WBRH (90.3 FM) is a student-run jazz high school radio station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station, at Baton Rouge Magnet High School, broadcasts with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 21 kW. It is owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, along with sister station KBRH (1260 AM). WBRH and KBRH are the only high school radio stations in the country operating 24 hours per day year-round.[2]
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| Broadcast area | Greater Baton Rouge |
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| Frequency | 90.3 MHz |
| Branding | WBRH 90.3 FM Jazz From the Capital City |
| Programming | |
| Format | Jazz |
| Affiliations | National Public Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBRH | |
| History | |
First air date | September 8, 1977 |
Call sign meaning | Baton Rouge High |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 18185 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 3,500 watts |
| HAAT | 145.6 meters (478 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°26′42.00″N 91°9′33.00″W / 30.4450000°N 91.1591667°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
Station history
editWBRH went on the air on September 8, 1977, at 90.1 MHz with 20 watts ERP as a launching pad for future broadcasters.[3] It currently plays jazz for Baton Rouge.
Smooth Jazz format history (1990s-2024)
editWBRH was an all-time smooth jazz format in 1990’s, but then they added mainstream jazz for the evening time that originally started at 5PM with rhythm & blues on Saturdays and Classic Jazz on Sundays. In 2019, the station changed the smooth jazz programming brand as “Jazz & More” to help get more listeners since there were people enjoying the traditional jazz and the weekend programming. On January 17, 2022, they moved the mainstream jazz start time from 5PM to 3PM, then they called both the smooth & mainstream jazz programming as “Jazz From the Capital City.” On March 4, 2024, which was during the station’s 2024 spring pledge-drive, they dropped most of the smooth jazz and made it more as a full-time mainstream jazz station.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBRH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Wirt, John (September 22, 2017). "Tuned in: WBRH-FM celebrates 40 years in Baton Rouge". The Advocate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ "WBRH-FM 90.3, Baton Rouge Magnet School High School's Radio Station, Celebrates 40 Years with Fall Jazz-a-Thon Donation Campaign" (Press release). East Baton Rouge Parish School System. October 25, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2002.
External links
edit- Classic Jazz & Smooth Jazz, 90.3FM
- Facility details for Facility ID 18185 (WBRH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBRH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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