WBGO
{{short description|Jazz music public radio station in Newark, New Jersey}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WBGO
| city = Newark, New Jersey
| country = US
| logo = WGBOParkPlace.JPG
| logo_upright = 1
| area = {{ubl|North Jersey|New York City}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|88.3|MHz}} {{HD Radio}}
| branding = WBGO Jazz 88
| format = Jazz
| subchannels = HD2: "The Jazz Bee" (Jazz)
| affiliations = NPR
| owner = Newark Public Radio
| airdate = {{start date and age|1948}}
| callsign_meaning = Bob G. Ottenhoff{{Cite web|url=https://nelson.oldradio.com/origins.call-list.html|title=Call Letter Origins: The List|website=nelson.oldradio.com}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 48699
| class = B1
| erp = 2,500 watts
| haat = {{Convert|269.2|m|ft|sp=us}}
| coordinates = {{coord|40.756|N|73.986|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}}
| webcast = {{Listen live|url=https://www.wbgo.org/internal/mediaplayer/?type=stream}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.wbgo.org/}}
}}
WBGO (88.3 FM, "Jazz 88") is a public radio station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. Studios and offices are located on Park Place (AKA "Wayne Shorter Way" as of April 2022) in downtown Newark,{{Cite web|url=https://jazztimes.com/blog/park-place-in-newark-renamed-wayne-shorter-way/|title=Park Place in Newark Renamed Wayne Shorter Way|date=April 1, 2022}} and its transmitter is located at 4 Times Square in Manhattan. The station primarily plays jazz music.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/nyregion/wbgo-newark-jazz.html|title = Behind the Racial Uproar at One of the World's Best Jazz Stations|newspaper = The New York Times|date = January 29, 2020|last1 = Gorce|first1 = Tammy La}} In addition the station airs public affairs programming, locally produced newscasts, and NPR-produced newscasts and programming.
History
WBGO's first license was granted on January 26, 1947.[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WBGO FCC Query] License and technical data on WBGO Originally owned by the Newark Board of Education with studios in Central High School, it was established as the first public radio station in New Jersey when in 1979 the broadcast license was transferred to Newark Public Radio in cooperation with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. WBGO then became affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR) and went to a 24-hour broadcast format in 1980.
While WBGO's base of operations remain in Newark, the station's broadcast antenna and transmission system moved to Midtown Manhattan on December 30, 2011.
WBGO was one of two major FM jazz stations in the New York City metropolitan area, along with smooth jazz station WQCD until 2008, when that station flipped to a rock format, leaving WBGO as the New York area's only jazz station.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/news/2020/01/i-was-fired-for-calling-out-blatant-racism-at-nj-radio-station-ex-employee-says.html|title = I was fired for calling out 'blatant racism' at N.J. Radio station, ex-employee says|date = January 30, 2020}}
See also
- List of jazz radio stations in the United States
- Institute of Jazz Studies
- Art Vincent, host of The Art of Jazz
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.wbgo.org/}}
{{FM station data|48699|WBGO}}
- {{Cite web |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=70000 |title=History Cards for WBGO |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)
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{{NPR New Jersey}}
Category:Companies based in Newark, New Jersey
Category:Culture of Newark, New Jersey
Category:Jazz radio stations in the United States
Category:Mass media in Newark, New Jersey
Category:Radio stations established in 1948
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