WBGO
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| Radio station | |
| Program type | jazz |
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terrestrial FM 88.3 MHz analogue and digital (HD radio) HD1: Jazz HD2: Jazz "The Jazz Bee" & web radio |
| Reception area | Newark , New Jersey , USA |
| Start of transmission | 1948 |
| Broadcaster | Newark Public Radio, Inc. |
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WBGO ( 88.3 FM, Jazz 88 ) is an American radio broadcaster from Newark in the US state of New Jersey .
The station's program can be received via Internet radio , HD radio and the FM frequency 88.3 MHz . Jazz music is mainly played. The operator is Newark Public Radio, Inc., headquartered in Newark and funded by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. The station is run as a non-profit organization according to the specifications of a 501 (c) organization . Broadcasting began in 1980. For a long time, WBGO was the only jazz radio station in the New York Metropolitan Area .
From 1985 to 2008, the broadcaster produced the weekly program JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater . The station is currently co-producing the program with NPR Music and the cultural organization Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC).
Awards
The station won the Keeping the Blues Alive Award published by the US Blues Foundation and twice the Jazz Station of the Year Award from the National Association of Broadcasters .
Distribution channels
The transmitter is broadcast with an effective radiated power of 2,500 watts . The transmitter for broadcasting is on the building of the Four Times Square in New York City .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WBGO on Nielsen. Nielsen Station Directory, accessed January 14, 2016 .
- ^ Background of WBGO. (No longer available online.) WGBO, archived from the original on January 14, 2017 ; accessed on January 14, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ben Sisario: WBGO Is Giving Jazz a Higher Profile Online. New York Times, January 10, 2017, accessed January 14, 2017 .
