Press release. A news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded Communication directed at members of the News Retrieved on 2008-02-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy
- ^ "Air raid", Time Out New York, Issue 651, Mar 19–25, 2008. Time Out is a Publishing company based in London, England. The company's best known product is the Time Out weekly listings Magazine
- ^ "Indie scene can be heard now on WNYE", Daily News, March 23, 2008. The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137
External links
- 91.5 FM Radio New York, official home page.
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WNYE
- Radio Locator information on WNYE
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WNYE
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