City | Athens, Ohio |
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Broadcast area | [1] |
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. 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:
Ohio University Public Radio also operates WOUB AM 1340, which offers a public radio schedule different from FM.
Transmitter facility for WOUB-FM-TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
Transmitter tower for WOUB-FM-TV, Athens, Ohio. Photo taken in 1993.
Coordinates: 39°18′54″N 82°09′00″W / 39.315°N 82.150°W