WNYE (FM)
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| City | New York City |
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| Broadcast area | New York metropolitan area |
| Branding | Radio New York |
| Frequency | 91.5 MHz FM (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | November 1938 (Apex band) 1942 (FM band) |
| Format | Variety, Educational |
| ERP | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 281 meters (922 ft) |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 3539 |
| Callsign meaning | W New York City Board of Education |
| Affiliations |
NPR Public Radio International |
| Owner |
NYC Media Group (New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications) |
| Sister stations | WNYE-TV |
| Website | Radio New York |
WNYE (91.5 MHz) is a non-commercial educational FM radio station located in New York City. WNYE is operated by the NYC Media Group, a division of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, along with WNYE-TV (channel 25) and the NYCTV cable networks. WNYE's studios are in the NYC Media Group's headquarters within the Manhattan Municipal Building, while its transmitter is atop the Condé Nast Building. Because its funding comes from the City of New York, WNYE is different than most non-commercial radio stations in that it does not ask for listener donations and it airs no fund drives.
WNYE began broadcasting as a high-frequency Apex band station in November of 1938 with the call letters WCNY, giving it an earlier starting date than any other FM station in New York City. In October 1939 the call letters were changed to WNYE, because the original call sign was considered to be too similar to WNYC, the New York City municipal station. WNYE switched to 42.1 MHz in the old FM band in 1942. In 1946, it moved to 91.7 MHz, in today's current FM band. Then in 1948, it settled at 91.5 MHz.
The station's original licensee was the New York City Board of Education, and as such WNYE-FM was a laboratory devoted to programming designed for the city's public school system. As time went on, WNYE-FM also broadcast adult learning, community-interest and ethnic programming as well. The station's studios and transmitter were originally located within Brooklyn Technical High School. In the middle-1990s the studios were moved to nearby George Westinghouse High School in Downtown Brooklyn.
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