WGBH-FM
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| City | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Boston |
| Branding | 89.7 WGBH |
| Slogan |
Boston Public Radio Boston's Local NPR |
| Frequency | 89.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | October 2, 1951 |
| Format | FM/HD1: Public Radio HD2: WCRB simulcast HD3: WCAI simulcast |
| Language(s) | English |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 198 meters (650 ft) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 70510 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°12′42.00″N 71°6′51.00″W / 42.2116667°N 71.1141667°W |
| Callsign meaning | Great Blue Hill |
| Former callsigns | WGBH (1951–1953) WGBH-FM (1953–1973) |
| Affiliations |
National Public Radio (NPR) Public Radio International (PRI) American Public Media (APM) |
| Owner | WGBH Educational Foundation |
| Sister stations | WCAI, WCRB, WGBH-TV, WGBX-TV |
| Webcast | FM/HD1: Listen Live HD2: Listen Live HD3: Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WGBH (89.7 FM MHz) is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH is a member station of National Public Radio (NPR) and an affiliate of Public Radio International (PRI) and American Public Media (APM). The license-holder is the WGBH Educational Foundation, which also owns WGBH-TV and WGBX-TV.
The station, dubbed "Boston Public Radio", renamed "Boston's Local NPR", broadcasts a news-and-information format during the daytime (including NPR News programs and PRI's The World, which is a co-production of WGBH, PRI, and the BBC World Service), and jazz music during the nighttime.
"GBH" stands for Great Blue Hill, the location of WGBH's FM transmitter, as well as the original location of WGBH-TV's transmitter. Great Blue Hill in Milton, Massachusetts, has an elevation of 635 feet (193 m), is located within the Blue Hills Reservation, and is the highest point in the Boston area. (Mai Cramer, longtime host of the program Blues After Hours, jokingly maintained that the station's call sign stands for "We Got Blues Here!")
According to Ken Mills, a Minneapolis broadcast consultant and Nielsen data, the number of listeners of WGBH has doubled since 2012, increasing from 235,200 to 445,200. WGBH is the 10th most popular NPR news station in the United States.
WGBH also operates a separately-programmed service for the Cape Cod and Islands area, with a full-time news-and-information format. This service is simulcast on three stations: WCAI (90.1 FM) Woods Hole, WNAN (91.1 FM) Nantucket, and WZAI (94.3) Brewster.
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