WGTD
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| Broadcast area | Racine and eastern Walworth Counties - Lake County, Illinois |
| Frequency | 91.1 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WGTD 91.1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Public radio; news-talk |
| Subchannels | |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Gateway Technical College |
| History | |
First air date | December 23, 1975 |
Call sign meaning | Gateway Technical College |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23347 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,200 watts |
| HAAT | 62 meters (203 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°36′32″N 87°50′56″W / 42.609°N 87.849°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WGTD (91.1 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and serving Racine and eastern Walworth Counties along with Lake County, Illinois. Owned by Gateway Technical College, the station is affiliated with Wisconsin Public Radio. It airs the "WPR News" network, consisting of news and talk programming. WGTD occasionally breaks away from WPR to air local programming and Kenosha-focused newscasts.
WGTD is a Class A FM station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,200 watts. Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 101.7 FM in Elkhorn and 103.3 FM in Lake Geneva. The parent station can be heard with local signal strength from Waukegan, Illinois, to the southern boarder of Milwaukee county. Translators provide coverage to most of southern Walworth county.
Until the realignment of WPR's networks on May 20, 2024, WGTD was part of WPR's "News and Classical Music" network. Classical music programming was moved to WGTD's HD3 channel, which carries the "WPR Music" network; "WPR Music" is also heard in part of WGTD's coverage area on its Milwaukee station, WHAD.[2]
HD Radio
[edit]WGTD offers two additional digital subchannels on HD Radio:
- HD2: "Jazz Blues 24/7", an automated jazz and blues format.[3]
- HD3: "WPR Music", which primarily offers classical music.[2]
Translators
[edit]WGTD is relayed by two additional FM translator stations to serve western Racine and Kenosha, and the Geneva Lake region of Walworth County. Currently these translators offer only analog service, with no HD Radio subchannels. In 2024, the Elkhorn translator changed locations from an old municipal tower near Elkhorn's town square to a taller municipal tower near the Walworth County Courthouse.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W269BV | 101.7 FM | Elkhorn, Wisconsin | 147262 | 27 | 68.6 m (225 ft) | 42°39′52.9″N 88°29′53.4″W / 42.664694°N 88.498167°W | LMS |
| W277BM | 103.3 FM | Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | 147272 | 19 | 73.6 m (241 ft) | 42°36′38.1″N 88°26′3.3″W / 42.610583°N 88.434250°W | LMS |
External links
[edit]- WGTD official website
- Wisconsin Public Radio
- Facility details for Facility ID 23347 (WGTD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WGTD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 147262 (W269BV) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W269BV at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 147272 (W277BM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W277BM at FCCdata.org
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGTD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b Cole, David (April 9, 2024). "Format Change Coming to WGTD". WGTD. Retrieved July 7, 2024.
- ^ "HD Radio - San Francisco, California". Archived from the original on July 17, 2018.
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