WRAS (FM)
 
|
|
| City | Atlanta, Georgia |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Atlanta metropolitan area |
| Branding |
Album 88 88.5 GPB Atlanta |
| Slogan | Left on the dial, right on the music (Album 88) |
| Frequency | 88.5 MHz |
| First air date | January 18, 1971 |
| Format |
College radio News/talk (Public) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 133 m (436 ft) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 23959 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°41′4.00″N 84°17′23.00″W / 33.6844444°N 84.2897222°W |
| Callsign meaning | Radio at State (Georgia State |
| Affiliations | GPB (daytime only) |
| Owner | Georgia State University |
| Webcast |
Album 88 24 hour feed GPB Atlanta 24 hour feed |
| Website |
www.wras.org www.gpb.org/atlanta |
WRAS FM 88.5 is a station in Atlanta with a frequency of 88.5 MHz, which has been in operation since January 18, 1971. It is owned by Georgia State University and its schedule is currently split between public radio programming from Georgia Public Broadcasting (88.5 GPB Atlanta) airing from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and college radio programming (Album 88, which previously provided the entire WRAS schedule) produced by GSU students with the exception of those who broadcast the university's athletic events for the station (the Georgia State radio network), airing from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. The Album 88 and 88.5 GPB Atlanta formats are both available 24 hours a day on separate internet streams, and Album 88 is available full-time on WRAS 's second HD Radio subchannel.
Album 88's first general manager was Richard Belcher, well known to Atlanta TV viewers for his investigative reporting on WAGA-TV 5, and now WSB-TV 2. The "Album 88" name dates back to the late 1970s, and is unusual, as it is still rare for noncommercial stations in North America to use a moniker (other than their own broadcast callsign), the way commercial stations have for decades. It refers to the album-based rotation the format employs: stressing several cuts from each album rather than a single.
Album 88 has won countless awards, frequently beating out commercial radio stations, from the Atlanta weekly Creative Loafing, the monthly Atlanta magazine, and the College Music Journal. Album 88 has over 50 student volunteers who host rotation shifts from 2am onwards, as well as specialty shows that start at 8pm most weekdays, 6pm on Thursdays, 2pm on Fridays, and 8am on weekends. Many of the non-student envoys to the administration of the school also worked at Album 88 in their college days.
...
Wikipedia