WCPN
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| City | Cleveland, Ohio |
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| Broadcast area |
Greater Cleveland Northeast Ohio |
| Branding | 90.3 WCPN |
| Frequency | 90.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | November 21, 1938 (current license dates from September 8, 1984) |
| Format |
Public radio/jazz HD2: Classical (WCLV simulcast) |
| ERP | 47,000 watts |
| HAAT | 155 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 234782 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°22′18.00″N 81°42′48.00″W / 41.3716667°N 81.7133333°W |
| Callsign meaning | Cleveland Public Network |
| Former callsigns | WBOE (1938–78) |
| Former frequencies | 41.5 MHz (1938–41) 42.5 MHz (1941–48) |
| Affiliations |
BBC World Service NPR Public Radio International |
| Owner | Ideastream |
| Sister stations | WCLV, WVIZ |
| Webcast |
Listen Live HD2: Listen Live |
| Website | wcpn |
WCPN (90.3 FM) – branded 90.3 WCPN – is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio. Owned by Ideastream, the station serves Greater Cleveland and much of surrounding Northeast Ohio. Broadcasting a mix of public radio and jazz, WCPN is the Cleveland affiliate for NPR, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service. The WCPN studios are located at Playhouse Square in Downtown Cleveland, while the station transmitter resides in the Cleveland suburb of Parma. Besides a standard analog transmission, WCPN broadcasts over two HD Radio channels, and is available online.
WBOE was initially licensed on November 21, 1938 to the Cleveland Board of Education to broadcast on 41.5 MHz with 500 watts using high-frequency AM (also referred to as Apex). Facilities were located in the Lafayette School on Abell Avenue. Two months later, the station moved to the sixth floor of the Board of Education Building on East 6th Street. The studios remained there until 1973/74.
By 1940 it was joined by a few other educational stations, such as WNYE in New York, broadcasting in the spectrum of 41-43 MHz using AM, although it was presumed these educational stations would change to FM when such broadcasting became practical.
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